Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Anvato Adds $2M

Mountain View-based Anvato, which develops technology used to identify copyright violations in online video content, said Wednesday that it has raised $2M, part of a $4M Series A funding round the firm is working on. According to the firm, the round was led by Oxantium Ventures. The funding will go towards launching its product, which matches videos with advertising. Anvato's technology identifies videos owned by video publishers on user-generated video sites like YouTube, Veoh, and DailyMotion, and allows the owners of those videos to insert advertising. More information »