Monthly Archives: February 2009

Ocarina Networks Secures $20 Million

Exciting news for our client Ocarina Networks who has closed $20 million in Series B funding. As we wrote when we started working with them last spring, Ocarina provides an online storage optimization and compression solution that allows companies to use existing storage more efficiently,  delaying or altogether eliminating the need to buy new storage [...]

Next New Networks Launches Music Video Network

Never a dull moment at LaunchSquad even during a holiday week! Thursday marked the launch of Next New Networks’ newest online television venture: $99 Music Videos in partnership with Verizon FiOS. The new network pairs independent bands and talented filmmakers to produce music videos for less than $99 and in under 24 hours. The first [...]

Offerpal Media Secures $15 million

It’s a big day for LaunchSquad client Offerpal Media, which has a monetization platform for social applications, online communities, social games, virtual worlds and mobile applications. The company announced $15 million in Series B financing this morning in a round led by D. E. Shaw Ventures with InterWest Partners and North Bridge Venture Partners. The [...]

3VR: The New Wave of Crimefighting

A typical scene in a 1990s crime flick: the camera zooms in on a security guard fast asleep on the job in front of a video surveillance monitor while the robber makes his getaway effortlessly. A subsequent scene shows security officials hopelessly sifting through mountains of VHS tapes trying to find the footage that will [...]