Facebook Acquires Video Compression Startup QuickFire
Wall Street Jounal Facebook said Thursday it has acquired video-compression company QuickFire Networks, further underscoring the social networking giant’s increasing focus on video. Quickfire, based in San Diego, says it can quickly convert video formats and allow...
Samba Bags $377K, Post B2B Pivot, To Grow Its Mobile Video Ad Network
TechCrunch Samba Networks (formerly Samba Mobile) has closed a £250,000 ($377,000) angel round of investment from Digicel, Mark Charkin (formerly of King.com and Bebo), and other existing angels, followed its pivot last year. The U.K. startup was founded back in 2010,...
European Online Optician Mister Spex Picks Up $40M Round Led By Goldman Sachs
Mister Spex, the European ‘online optician’ (that’s an eyewear online retailer, to you and me), has picked up a new $40 million round in funding led by U.S. investment bank Goldman Sachs. The Berlin-based company’s existing backers also participated, including...