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Video - Tuesday, May 6, 2008

For The Love of GodTube: Investors Bless Startup With $30M

Thumb GodTube, a Christian online video sharing and social networking site, has raised $30M in funding from hedge fund GLG Partners, reports PaidContent. The deal gives GodTube a $150M valuation, and follows $2.5M in seed funding from angels led by Norm Miller of Interstate Batteries. GodTube was launched in the Spring of 2007 in Los Angeles by Christopher Wyatt (online student at Dallas Theological Seminary), Dr. Mike Miller (former Executive Pastor of First Baptist Dallas), Lloyd Chartrand (former CEO of Mentura), Michael Riddell (former EVP of New Product Development at Spark Networks), and Jason Martell (creator of Xfacts). Godtube's growth has been, well, miraculous, so we understand investor interest. A problem that we see is that the site's revenues are based on advertising. A look at their ads confirm that they have to be very restrictive about what they will show. We suspect that their eCPMs have got to be low, low, low. An interview with Godtube's founder. It was blocked on Godtube and could only be found on Youtube. View - site... Continue...

Video - Monday, March 31, 2008

Video Conferencing's Digital Union Raises $1.7M First Round

Thumb North Hollywood-based Digital Union says it has raised $1.7M from angels in its first round. Specifically the company cites that its backers are Midwestern business execs. The company is a bit odd, but maybe that's just because the web site is terrible. Digital Union says it has created video collaboration software and its selling it into healthcare, entertainment and education. The firm is led by Paul Naday who was Senior Director of Business Development at Karl Storz Endoscopy-America. View - site... Continue...

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