| Date | Title | Description |
| 28.01.2020 | 14 companies you didn't realize Disney owns | Disney owns the majority of ESPN. Mike Windle/Getty
The Walt Disney Company is a massive corporate enterprise and media empire.
ESPN, ABC, Lifetime, History, A&E, and FX are owned by Disney.
Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm are both Disney-... |
| 03.08.2016 | Powerplant Ventures closes $42 million fund to back “plant-centric” food and tech startups | In recent years, venture capital has poured into food companies, from meal kit and grocery delivery services to the makers of environmentally sustainable, or health-promoting food products.
Now, investors and entrepreneurs from tech, food a... |
| 18.03.2014 | FunPlus Raises $74M in Venture Capital Financing | FunPlus, a Beijing, China-based mobile social games company, raised an additional $74m in venture capital financing.
Backers included Orchid Asia Group, GSR Ventures, and Steamboat Ventures.
The company intends to use the funds for growth, ... |
| 21.12.2012 | With Digital Media On The Rise, Disney Investment Arm Steamboat Ventures Raises $85 Million Fund | Well here’s a small bit of news before we enter the long holiday weekend: Disney’s investment arm, Steamboat Ventures, has raised a new $85 million fund, according to an SEC filing. The new money will allow Steamboat — and by extension, Dis... |
| 02.02.2012 |
Steamboat Ventures Cuts US Investment Efforts
| In yet more attrition from Southern California's venture capital ranks, Burbank-based Steamboat Ventures, the venture capital arm of the Walt Disney Company, looks to have sharply pulled back on its U.S. investment efforts. According to the... |
| 31.03.2011 | GameSalad raises $6M in quest to make everyone a game developer | GameSalad, a maker of game development tools, has raised $6 million in a second round of funding. The company’s goal is to enable anyone to make mobile and web games.
The Austin, Texas-based company has made a suite of tools with a drag-and... |
| 31.03.2011 | GameSalad raises $6M in quest to make everyone a game developer | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
GameSalad, a maker of game development tools, has raised $6 million in a second round of funding. The company’s goal is to enable anyon... |
| 15.02.2011 | Yoyi Media Completes US$20M Series B Financing Round | Yoyi Media, a Chinese provider of precision targeted online advertising and marketing solutions for advertisers and media publishers, completed a US$20m Series B financing.
The round was led by Oak Investment Partners, with participation fr... |
| 09.12.2010 | LA media startups: Get feedback from Greycroft and Disney | Just a reminder that VentureBeat is bringing DEMO, the launchpad for emerging technologies, to Los Angeles on Monday, and we’re hoping to meet with top tech companies while we’re down there.
If you’re an entrepreneur with an awesome product... |
| 06.12.2010 | LA, Orange County, San Diego startups: Get great feedback from VCs (and cocktails) | VentureBeat is bringing our DEMO roadshow to Southern California!
If you’re an entrepreneur with technology that is going to change the world and are thinking about launching your product soon, please join us for drinks and to get some feed... |
| 18.10.2010 | Gridsum Technology Closes Series A Financing Led by Steamboat Ventures | Gridsum Technology, a Beijing, China-based provider of web, video and search analytics solutions, completed a Series A financing round of undisclosed amount.
The investment was led by Steamboat Ventures, a venture capital firm affiliated wi... |
| 06.10.2010 | Private online community Passenger snags $7.5M, new CEO | Private online community and social networking firm Passenger announced today that it has raised $7.5 million in a funding round led by shareholders Steamboat Ventures, StarVest Parners and Shelter Capital Partners.
The firm also shook up i... |
| 27.07.2010 | Tapping Disney, Elemental raises $7.5M as it shoots for mastery of web video processing | Elemental Technologies has raised $7.5 million from Disney’s Steamboat Ventures as it expands in the market for web video processing hardware.
Portland, Ore.-based Elemental makes video processing servers with graphics chips that can handle... |
| 27.07.2010 | Tapping Disney, Elemental raises $7.5M as it shoots for mastery of web video processing | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Elemental Technologies has raised $7.5 million fr... |
| 22.06.2010 | Playdom raises $33M in funding to fuel social gaming acquisition spree | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Playdom said it has raised $33 million in venture funding, presumably to continue the acquisition spree it has been on for the past yea... |
| 22.06.2010 | Playdom raises $33M in funding to fuel social gaming acquisition spree | Playdom said it has raised $33 million in venture funding, presumably to continue the acquisition spree it has been on for the past year as it expands in social gaming.
Mountain View, Calif.-based Playdom has now raised a total of $76 milli... |
| 26.04.2010 | FreeWheel lands $16.8M for online video ads from Disney and others | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
FreeWheel, a startup that focuses on online video... |
| 26.04.2010 | FreeWheel lands $16.8M for online video ads from Disney and others | FreeWheel, a startup that focuses on online video advertisements, announced today that it has raised $16.8 million in strategic institutional funding.
The company’s Monetization Rights Management product lets content owners and distributors... |
| 05.02.2010 | Scrapblog raises $2.5M for online scrapbooking | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Scrapblog, a website where users can create and s... |
| 05.02.2010 | Scrapblog raises $2.5M for online scrapbooking | Scrapblog, a website where users can create and share scrapbooks, has received $2.5 million in funding firm Walt Disney’s Steamboat Ventures.
The San Francisco company touts the ease-of-use it offers for creating online scrapbooks. The scra... |
| 02.09.2009 | Greystripe raises additional $2 million | SF-based mobile ad network takes in extra funding from NBC's Peacock Equity Fund Greystripe, a mobile ad network, has raised an additional $2 million in Series C funding from NBC Universal's Peacock Equity Fund. This brings the total round ... |
| 02.09.2009 | NBC, ABC VCs invest in mobile ad network Greystripe | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Greystripe, the mobile ad network known for its ads-games that invite users to play rather than just click, has drawn $2.5 million of f... |
| 02.09.2009 | NBC, ABC VCs invest in mobile ad network Greystripe | Greystripe, the mobile ad network known for its ads-games that invite users to play rather than just click, has drawn $2.5 million of funding from Peacock Equity, a venture capital fund run by GE Capital and NBC Universal. Peacock’s investm... |
| 18.03.2009 | Quigo founder launches new ad network with Doclix | The bumper crop of ad networks divvying up the digital landscape just got a new addition: Doclix, provide of a pay-per-click network called AdSide that says its technology will drive more traffic and ensure better ad quality and placement. ... |
| 12.03.2009 | Greystripe raises $5.5M for mobile ads | Greystripe, maker of a software platform for developing ad-supported games for mobile phones, announced that it brought in $5.5 million in third-round funding from Incubic Venture Capital, Steamboat Ventures and Monitor Ventures.
The San Fr... |
| 10.03.2009 | RazorGator raises $10M in debt for sold-out event ticketing | RazorGator, an online ticket vendor specializing in tickets to sold-out sporting and entertainment events, just brought in $10 million in debt financing from Hercules Technology Growth Capital. The Los Angeles-based company says it will use... |
| 04.03.2009 | Fanzter raises $2M for celebrity trend tracker Coolspotters | Coolspotters, a site that aggregates celebrity style trends in wiki-fashion, just snagged $2 million in a second round of capital for its parent company Fanzter. Today’s homepage, for example, highlights Ashton Kutcher’s avid use of Twitter... |
| 23.11.2008 | VC Funding of online video startups | Dan Beldy speaks at the NewTeeVee Live 2008 Panel: Online Video Investment Trends
Dan Beldy participated in the VC Panel entitled "Online Video Investment Trends" on November 13th at NewTeeVee Live 2008. Dan succinctly articulates... |
| 15.04.2008 | Rosum raises $15 million for mobile GPS alternatives | Rosum has raised $15 million to invest in its navigation technology which is an alternative to global positioning system (GPS).
The Redwood City, Calif., company uses signals embedded in broadcast TV signals to fix the location of different... |
| 07.11.2007 | MerchantCircle, helps small businesses market online — aggressively | Online advertising remains hot. But with Google, Microsoft and Yahoo fighting to serve advertising to large companies and publishers, smaller business clients are left neglected.
MerchantCircle, a controversial Silicon Valley company helpin... |
