Overview
Location
United Kingdom, England, London
Total raised
$16.48M
Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 11
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| Jun 1, 2010 | Livestation goes iPad-friendly | Livestation, the online TV news service spun out from London-based Skinkers, has rolled out an iPad-friendly version of its website. Alongside its Flash video-based offering designed for “general web consumption”, the company has built a ve... |
| May 6, 2010 | Livestation adds CNBC as a premium option | [UK] Livestation, the online TV service from London-based Skinkers, has added business and financial news channel CNBC as a premium option, and premium is the right word. Users in Europe, the Middle East and Africa can now watch the live pa... |
| Dec 3, 2008 | Live TV on the iPhone – Livestation previews its app | Over the years I’ve gradually become somewhat impressed at Skinkers‘ sheer doggedness. Matteo Berlucchi has been CEO since its inception in 2001 and has kept on plugging away at their vision for delivering rich media to the desktop, even as... |
| Dec 3, 2008 | Live TV On The iPhone – Courtesy Of Microsoft | On Thursday Livestation, a P2P desktop application for streaming live TV broadcasts, will show a preview for its iPhone/iPod Touch app to do the same. Yes – live TV on the iPhone. Luckily we don’t have to wait. They’ve got a YouTube video, ... |
| Jan 15, 2008 | VC 2.0 over in Europe? It barely began. | Overall venture capital investment in Europe fell last year, but investment in “Cleantech” rose. The news suggests that VCs are moving away from investments in Web 2.0 technology startups towards higher growth investments related to the boo... |
| Oct 29, 2007 | Roundup: Jobloft bought, Cerf done with ICANN, and more | 1) Niche job board site conglomerate OnTargetJobs buys niche job board site Jobloft 2) Vint Cerf done at ICANN, staying on at Google, etc. 3) More streaming TV startups get funding 4) Imeem signs third major label Niche job board site congl... |
| Oct 29, 2007 | Skinkers Raises $16 Million Series B | Skinkers, the UK company that is building a P2P live TV platform with Microsoft, has taken $16 million Series B in a round led by Acacia Capital Partners that included original investors Spark Ventures and the Skinkers Management team. Skin... |
| Oct 29, 2007 | Skinkers raises £8m in second round | Corporate P2P Web broadcast firm Skinkers has inked a £8m ($16m) funding deal today from venture firms Acacia Capital, Spark Ventures and from Skinkers’ own management team. The cash will be used to further push and develop its peer-to-peer... |
| Nov 21, 2006 | Web Office Widgets and Intranet Dashboards | On my ZDNet blog last night I took a look at the evolving world of Web Office widgets. I noted that the personalized start page Pageflakes has just introduced a couple of new office “flakes” – a Calendar Flake and a Notepad Flake. They also... |
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FAQ about Skinkers
How much funding has Skinkers raised?
Skinkers has raised $16.48M in total across 1 funding round.
What has the press written about Skinkers?
Parsers VC has collected 11 articles mentioning Skinkers, among them “Livestation goes iPad-friendly” (Jun 1, 2010) and “Livestation adds CNBC as a premium option” (May 6, 2010).
Is Skinkers still active?
Yes, Skinkers is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Sep 27, 2011.