Thursday, October 16, 2008

BrushVideo---Online Video Editor

What Company Is Offering:
BrushVideo was created because the internet needs a good video editor. They offer a free, fast and quality service. With their editor you can create your very own movies and upload them to YouTube or embed them on your pages.
Simply drag and drop various components onto the timeline and they'll create your movie, ready to be used.

How It Works:
Add a watermark, text or change the sound? All of that and much more is possible on this website, for free. You upload one or more video files, add some audio files, drag animations on top of your videos and add effects. Impress your friends with your very own movies. Click the record button inside the editor: the button with the red circle.
Make sure your webcam is connected to your computer.
A dialog will appear asking you for permission to allow us to access your camera.
These videos, including all other videos you've used, are only stored during your session.Once you have finished creating your movie, the files will be deleted from computer.

More at:http://www.brushvideo.com/

Thrive is the first on-line, 24/7 financial advisory for young adults

What Company Is Offering:
Thrive is the first on-line, 24/7 financial advisory for young adults. They help people in their twenties and thirties gain control over their financial lives by helping them figure out what to do with their money-aside from spending it!

How It Works:

They start by organizing your financial life and highlighting the pieces that matter the most; the results may surprise you! Then, by learning about your lifestyle and your unique perception of money, they provide highly personalized advice to help you achieve your goals, whether they include buying an iphone or saving up for your own apartment. You'll learn a lot about yourself too, like how much you save month-to-month, where you spend the most, and how financially fit you are. Throughout it all, they keep you up-to-date with valuable alerts so you can avoid major snafus before they happen, making sure that your money is in all the right places so it can grow.

More at: https://www.justthrive.com/

FatTail, Inc is an innovator in online advertising optimization software solutions has closed its Series A financing

What Company Is Offering:
FatTail, Inc. is an innovator in online advertising optimization software solutions. Founded in 2001, the company’s AdBook yield and process management software for digital advertising is used by more than 500 of the world’s leading websites.


How Much They Got From VCs:
FatTail Inc., an innovator in online advertising optimization software, announced that it has closed its Series A financing. The $3M round was led by Velocity Interactive Group, whose partners include former AOL Chief Executive Jonathan F. Miller and former Fox Interactive Media President Ross Levinsohn, with participation by Ted Meisel, former Overture CEO and former president of Yahoo! Search Marketing, and others. Levinsohn will join FatTail’s board of directors.


How They Will Use Funds:

The company will use the funds for the development and launch of its new sales optimization software products, which will be available next year.

More at:www.fattail.com

Achronix Semiconductor Corp is provider of the world’s fastest field-programmable gate arrays got funding

What Company Is Offering:
Achronix builds the world's fastest field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) capable of up to 1.5 GHz peak performance.Achronix Semiconductor is a privately held fabless corporation based in San Jose, California.

How Much They Got From VCs:
Achronix Semiconductor Corp., provider of the world’s fastest field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), announced the first closing of a $52 million Series B preferred stock financing. The first $43 million of the unprecedented $52 million financing was closed on Oct. 10, with the remainder to close in the next several weeks.

How They Will Use Funding:

The proceeds from the financing will be used to fund the development of next-generation products and to support the rapidly accelerating demand for the recently-announced Speedster family of 1.5 GHz FPGAs.

More at:http://www.achronix.com