Stephen Hawking wants to be a Bond villain and is using new Intel technology to communicate incredibly fast. Guy is amazing.
- Vox Media, $46.5M, Media
- Endgame, $30M, Security software
- Sweetgreen, $18.5M, Food
- Echo360, $18M, Edtech
- FiscalNote, $7M, Data
- Apio Systems, $5M, Mobile apps
- Inovex, $4M, IT
- Snagfilms, $2.5M, Media
- BeneVir, $2M, Biotech
- Contactually, $2M, SaaS
- Tahzoo, $1.1M, CX agency
- Brazen Careerist, $870K, SaaS
- Disruption Corp., $740K, Data/Investment mgmt.
- Avizia, $575K, Healthcare
AOL acquired video content company Vidible for $50M. Vidible provides video content (you select or they curate) and monetization (syndication and ad server tech) to websites. AOL is actively trying to bulk up their video capabilities, as this acquisition follows others for PrecisionDemand (May ’14) and Adap.tv (August ’13).
Community
The final CONNECTpreneur of the year is Thursday morning. 2U CEO Chip Paucek(whose Dolphins are still in the playoff hunt after last night) is the fireside chat, followed by investors from Revolution, Crystal Tech, Complex Interests and Kinetic.
50 on Fire is Thursday night. Be there or be square.
What I’m Reading
- Family offices are doing more direct deals
- Capital Bikeshare fired employee for union activity
- Power of mobile for civic engagement
- Obama requests $263M in police body cameras
- Careful what obituaries are in your CMS backend
- Va. armor maker is selling bullet proof backpacks