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Vuclip
Vuclip Logo
Type of businessPrivate
FoundedJuly 2008
Headquarters
Milpitas, California
,
United States
No. of locations(Beijing)
Area servedWorldwide
Key peopleNickhil Jakatdar, CEO and co-founder
Zhigang Chen, CTO and co-founder
IndustryMobile video entertainment
URLvuclip.com

Vuclip is a mobile video company that allows users to search for and watch web videos on any video-enabled mobile device.[1] According to data from Opera, it is one of the top 30 mobile sites globally[2] and one of the top ten mobile sites in India.[3]

Vuclip has partnerships with carriers throughout India including Bharti Airtel, Tata DoCoMo, and Vodafone. The company also has deals in Southeast Asia with Maxis Communications, XL Axiata, and Telkomsel.[4]

The company dynamically transcodes, optimizes and delivers videos to mobile devices in real-time.[5] They have served up over 2 billion video views to users worldwide. It took the company 31 months from its inception to serve up 1 billion video views and it served up its 2 billionth video view eight months later.[6]

The company is private and has received funding[7] from NEA[8] and Jafco Ventures.[9] The company closed a Series C round of funding in May 2011 and raised $8 million from previous investors NEA and Jafco.[10]

It also lets online publishers and content owners make their video content available on mobile devices through a white-label API program.[11]

Founded in 2004, the company was formerly known as blueapple.mobi, before launching as Vuclip in the summer of 2008.[12] The company is located in Milpitas, CA with offices in Beijing.

References

  1. ^ http://www.vuclip.com/About.html
  2. ^ http://www.opera.com/smw/2010/11/
  3. ^ http://telecomyatra.afaqs.com/news/?sid=2636_Top+mobile+sites+in+India
  4. ^ http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/19/mobile-video-search-engine-vuclip-raises-8-million/
  5. ^ http://venturebeat.com/2008/08/18/vuclip-mobile-video-search-can-make-any-video-format-play-on-your-phone/
  6. ^ http://www.intomobile.com/2011/05/21/mobile-video-service-vuclip-raises-8-million-series-c-funding/
  7. ^ http://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2009/09/21/daily29.html
  8. ^ http://www.nea.com/Portfolio/CompanyDetail.aspx?id=1535
  9. ^ http://jafco.com/portfolio.php?type=allcompanies
  10. ^ http://techcrunch.com/2011/05/19/mobile-video-search-engine-vuclip-raises-8-million/
  11. ^ http://partners.vuclip.com/
  12. ^ http://newteevee.com/2008/08/18/vuclip-the-secret-mobile-video-phenom/


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