VC Private Financings for Content Protection and Digital Rights Managment

GumGum raises $500,000

GumGum Inc., a startup that helps companies monetize and license their content, has raised $500,000.  The Santa Monica, CA-based startup offers a platform for licensing content using both a CPM and ad-supported model. Its emphasis is on licensing out photography, a tricky issue given rampant unauthorized reproduction of photos online. CEO Ophir Tanz was previously […]

ImageSpan raises $11,000,000

ImageSpan Inc., which provides enabling infrastructure for digital content licensing, today announced that it has closed a second round financing of $11 million.  ImageSpan provides an enabling infrastructure for content licensing, helping content owners define rights and transact online in minutes. We automate today’s manual licensing processes. ImageSpan is the market-leading licensing automation platform partner […]

Attributor raises $12,000,000

Attributor Corporation, provider of the world’s first Web-wide content tracking and programming platform, today announced series C funding of $12 million.  Its content tracking and programming platform enables publishers to build value with their content wherever it appears on the Internet. With Attributor, publishers can now program when, how and where their content is presented […]

Kobalt Music Group raises $16,000,000

Kobalt Music Group Ltd., a UK-based provider of tech-enabled music publisher solutions, has raised $16 million in second round funding.  Kobalt is a leading independent music publisher offering unparalleled online global administration of copyrights, pipeline advances and creative services to songwriters and publishers. Our unique, transparent systems were designed to better service the rights owner. […]

Liquid Machines raises $10,000,000

Liquid Machines, Inc. announced that it has closed its Series D financing with $10 million.  Liquid Machines is the leading provider of Enterprise Rights Management (ERM) solutions that prevent the misuse, modification, loss or theft of intellectual property and sensitive information. By applying access and usage controls with the data, electronic information is persistently protected […]

V.i. Laboratories raises $8,000,000

V.i. Laboratories, Inc. (”V.i. Labs”), a provider of software protection solutions for securing high-value and mission-critical applications, announced today it has closed $8 million in Series B funding.  Through V.i. Labs’ patent-pending technology, software vendors, embedded system providers, enterprise organizations and government agencies are able to easily secure their software against the threat of piracy, […]

Tizra raises $500,000

Tizra, Inc. announced today that it has closed on an investment made by the Slater Technology Fund, a venture development fund based in Rhode Island, in the amount of $500,000 to finish development and to commercialize the technology for its online publishing and delivery solutions. Tizra is developing new approaches for publishers, corporations, government, […]

Black Duck Software raises $12,000,000

Black Duck Software, the leading global provider of software compliance management solutions that help companies govern how software assets are created and managed, today announced it has closed $12 million in a third round of financing

ImageSpan raises capital

ImageSpan Inc., a licensing automation platform for digital media and the trusted License Registry solution behind the only global standard (PLUS) for digital images, today announced the completion of its Series A financing The company independently offers a comprehensive suite of applications and tools for use with the licensing of all types of digital […]

Discretix Technologies raises $20,000,000

Discretix, the leading provider of embedded security solutions for mobile devices and flash memory, today announced it has raised $20 million in third round financing. Founded in 2000, Discretix offers an array of hardware-, middleware- and software-based security technologies that are incorporated as an integral part of mobile handheld and cellular devices as well […]