Vuclip offers mobile video and media solutions and an advertising platform for global and regional content providers, global brands, and mobile operators. Its customers include the Associated Press and UTV, brands such as Cadbury Silk and Samsung, and operators Vodafone and Airtel. The company recently introduced an iOS app as part of a complementary app-and-browser strategy to reach all mobile video viewers. Led by CEO Nickhil Jakatdar, Vuclip operates offices in Milpitas, New Delhi, Mumbai, Singapore, Dubai, Shenzhen and Beijing. The company plans to use new funding to expand its presence in Asia, the Middle East and Latin America and to further develop its media and advertising platform. Vuclip raised $13M in a Series D round, reflecting its current financing activity. Vuclip operates a mobile video search and delivery service accessible through mobile browsers and powered by HTML5. The platform is popular in international markets including India, Malaysia, and Indonesia and claims to be the largest mobile video provider in those countries. Distribution partners include Airtel, Maxis, Tata DoCoMo, Telkomsel, Vodafone, and XL, and content relationships include The AP, Billboard, Falcon Interactive, and Times of India. Vuclip has shown rapid consumption growth, taking 31 months to serve its first billion videos and only eight months to reach the second billion. The company plans to use new funding to expand mobile video analytics to help advertisers and content owners understand video consumption and region-specific trends. Its growth metrics and partner network underpin its position in emerging mobile-video markets. Vuclip is a Milpitas, California-based cloud service that performs real-time transcoding to deliver videos to mobile users. The company delivers more than one million mobile videos every day across over 3,000 unique mobile handsets in 150 countries, including India, China and the United States. Its platform serves a wide range of handset profiles and global mobile audiences. Vuclip announced a $6M Series B led by Jafco Ventures with participation from existing investor New Enterprise Associates. As part of the round, Jafco General Partner Nick Sturiale will join the company's board alongside NEA General Partner Kittu Kolluri. The funding and board changes were reported on 22/09/2009.

Total raised

$27M

Funding rounds

3

Latest round

Series D

Latest activity

Nov 2012