8TV Raises $500,000 Funding To Enter Indian market
San Francisco-based startup 8TV has raised USD 500,000 funding (about Rs 3.34 crore) from investors including Redcliffe Capital Managing Partner Dheeraj Jain, Google executive Tidhar Carmeli and angel investor Thomas Korte.
The company, which offers short form video network for brands, is also supported by the US tech giant Amazon that has invested about USD 100,000 worth of AWS services credit.
The startup graduated from Angelpad, a tech accelerator in Silicon Valley, and its customers include firms like Unilever.
"We have received a USD 500,000 investment from Dheeraj Jain (Managing Partner at Redcliffe Capital), Tidhar Carmeli and Thomas Korte (ex Google and Angelpad), with additional USD 100,000 invested by Amazon in form of AWS services," 8TV founder Leon Crutchley said.
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