JW Player Receives $20M in Series C Funding

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Summary

JW Player, a NYC-based online video platform, received $20m in Series C funding.The round was led by Greycroft Growth and Greenspring Associates with participation from Cue Ball Capital and e.ventures.The company intends to use the funds to expand its sales, marketing, product, and engineering initiatives, and add to improve its software-as-a-service platform.Founded as an open-source project by Dave Otten, CEO, and also led by Chris Mahl, President, JW Player is today live on more than 2 million sites with 9 billion video streams to 900 million monthly unique viewers across all devices — phones, tablets, and desktops.Today, customers span the globe across 193 countries and range from Fortune 500 companies to individual bloggers.

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Amount $20.0M Total raised
Date September 17, 2014 Announcement date
Investors Cue Ball, Greenspring Associates, Infinity Ventures Japan Lead investors
Company http://www.jwplayer.com Funded company

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Video Streaming Software SaaS Video Platform Video Monetization Software

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JW Player
$50M to $100M