VidAngel Raises $600K in Seed Funding
Summary
VidAngel, a Salt Lake City, Utah-based website and web app that allows users to stream movies & watch YouTube with no violence or bad words, raised $600k in seed funding.Backers included Alta Ventures, Kickstart Seed Fund and Stonewall Capital.Led by Neal Harmon, CEO, VidAngel allows movie and video fans to filter out offensive content.Powered by a volunteer community of fans of family-friendly video, who tag potentially offensive swearing, sex and violence in movies, TV shows and YouTube videos, VidAngel provides a customizable filter so viewers control what they see and hear based on their personal values and content preferences.Viewers choose exactly what they want to filter, meaning turn off just F-words, or just one nude scene, or any of thousands of configurations.