Vobile Acquires Blayze

vobileVobile, a Santa Clara, California-based provider of video and audio content identification, analytics and management services, acquired Blayze, a YouTube analytics and content marketing startup.

The amount of the deal was not disclosed.

Blayze will give Vobile an entry into the YouTube content rights management market. The cofounders, Ben Smith (CEO) and Bennett Neale will both join Vobile, with Mr. Smith taking on the role of SVP of Business Development and leading the opening of Vobile’s Los Angeles branch office.

Launched in 2012 through venture fund MuckerCapital, has raised seed funding from investors including MuckerCapital, Social Leverage, Allen DeBevoise, and other prominent online video investors.

Founded in 2005 by Yangbin Wang, CEO, Vobile is a provider of video and audio content identification, analytics and management services. Its patented core VDNA technology enables automated identification, tracking and management of any video and audio content.
The company, which has additional offices in China, Japan and Singapore, recently closed a Series C round (read here).

FinSMEs

10/03/2014

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