SundaySky Automatically Turns Web Content Into Videos, Raises $9 Million

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Tuesday, October 12th, 2010

SundaySky, a company that has developed technology capable of extracting content from any website and molding it into videos created on-the-fly, has raised $9 million in Series B financing. The round was led by Norwest Venture Partners with follow-on investments from Carmel Ventures and Globespan Capital Partners.

Founded in 2006, SundaySky provides e-businesses with a solution that distributes dynamically generated, template-based videos across entire websites, marketing channels and mobile and social platforms.

The company’s SaaS-based video generation platform thus aims to help its customers personalize web experiences, enhance customer engagement, increase conversions and boost search engine ranking.

You can check out how it works here, or see live examples on ePlans.com and Overstock.com (click the videos, obviously).

SundaySky is headquartered in New York with a product and technology center in Tel Aviv. This funding round brings the total amount of capital injected into the startup to a healthy $17 million.

Company: SundaySky
Website: sundaysky.com
Launch Date: 2006
Funding: $17M

SundaySky, the creator of SmartVideo, helps customer-centric brands engage people with personalized, real-time video experiences at every step of the customer lifecycle. The SundaySky platform generates hundreds of thousands of SmartVideos daily, powering customer acquisition, support, growth and loyalty initiatives for leaders in e-commerce, telecommunications, insurance, banking and travel. AT&T, Office Depot, Lenovo and other SundaySky customers have proven that SmartVideo viewers are more engaged, profitable and loyal, as program performance is measurable and optimized for incremental impact on...

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