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Maker Studios Acquired By Disney For $500M

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According to The Walt Disney Company, the deal will provide it with "advanced technology and business intelligence" around consumers'' interaction with short form, online videos. content hollywood network youtube acquisition merger disney studios maker' Maker operates a network of YouTube content channels--over 55,000--which gets 5.5

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Connectifier Acquired By LinkedIn

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in funding from such investors as Galeo Ventures, Goldcrest Investments, Okapi Venture Capital, and True Ventures. Connectifier's angel investors also included Sean Ellis, Andrew Chen, Jonathan Downey, and James Hong. Connectifier was developing automated software to help companies with their recruiting, and had raised around $12.0M