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Media Software Startup doubleTwist Raises $5 million From Ovitz, Others

Apr 7, 2009 3:38 PM

DoubleTwist has raised $5 million in a round of funding from a set of high-profile investors. They include Horizon Ventures, the investment arm of Hong Kong-based billionaire Li Ka-Shing; Michael Ovitz, the former president of the Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) Company; Alex Zubillaga, the former head of digital strategy at…

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Posted In: Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, alex zubillaga, doubletwist, horizon ventures, index ventures, li ka-shing, michael ovitz, northzone ventures

‘DVD’ Jon’s DoubleTwist Gets Funding For iTunes Circumvention

Feb 18, 2008 3:45 PM

SF-based DoubleTwist, the DRM-fighting startup from famed hacker “DVD” Jon Lech Johanson, has raised funding from Skype-backer Index Ventures and Norway’s NorthZone Ventures, reports FT. After an unfulfilled partnership with fellow traveler Michael Robertson, Johanson launched DoubleTwist in 2006, with the goal of letting third parties understand Apple’s (NSDQ: AAPL)…

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Posted In: Legal, Digital Rights Management, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Venture Capital, Companies, Apple, doubletwist, index ventures

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