Ad tech firm Flite (fka Widgetbox) has raised $12 million third round as it completes its rebranding from a community for widget developers to one that serves as a display ad platform.

Cord-cutting has yet to hit the mainstream, but one service is beefing up its offering in an attempt to make it more of a reality. The connected TV provider Boxee—which lets users watch TV programs, films and other content from the internet on their TV sets—is today announcing that it…

Elemental Technologies, a Portland, OR.-based startup that sells video processing systems used by content companies, has raised $7.5 million in a new funding round. The funding comes from Walt Disney Co. (NYSE: DIS) venture arm Steamboat Ventures, along with existing backers General Catalyst Partners and Voyager Capital. CEO Sam Blackman…

Online video platform company Brightcove has raised $12 million in a fourth round of funding—and is now talking about going public as soon as next year. CEO Jeremy Allaire (pictured) told us this fall that his company—which has now been profitable for nearly a year—did not need to raise additional…

Browser-based streaming media service Boxee has raised $6 million in a second round of funding. General Catalyst Partners led the round—managing director Neil Sequeira is joining the board—with previous backers Union Square Ventures and Spark Capital also participating. Boxee has raised $10 million in funding since its soft launch last…

Visible Measures has raised $10 million in a third round, bringing the total funds raised to date to $29 million. The round was led by Northgate Capital and included previous investors General Catalyst Partners and MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures. According to the press release, the funds will go mostly to marketing…

Digital content incubator DECA has added $10 million to its war chest, in a second round led by new investor Rustic Canyon Partners, per a regulatory filing that socalTECH confirmed. Previous investors Atomico, General Catalyst Partners and Mayfield Fund also participated in the funding, which brings DECA’s total raise to…

And who said there was anything casual about casual games: Seattle-based casual games distributor Big Fish Games has received the biggest game-related funding in recent history. It has raised $83.3 million in a round led by Balderton Capital, General Catalyst Partners, and Salmon River Capital. The money will be used…

Cambridge, MA.-based JumpTap, a white-label mobile search and advertising company, plans to announce today that it has raised $26 million in a fourth round of funding, bringing its overall total to $72 million. The latest round was led by Alliance Bernstein L.P., a publicly traded global asset management firm. All…

Hubspot, a maker of online marketing tools, has secured $12 million in a second round led by Matrix Partners. Previous backer General Catalyst also participated in the latest round. The Cambridge, Mass.-based company, which was formed in 2005, raised a $5 million first round last July and received $500,000 in…

The Chinese online video site Tudou, which has a huge repository of illegal versions of Hollywood and TV content (check Sidereel.com: half of the TV show links lead to Tudou as the host) has received another big round: a fourth round investment of $57 million from existing investors IDG Technology…

Free classifieds site OLX is another one now in the crazy-money territory: it has raised $13.5 million in its second round of funding, from previous investors General Catalyst, Bessemer Venture Partners, Founders Fund and DN Capital. This brings the total raise to $23.5 million. In Sept 2006, it raised its…

Winter Park, FL-based Highwinds, a provider of CDN services, has raised a big $55 million round from General Catalyst Partners and Alta Communications. The company will use the funds to build out its RollingThunder network, as well as a new partnership between them, Digital Rapids Corporation and Knack Networks to…

Apparently the world did need another how-to video site: Santa Monica-based WonderHowTo has launched with an unspecified first round from General Catalyst Partners. The site offers classic how-to content, like “How to tie a tie” along with more exotic fare, like “How to train your cat to use the toilet”.…

Boston-based Visible Measures, a startup specializing in measuring internet video, has raised a $13.5 million second round led by Mohr Davidow Ventures, with participation from previous backer General Catalyst Partners. The company raised $5 million from General Catalyst in early 2007, bringing its total raise to $18.5 million. The company…

Santa Monica-based digital entertainment studio DECA, has officially launched, while announcing the $5 million venture round from the Mayfield Fund, General Catalyst Partners and Niklas Zennstrom’s Atomico Investments, that was reported earlier this month. In an interview with NewTeeVee, DECA CEO Michael Wayne made clear that the company isn’t just…