Peacock Equity
Staci D. Kramer
Nov 15, 2010 9:30 PM
No more mystery about where Amy Banse will land in the new-look Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA). After five years of building the company’s digital entertainment presence, Banse will focus next on pure investment, heading a Bay Area-based equity fund for Comcast that combines the NBCU-GE Capital Peacock Equity Fund with Comcast…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Jul 13, 2010 3:00 PM
NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) and GE Capital joint venture Peacock Equity is the latest investor to back Vivox, which powers voice chat in online worlds including Linden Lab’s Second Life and Sony (NYSE: SNE) Online Entertainment’s Everquest. Peacock Equity is putting $2 million into the company and hints that NBC…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Apr 27, 2010 1:39 AM
Healthline Networks, which has landed two very high-profile content and ad deals over the last month and says it is now profitable, has raised $14 million in its third round of funding. In late March, ABC (NYSE: DIS) News selected Healthline to provide content and also handle remnant ad inventory…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Jul 16, 2008 10:28 AM
BlogHer, the womens ad network, blogging community site and conference organizer, has raised a $5 million second round lead by the Peacock Equity Fund (GE and NBCU), along with past backer Venrock. The company raised an initial round of funding from Venrock last summer. Along with the deal, the company…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Jun 8, 2008 9:14 PM
Bigpoint, a German online games site, has sold to NBCU’s Peacock Equity Fund and UK PE Firm GMT Communications Partners for Euro 70 million (about $110 million), according to FT...both the firms will hold 35 percent each. CEO Heiko Hubertz will reinvest his share of the sale to retain 30…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Jun 4, 2008 6:23 AM
If you appreciate the realism provided in in-game ads, here’s some good news: Sony’s PS3 game console is set to get in-game ads delivered over the internet courtesy of NY-based IGA Worldwide, says WSJ. The partnership is not exclusive, but it’s the first in-game ads deal for the PS3, and…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Apr 2, 2008 8:38 AM
Loomia, the maker of the SeenThis app for social content discovery, has raised a $5 million first round from Asset Management Company, as well as strategic investors Peacock Equity (GE-NBC), and Telefónica Capital S.A.U. It previously raised $1 million in seed money says News.com. The service lets content owners recommend…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Mar 4, 2008 6:51 PM
Firebrand, a commercials-as-content startup with backing from NBC, is shutting down. The news was first reported by Gawker and confirmed by TV Decoder. The site, which remains up, announced its launch last September, with backers including the Peacock Equity Fund (NBC and GE), Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) and ION TV, which…
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Rafat Ali
Feb 28, 2008 12:34 AM
Peacock Equity Fund, the strategic venture fund which is part of NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), has now upped it fund size from an initial $250 million to $1 billion, according to NBCU digital media VP Jessica Schell, speaking at Harvard Business School’s Entertainment & Media conference today. The fund, launched…
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James Quintana Pearce
Oct 31, 2007 7:31 AM
Peacock Equity, a joint venture between GE Commercial Finance’s Media, Communications & Entertainment business and NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), has invested in mobile search and messaging provider 4INFO. The amount of the investment was not disclosed, but 4INFO CEO Zaw Thet said the total round came to $15 million, including…
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David Kaplan
Jul 16, 2007 8:09 AM
Medical information search engine HealthLine has raised $21 million in second round financing led by GE/NBC Universal’s (NYSE: GE) Peacock Equity Fund. The round also includes strategic financing from Aetna Ventures, LLC, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, U.S. News and World Report, and previous investors VantagePoint Venture Partners and Reed Elsevier (NYSE:…
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