Founded in 1999, StreamSearch was initially positioned as “The Remote Control of the Web.” The company raised $32 million in venture capital from Rare Medium Group, Brentwood Venture Capital, Advantage Capital, SAC, Putnam, The McClatchy Company, Gannett Company, Roman Arch Fund, Phoenix Equity Partners, CNI Ventures, Prudential Securities Tailwind Capital, and Thomas Weisel Partners, growing to 250 employees and a $100 million valuation. StreamSearch aggregated and licensed millions of streaming and downloadable files in every category including entertainment, news, sports, music, and more, serving as the pre-eminent search engine for audio and video. Its media partnerships ranged from the electronic promotion of “Mission Impossible II (M:I-2)” to the online properties of the Sundance Film Festival. StreamSearch LIVE is reinventing itself by establishing a new media platform leveraging the transmission of live internet video.
