New York-based VYou raised $3 million in funding, led by RRE Ventures and Highland Capital Partners, with participation from High Peaks Venture Partners, Broadway Video Ventures, Kevin Wall, David Tisch, and Rick Webb, according to a press release. VYou is developing a text-to-video technology that allows people to send and receive short videos. The company has scored partnerships with MTV/VH1, Hearst Newspapers, Simon & Schuster, and others.
Author: Arlene Weintraub
Arlene is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences and technology. She was previously a senior health writer based out of the New York City headquarters of BusinessWeek, where she wrote hundreds of articles that explored both the science and business of health. Her freelance pieces have been published in USA Today, US News & World Report, Technology Review, and other media outlets. Arlene has won awards from the New York Press Club, the Association of Health Care Journalists, the Foundation for Biomedical Research, and the American Society of Business Publication Editors. Her book about the anti-aging industry, Selling the Fountain of Youth, was published by Basic Books in September 2010.
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