Bedrocket Media, backed by ex-HuffPo chairman, raises $9M

Five-month-old New York startup Bedrocket Media Ventures, a video studio for Web and TV content, raised $9 million and wants to raise another $2.5 million in this round according to a regulatory filing. Bedrocket CEO and co-founder Brian Bedol previously founded television channels Class Sports Network and College Sports Television. Bedrocket co-founder Kenneth Lerer was chairman and co-founder of The Huffington Post, which was sold in March for $315 million to AOL. Lerer is also a manager of Lerer Ventures. Bedrocket has revealed little of its plans beyond a prior interview with AllthingsD.com.

Author: João-Pierre S. Ruth

After more than thirteen years as a business reporter in New Jersey, João-Pierre S. Ruth joined the ranks of Xconomy serving first as a correspondent and then as editor for its New York City branch. Earlier in his career he covered telecom players such as Verizon Wireless, device makers such as Samsung, and developers of organic LED technology such as Universal Display Corp. João-Pierre earned his bachelor’s in English from Rutgers University.