Akimbo Workshops are proven, powerful and efficient online communities that help people learn to see.
Employees: 51-200
Total raised: $23.5M
Investors 2
| Date | Name | Website |
| - | Western Te... | westerntec... |
| - | Zone Ventu... | zonevc.com... |
Funding Rounds 2
| Date | Series | Amount | Investors |
| 29.02.2008 | - | $8M | - |
| 25.06.2006 | - | $15.5M | - |
Mentions in press and media 18
| Date | Title | Description |
| 24.05.2008 | Akimbo calls it quits | Remember Akimbo? It’s gone now. The company launched an internet-connected hardware box for your TV a few years ago and charged about $10 a month for a handful of channels, some mainstream. After a while, Akimbo abandoned the hardware aspec... |
| 23.05.2008 | Akimbo Jumps Into Deadpool, Takes $56 Million With It | Akimbo, the online video provider that never seemed to establish an identity, has closed its doors. The sudden move is surprising, given that the site raised $4 million in funding less than three months ago. Akimbo launched in 2002 as a har... |
| 22.05.2008 | Akimbo, online video delivery company, throws in towel for good | updated We’re hearing that Akimbo, the San Mateo, Calif. video set-top box company that raised millions of dollars in fresh funding less than three months ago to make a fresh start in a new direction, has just thrown in the towel anyway. In... |
| 29.02.2008 | Akimbo, failed video distribution company, tries again, raises $8M | Akimbo, the San Mateo, Calif. company that tried to offer video over a set-top box, but gave up in May last year because no one was buying the box, has launched again with a different management team, $8 million in fresh funding and a diffe... |
| 27.02.2008 | Akimbo Reinvents Itself Again, Takes More Money | Online video provider Akimbo has reinvented itself again as a white label video service provider and has taken a new round of funding. Akimbo’s new white label video solution includes an advertising system and “supports multiple business mo... |
| 09.05.2007 | Internet TV company, Joost, raises $45M | Internet TV company Joost has raised $45 million in a whopper round of venture financing, giving it a significant war-chest to spend just as its product hits the market. Lead investors were Sequoia Capital and Index Ventures. CBS Corporatio... |
| 08.05.2007 | Roundup: Moritz No. 1, No VC tax, Akimbo, DeVenCI and more | Michael Moritz, most influential venture capitalist — Moritz, a partner at Sequoia Capital and early backer of Yahoo, Google among others, is the only VC to make Time’s list of 100 most influential. “Many people see Mike as a loner. I think... |
| 09.04.2007 | Akimbo Courts PC Users, NHL Fans | Most video-content companies are concentrating on getting their stuff off your computer and onto your TV. Akimbo was already on TVs, however, and is now working on getting that content onto your PC. The company announced today that its Inte... |
| 20.03.2007 | Channels.com, another guide to Web video | Everyone wants a piece of the El Dorado of video, and the latest Silicon Valley start-up effort is Channels.com. Channels.com, of Palo Alto, Calif., aims to be your guide for video on the Web, a place akin to YouTube — but where you can go ... |
| 19.01.2007 | CES 2007: Dear Diary…Hump Day Part One | It’s finally Wednesday, January 10. It’s my last day of meetings. Seven of them in a row starting bright and early with Akimbo and their CEO who’s named same as me. Put simply, Akimbo is a content provider. They deliver Web-based video to T... |
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