Highland Europe

Highland Europe is a venture capital firm founded in 2012, headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with an additional office in Geneva, Switzerland. The firm specializes in investing in growth-stage companies within the internet, mobile, and software sectors across Europe. Highland Europe typically makes equity investments ranging from €5 million to €75 million in companies that have achieved annual revenues of at least €10 million. The firm aims to support management teams in accelerating growth and building sustainable businesses by providing capital for both primary investments and secondary transactions. Highland Europe works closely with Highland Capital Partners, leveraging their extensive experience in venture capital to identify and nurture companies that address large market opportunities and have the potential for global expansion.

Efosa Ayanru

Associate

Robert T. Bemis

Vice President of Global Infrastructure

Keith Benjamin

General Partner

Jacob Bernstein

Principal

David Blyghton

Partner

Samuel Brooks

Partner

Sam Brooks

Partner

Eoghan Dorman

Senior Associate

Anna Faulkner

Associate

Laurence Garrett

Partner

Irena Goldenberg

General Partner

Thomas E. Guilfoile

General Partner, Highland Consumer Fund

Ayna Hayden

Principal

Michael Lackey

Investor

Paul Maeder

Chair, Partner and Founder

Lucinda Maxwell

Associate

Fergal Mullen

Co-Founder and Partner

Tom Neuberger

Associate

Helena Prokhorenko

Principal

Will de Quant

Senior Associate

Gajan Rajanathan

General Partner

Ronan Shally

Partner and CFO

Emily Tan

Senior Associate

Jean Tardy-Joubert

Partner

Chuan Thor

Managing Director

Harry Williams

Senior Associate

Tony Zappala

Partner

Anthony Zappalà

Partner

Past deals in Video on Demand

Podimo

Series B in 2021
Podimo ApS develops a platform, which provides podcast streaming and download services. The company provides audio content to the users. Podimo ApS was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Bitmovin

Series C in 2021
Bitmovin Inc specializes in online streaming solutions and server encoding systems, offering a range of products designed to enhance video delivery and user experience. The company's key offerings include a cloud-based transcoding platform known as bitcodin, which supports adaptive streaming for MPEG-DASH and Apple HLS, as well as BITDASH, a suite of optimized clients for various devices. Additionally, Bitmovin provides an Encoding API for real-time content encoding, a Player for delivering video to streaming devices, and analytics tools that help increase viewer engagement through actionable insights. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Klagenfurt, Austria, Bitmovin emerged from the Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt and continues to engage in research and standardization efforts in the multimedia sector. The company maintains a strategic partnership with Intertrust Technologies Corporation and has attracted investment from notable firms such as Atomico and YCombinator.

Bitmovin

Debt Financing in 2019
Bitmovin Inc specializes in online streaming solutions and server encoding systems, offering a range of products designed to enhance video delivery and user experience. The company's key offerings include a cloud-based transcoding platform known as bitcodin, which supports adaptive streaming for MPEG-DASH and Apple HLS, as well as BITDASH, a suite of optimized clients for various devices. Additionally, Bitmovin provides an Encoding API for real-time content encoding, a Player for delivering video to streaming devices, and analytics tools that help increase viewer engagement through actionable insights. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Klagenfurt, Austria, Bitmovin emerged from the Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt and continues to engage in research and standardization efforts in the multimedia sector. The company maintains a strategic partnership with Intertrust Technologies Corporation and has attracted investment from notable firms such as Atomico and YCombinator.

Bitmovin

Series B in 2018
Bitmovin Inc specializes in online streaming solutions and server encoding systems, offering a range of products designed to enhance video delivery and user experience. The company's key offerings include a cloud-based transcoding platform known as bitcodin, which supports adaptive streaming for MPEG-DASH and Apple HLS, as well as BITDASH, a suite of optimized clients for various devices. Additionally, Bitmovin provides an Encoding API for real-time content encoding, a Player for delivering video to streaming devices, and analytics tools that help increase viewer engagement through actionable insights. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Klagenfurt, Austria, Bitmovin emerged from the Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt and continues to engage in research and standardization efforts in the multimedia sector. The company maintains a strategic partnership with Intertrust Technologies Corporation and has attracted investment from notable firms such as Atomico and YCombinator.

Aereo

Series C in 2014
Aereo is a New York City-based technology company that enables consumers to access live broadcast television through Internet-connected devices using its cloud-based antenna and DVR technology. This service allows users to pause and rewind live programs or save them for later viewing, eliminating the need for a cable or satellite subscription. Aereo supports various platforms, including iPads, iPhones, MacBooks, and streaming devices like AppleTV and Roku. Membership options start at $8 per month, which includes access to the cloud-based technology and 20 hours of DVR storage, with an upgrade available for $12 per month for 60 hours of storage. New members can try the service free for the first month. Founded in February 2012 by Chet Kanoja and backed by IAC, Aereo aims to provide an alternative way for consumers to enjoy television content.

Aereo

Series B in 2013
Aereo is a New York City-based technology company that enables consumers to access live broadcast television through Internet-connected devices using its cloud-based antenna and DVR technology. This service allows users to pause and rewind live programs or save them for later viewing, eliminating the need for a cable or satellite subscription. Aereo supports various platforms, including iPads, iPhones, MacBooks, and streaming devices like AppleTV and Roku. Membership options start at $8 per month, which includes access to the cloud-based technology and 20 hours of DVR storage, with an upgrade available for $12 per month for 60 hours of storage. New members can try the service free for the first month. Founded in February 2012 by Chet Kanoja and backed by IAC, Aereo aims to provide an alternative way for consumers to enjoy television content.

Aereo

Series A in 2012
Aereo is a New York City-based technology company that enables consumers to access live broadcast television through Internet-connected devices using its cloud-based antenna and DVR technology. This service allows users to pause and rewind live programs or save them for later viewing, eliminating the need for a cable or satellite subscription. Aereo supports various platforms, including iPads, iPhones, MacBooks, and streaming devices like AppleTV and Roku. Membership options start at $8 per month, which includes access to the cloud-based technology and 20 hours of DVR storage, with an upgrade available for $12 per month for 60 hours of storage. New members can try the service free for the first month. Founded in February 2012 by Chet Kanoja and backed by IAC, Aereo aims to provide an alternative way for consumers to enjoy television content.

VIVA

Series B in 2012
Beijing Viva Information Technology Co., Ltd. is a media company specializing in mobile TV, mobile magazines, and mobile radio. The firm was founded in January 2007 and is based in Beijing, China.

VYou

Series A in 2011
VYou is a developer of a conversational video platform that facilitates personal social interactions online. The platform enables users to broadcast video content structured as conversations, allowing them to seek advice from experts, engage with celebrities or organizations, and maintain connections with friends and family. VYou's application can be easily embedded and shared across various web platforms, providing users with substantial creative control and the ability to maintain a social presence even when they are not actively online. As a next-generation tool in social communications, VYou builds on the groundwork established by platforms like Twitter and YouTube, enhancing the way users connect and communicate in a digital landscape.

Aereo

Seed Round in 2011
Aereo is a New York City-based technology company that enables consumers to access live broadcast television through Internet-connected devices using its cloud-based antenna and DVR technology. This service allows users to pause and rewind live programs or save them for later viewing, eliminating the need for a cable or satellite subscription. Aereo supports various platforms, including iPads, iPhones, MacBooks, and streaming devices like AppleTV and Roku. Membership options start at $8 per month, which includes access to the cloud-based technology and 20 hours of DVR storage, with an upgrade available for $12 per month for 60 hours of storage. New members can try the service free for the first month. Founded in February 2012 by Chet Kanoja and backed by IAC, Aereo aims to provide an alternative way for consumers to enjoy television content.

Metacafe

Debt Financing in 2010
Metacafe is a San Francisco-based website that specializes in short-form video entertainment across various categories, including movies, video games, sports, music, and television. Originally similar to other video-sharing platforms, Metacafe has evolved to focus on curated and exclusive premium content, differentiating itself within the online entertainment landscape. The site partners with major content providers, such as movie studios, video game publishers, television networks, music labels, and sports leagues, to offer a diverse range of high-quality videos. Metacafe is supported by advertising revenue, collaborating with brands in sectors such as entertainment, consumer electronics, telecommunications, packaged goods, food and beverage, and automotive. With additional offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, and Tel Aviv, Metacafe continues to enhance its offerings in the digital media space.

Inxpo

Series A in 2009
INXPO's next-generation digital broadcasting platform empowers organizations to reach their stakeholders through highly engaging online experiences — on any device, at any time. Through our Webcasting, Business TV and Online Event products, INXPO's clients deliver secure, on-air messages that matter, with innovative social tools that transform passive experiences into interactive ones and make their impact measurable. INXPO is the standard for TV-quality live video presentations. Our solutions are trusted by many of the world's most esteemed enterprises, including Aon, Autodesk, Cisco, EMC, Gap, HIMSS, Microsoft, Procter & Gamble and UnitedHealthcare, to create memorable experiences.

VIVA

Series A in 2009
Beijing Viva Information Technology Co., Ltd. is a media company specializing in mobile TV, mobile magazines, and mobile radio. The firm was founded in January 2007 and is based in Beijing, China.

Metacafe

Series B in 2007
Metacafe is a San Francisco-based website that specializes in short-form video entertainment across various categories, including movies, video games, sports, music, and television. Originally similar to other video-sharing platforms, Metacafe has evolved to focus on curated and exclusive premium content, differentiating itself within the online entertainment landscape. The site partners with major content providers, such as movie studios, video game publishers, television networks, music labels, and sports leagues, to offer a diverse range of high-quality videos. Metacafe is supported by advertising revenue, collaborating with brands in sectors such as entertainment, consumer electronics, telecommunications, packaged goods, food and beverage, and automotive. With additional offices in New York, Los Angeles, London, and Tel Aviv, Metacafe continues to enhance its offerings in the digital media space.

UUSee

Series B in 2007
UUSee is a Chinese new media company that provides network television and value-added services to global broadband subscribers. Founded in 2005, the company offers the largest platform for the aggregation and distribution of video and audio content. As of 2009, the download amount of UUSee network TV software has exceeded 200 million. It relies on 3 subordinate platforms: the internet video play platform; the massive site-wide video search platform; and the video community experience platform, thereby making it the leader in the Chinese network video industry.

Vibe Solutions Group

Venture Round in 2006
Vibe Solutions Group offers hosted Web services that allow consumers to create, share, collaborate, and consume rich-media content. The company provides Vibe Product Suite, which provides a suite of hosted Web publishing and communications services that helps to acquire and retain customers, extend brand, and leverage the media assets; and Pyro TV, an Internet TV channel service that allows users to view, personalize, and share a range of online video channels. It also offers Vibe Journal, a personal Web page solution, which enables to create users own rich-media personal Web space by publishing photos, video, audio, and text; Vibe Video Mail that allows to turn any email into a video mail; and Vibe Media Widget, a rich-media content ingestion tool, which provides an interface to upload, publish, and share content.

Gotuit

Series B in 2004
Gotuit is a provider of premium metadata technology that enhances the value of video libraries for professional content publishers. The company's patented video metadata management system optimizes the presentation, discovery, advertising, and profitability of video content. Gotuit offers tools such as VideoMarker Pro, a metadata authoring application that helps publishers package and showcase their broadband video libraries, and VideoMixer, which enables audiences to remix videos by manipulating video metadata. The company serves notable brands, including Lifetime, Fox, Sports Illustrated, and Major League Soccer, by delivering innovative solutions that improve the user experience and increase the monetization potential of video assets.

N2 Broadband

Series C in 2003
N2 Broadband specializes in providing distribution and management solutions for interactive television services. The company focuses on video-on-demand (VOD) hardware, software, and services, enabling cable TV operators and entertainment companies to effectively deliver VOD and other on-demand offerings. N2 Broadband designs and implements comprehensive video distribution networks that include essential components such as network management, billing, and security. By collaborating with film studios and entertainment organizations, N2 Broadband automates the distribution of digital content to cable systems, enhancing the efficiency and accessibility of on-demand media for consumers.

Gotuit

Series A in 2002
Gotuit is a provider of premium metadata technology that enhances the value of video libraries for professional content publishers. The company's patented video metadata management system optimizes the presentation, discovery, advertising, and profitability of video content. Gotuit offers tools such as VideoMarker Pro, a metadata authoring application that helps publishers package and showcase their broadband video libraries, and VideoMixer, which enables audiences to remix videos by manipulating video metadata. The company serves notable brands, including Lifetime, Fox, Sports Illustrated, and Major League Soccer, by delivering innovative solutions that improve the user experience and increase the monetization potential of video assets.

Raindance Communications

Venture Round in 1999
Raindance Communications is a provider of Internet-based communication solutions that facilitate voice, video, and visual exchanges in an efficient and cost-effective manner. The company offers a range of services designed for remote communication, including its flagship Evoke Webconferencing, live and on-demand streaming through Evoke Webcasting, and voice-to-email messaging via Evoke Talking Email. Additionally, Raindance Communications provides real-time voice chat through Evoke Web Talk. Utilizing proprietary technology, the company integrates traditional telephony with interactive web tools to support everyday business meetings and events through various options, such as reservationless conferencing and operator-assisted conferencing.
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