Comments on: Video Chat Service TokBox Raises $10 Million From Bain

By: shijithajus

shijithajus — Sun, 31 May 2009 17:03:09 +0000

hai friend

By: Burbuja 2.0. ¿ Financiera, de proyectos o sólo informativa? » Antonio Mas. Trabajar sin conexión.

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:54:19 +0000

[...] lugar de encuentro entre familias Que ya tiene la competencia de Lazoos.com y Genoom.com. • Servicio de Video Chat TokBox levanta $10 Millones • Nuevo site de Viajes sociales: TripSay • Inigral.com lleva la red social a la [...]

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Just Got Fired From Yahoo? Have A Taco. — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:57:08 +0000

[...] chat startup TokBox (which raised $10 million in August) will be parking a taco truck outside of Yahoo headquarters today, handing out free tacos [...]

By: Peter

Peter — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 23:54:44 +0000

how about this site? the technology looks even more sophisticated

http://www.publicsquare.tv

By: Kevin

Kevin — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 04:44:37 +0000

I think it’s great news. I think the team is doing a number of innovative things, and it should be exciting to see what features they add to their API.
Congratulations again to the Tokbox team –

By: August 7, 2008 | next media update

August 7, 2008 | next media update — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:43:25 +0000

[...] Video Chat Service TokBox Raises $10 Million Second Round from Bain TECHCRUNCH TokBox, the Sequoia-backed video chat startup, has closed a $10 million Series B round led by Bain Capital Ventures, with Sequoia also contributing. The round brings TokBox’s total funding to around $14 million. As part of the deal, Bain’s Scott Friend will join the company’s board. TokBox offers a Flash-based video chat service that requires no extra plugins. Source> [...]

By: PF

PF — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:37:29 +0000

Go BP, go…

By: Rolv Heggenhougen

Rolv Heggenhougen — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:55:26 +0000

I tried it without the plugin and had problems with the quality. I contacted the person from tokbox that showed up as a contact two days in a row and got no response. I then emailed the company and told them and was told in a reply that this person was probably busy.
I use Skype and really have a problem justifying why I would tell a few hundred contacts to go to tokbox as I don’t see a single feature that’s different or better. I can send videomail with my built-in camara all day without any 3rd party software. I left messages to people that were not online and they never got them, just an email that they missed a message – Skype (and all other IM’s I am aware of) saves these and deliveres them when they come back online. The desktop plugin does not help, it’s enough to have one IM running for me.
I also question the investment/business model – $10M is a lot of money for a company that does nothing unique as I can see it and that’s going up against some Goliaths in a saturated market.
Why not include desktop sharing, now at least I can use it for client presentations, support etc?
All in all I don’t get the differentiators nor the value from either an investor perspective nor a user perspective.

By: SnapYap

SnapYap — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:54:34 +0000

Congrats to TokBox, they clearly need to spend more to catch up to us.

By: QuantitatiVC » Blog Archive » tokbox - series B of US$10m

QuantitatiVC » Blog Archive » tokbox - series B of US$10m — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:22:18 +0000

[...] Video Chat Service TokBox Raises $10 Million From Bain [...]

By: KillerLocator.com

KillerLocator.com — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:13:36 +0000

Doesnt Kyte already do this. Terrible domain name. Sounds like another spamplication.

By: TokBox recibe 10M de Bain para servicios de vídeo chat

TokBox recibe 10M de Bain para servicios de vídeo chat — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:00:43 +0000

[...] por Bain Capital Ventures, en la que también ha participado Sequoia. Esta ronda le da a TokBox una financiación total de 14 millones de dólares. Como parte del acuerdo Scott Friend de Bain entrará a formar parte de la junta de [...]

By: rei

rei — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:01:58 +0000

so cool…can be better if they make the videocam more social, something like user can use it from their own website or blog.

By: johnny

johnny — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:59:48 +0000

Thats nice, but where does this company make money?

They tout it as free on their website, but I’m sure the bandwidth costs a bunch???

By: Jared T

Jared T — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:42:57 +0000

It’s coming along really well, can’t wait to see what’s next from TokBox.

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:26:51 +0000

No extra plugin?It sounds really cool.When we reach a web,additional installation always crazy ourselves.If it is really easy-using and no-plugin,that is my choice of web-based chat room.

By: Bain Capital & Sequoia Capital Invests $10 Million Series B Funding In TokBox

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:07:38 +0000

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By: SJP Blogger

SJP Blogger — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:04:16 +0000

I have to believe that the simpler and easier websites make their ideas for everyone to use when first launched, the success rate of them coming back to use it will go way up. My first impression when I went there was that I will probably go back to use it some time. Its easy to get going. Internet Submitter Awaits! Thanks!

By: Bob Barker

Bob Barker — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 05:02:18 +0000

BP in the hizzaus y’all!!!!!

By: Andy Wong

Andy Wong — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:46:33 +0000

Please register with all your buddies, and chat. It needs headcount as much as possible, say 300,000 is the milestone for next around funding or acquisition.