Boston-based Visible Measures, a video advertising services company which started as a provider of analytics and recently expanded as a video ad network, has raised $21 million in new funding, the company announced today.
In November in Monaco, we spoke with CEO Brian Shin about the company and emerging opportutnities around social video. We have republished that video today.
More on the company's news and Shin's POV in this story on TechCrunch.
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