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Seesmic:  Join the video conversation

What is Seesmic?
Until now, online communication has lacked personality as it’s been limited to text (IM, SMS, email).  Now, Seesmic brings conversation alive through video. See and hear people share their experiences straight from their webcams, join in live conversations, and engage in real interactions with real people.

It’s so easy: record a video directly on Seesmic’s website, or upload an existing video straight from your computer, or link to a video posted on a social network, whatever works for you, works for us. Join the Seesmic community and experience a new way to express yourself, to make friends, and to be seen and be heard. Conversations can also be simultaneously broadcast via Twitter and soon via other platforms. 
Be seen. Be heard. Be on Seesmic.

Who is behind Seesmic?
Seesmic was founded in September 2007 by serial entrepreneur, Loic Le Meur.  In addition to his successful track record with start-ups, Loic is also one of Europe’s best-known bloggers and founder of LeWeb3, the largest European conference focused on rising stars and established players on the Web (over 2000 participants from 40 Countries at the last edition).  Loic  also served as Internet advisor to French President Sarkozy and serves as an advisor to the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Seesmic:  For the Community; By the Community
Instead of operating in “stealth mode”, Loic is creating Seesmic in the open, with the help and guidance of the Seesmic community at large.  At Loic.tv, he provides a daily video show on his thoughts, experiences and decisions in crafting the business. New hires, the company’s logo, office furniture selection and more are collaborative efforts with Seesmic’s virtual community. The show is followed by more than 5,000 people a day.

News Highlights:
Seesmic has not yet launched to the public but has already garnered attention from the international media:
Share ideas to the maximum, Financial Times
2008: The year of travel logs and microblogs, Telegraph (UK)
Facebook is so last year - welcome to the hit websites of 2008, The Guardian (UK)
Seesmic, Hear Me, Touch Me, Feel Me, AllThingsD
Big Backers Eye Seesmic, New York Times
Loic Le Meur's Ten Rules For Startup Success, Techcrunch
Seesmic change from blogger's latest start-up, Financial Times
Le Web 3.0: Silicon Valley comes to Europe, International Herald Tribune

Investors:   
Seesmic has received $6 million in Series A funding led by Niklas Zennstrom and Janus Friis  (Skype, Joost) via Atomico Investments.  The complete list of investors includes:

  • Michael Arrington – Founder, Techcrunch
  • Steve Case – Co-Founder, and former CEO and Chairman of AOL
  • Jeff Clavier – Founder, SoftTechVC
  • Ron Conway – Founding investor,Google
  • Steve Garfield – Pioneering video blogger
  • Dan Gillmor – Director of the Center for Citizen MediaReid Hoffman – Founder, LinkedIn
  • Michael Parekh – Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
  • Mark Pincus – Co-Founder and former Chairman and CEO of SupportSoft
  • Ariel Poler – Founding Chairman,LinkExchange
  • Jeff Pulver – Chairman and Founder,pulver.com
  • Martin Varsavsky – Founder, FON

Founded:    September 2007
Products:    Seesmic.com:  video conversation for all of us. (Private beta planned for first half of 2008).
Size:     10 full-time staff
Location:     Headquarters:  San Francisco with offices in Paris and Romania
Legal:     Privately held U.S. C-Corporation
Contact:         For general information, please send an email to info@seesmic.com
    For press and media inquiries, please contact Seesmic@consortpartners.com