Transpera Lands $8.25 million in VC

Mobile video company Transpera, which is based in Santa Monica, Calif., has closed a second-round funding of $8.25 million, according to MediaPost.

Transpera maintains an ad-supported mobile video platform employed by various top-tier media properties such as CBS News, Discovery Communications, MTV Networks and Break.com.

Transpera said in the report that they’ll use the capital infusion to expand product development and customer service. Earlier this year, Alltel Wireless announced a joint agreement with Transpera to launch Alltel Social Video, which let Alltel customers share and rate videos from numerous online sites.

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