Boxfish, a platform that analyses each word spoken on television in order to provide programming recommendations, intends to expand its offerings to corporate customers as Samsung joins its investors.
Boxfish, the US-based developer of a television analytics platform, has raised $7m in a series B round part-funded by Korea-based electronics manufacturer Samsung and T-Venture, the corporate venturing arm of Germany-based Deutsche Telekom, GigaOM reported.
Founded in 2010, Boxfish provides a service that analyses each word spoken on television and uses the data to make programming recommendations to viewers.
T-Venture invested in Boxfish’s $3m series A round in 2011, and participated alongside Samsung, venture capital firm Naya Capital and private…