The live video streaming app developer reportedly raised the cash from backers including Universal, Comcast, Broadway Video, CAA, UTA and William Morris Endeavor.

Meerkat, the US-based creator of a video livestreaming tool for social networking site Twitter, has reportedly raised $14m in a series B found that included several corporate investors.

Meerkat has developed an app-based service that enables users to exchange links to live video feeds through Twitter. Although it was founded in 2012, the company has soared in popularity after its app went viral at music and technology South by Southwest earlier this month.

The funding amount was first reported by…