Online television platform Pluto TV has raised $8.3m, $5m of which was provided by Samsung Venture Investment Corporation.

Samsung Venture Investment Corporation, a corporate venturing subsidiary of electronics manufacturer Samsung, invested $5m in US-based online television platform Pluto TV on Tuesday to lead a $8.3m funding round.

Pluto TV operates an online television service that features more than 100 channels, as well as thousands of films, and has signed more than 40 content partnership deals with TV networks, film studios, publishers and digital media companies in 2017 alone.

The company did not disclose the identity of the other…