have a close connection with its subject . it may require cleanup to comply with wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view . please discuss further on the talk page . june 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message vokle type corporation founded june 2008 headquarters santa monica california united states area served worldwide slogan s unmute yourself website www.vokle.com registration optional current status active vokle is an embeddable internet microsite application that allows speakers to broadcast live video to a virtual auditorium of viewers and take live video calls and text questions from the audience . 1 2 contents 1 history 2 financing 3 references 4 external links history edit vokle privately launched a prototype in march 2009 and pc magazine noted that vokle was a web based platform for video conversations that seemed to be adding voice to social networking . 3 vokle refined its alpha version and launched its current version to the public on december 11 2009 . 4 the beta version of vokle allows for remote co hosts screening of video calls and live video editing and is aimed to help you take social to the next step by providing you with your own customized branded video chat platform . 5 the application is web based can be embedded on external websites and does not require plug ins or downloads . in july 2011 vokle launched a unique recording feature that automatically divides video and text questions into specific chapters which can be browsed and selected before the viewer plays the recording . these chapters can be shared easily on twitter or facebook through buttons and can also be embedded on external websites . 6 in march 2013 staff pick binyamin goldman posted an article on the tech blog the verge directed toward the vokle staff . the article explained that people have been unable to broadcast on the site since november and that the vokle team has not responded to his personal emails tweeted or put something on facebook in the past 4 months . vokle s live streaming system is back up however their recording system remains down and they still have not posted on facebook or twitter since november . 7 goldman has since stated that he believes that vokle has fixed all remaining issues . 8 financing edit after their initial seed round in 2008 vokle began raising angel funds . in april 2010 co founder edward dekeratry confirmed that vokle had secured a small round that allowed the company to pay for basic engineering . 9 in august 2010 tech coast angels southern california s largest angel investment group confirmed they had invested in vokle . 10 11 angel funding continued until april 2011 when vokle closed its angel round with an extra 767 000 from investors including imogen heap rafe furst and tech coast angels bringing vokle s total funding to 1.26 million . 12 references edit john federico do we really need another live video platform vokle would like us all to discuss it . . tech startups december 11 2009 . vokle crunchbase profile . crunchbase last revised april 19 2011 . michael j. miller miller michael march 2 2009 . demo 09 doing more with less . pc magazine . pc magazine march 2 2009 . daniel brusilovsky vokle launches live video broadcasting platform . techcrunch via techgearx.com december 11 2009 . brad mccarty vokle wants to give everyone a custom video conference platform . . the next web july 16 2010 . rip empson vokle turns its video conferencing platform up a notch with recording and chapter style playback . techcrunch july 18 2011 . goldman binyamin . dear vokle an open letter to the staff of the major live streaming service . retrieved 14 march 2013 . goldman binyamin . https twitter.com bzgoldman status 326503563276726272 . missing or empty title help giang biscan asable.com interview of edward dekeratry founder of vokle . as able april 26 2010 . tech coast angels hail exits disclose q2 investments numbers . socal tech august 16 2010 . kristen schott tech coast angels participates in 14 deals totaling 19 million . oc metro august 16 2010 . rip empson vokle raises 767k for its live video conferencing platform . techcrunch april 18 2011 . external links edit vokle website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title vokle & oldid 723245184 categories entertainment websitesinternet companies of the united statesinternet properties established in 2008virtual communitieshidden categories pages with citations lacking titlespages with citations having bare urlswikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from june 2016 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent 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