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Website: http://www.twitvid.com         

Headquarters:  California                  

Founded:  2008  

Funding:  Angel Investors                     

Sector:  Entertainment / Mobile

What they Say:  TwitVid is the leading video tweeting app for Twitter (in terms of traffic, uploads, and popularity among celebrities). TwitVid's technology gives users the ability to upload, view and share videos in both HD and SD sooner than any other app on the market, which is critical in the Twitter environment where people want to post videos as quickly as possible without sacrificing quality, reliability and ease of use.

Uptake:  TwitVid.com's traffic is doubling every six weeks. Celebrities, musical artists, and professional athletes that use the service include Britney Spears, Maroon 5, Demi Lovato, The Jonas Brothers, The Used, Dane Cook, Demi Moore, Coldplay, Nine Inch Nails, Alexa Chung, Ciara, Stephen Fry, Mary J Blige, The Los Angeles Lakers, the NBA and the PGA. TwitVid recently hosted contests for AC/DC and 36 Mafia.  According to Alexa, it’s the 2,216^th most popular site on the web. Compete reports traffic of one million unique visitors per month. 

Our Take:  "See me on Twitter, baby."
It was only a matter of time before tweeters found a way to circumvent the 140 character limitation of Twitter. Why communicate by text with a few words when you can send a video? That’s especially true if you are a celebrity with millions of adoring fans who just can’t get enough of you. Twitvid is smartly capitalizing on the exploding demand for web and mobile video, and the immense popularity of social media and microblogging.