Mediagazer: Mobile Video App Snapverse Raises $3.5M And Announces Deals With Universal, Warner Bros, And Sony (Anthony Ha/TechCrunch)

8:40 PM ET, October 29, 2013

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Anthony Ha / TechCrunch:

Mobile Video App Snapverse Raises $3.5M And Announces Deals With Universal, Warner Bros, And Sony — Snapverse is an iPhone app that combines 20-second user videos with licensed music. The amount of licensed music available is about to grow significantly, thanks to partnerships with Universal, Warner Brothers, and Sony.