At, On and In Seesmic

Even though it is still in closed alpha, Seesmic has started generating a lot of buzz in Silicon Valley, in France and in the Social Media ecosystem. I remember clearly when its founder, my dear friend Loic Le Meur, told me months ago about the idea of a video community that would be able to interact and exchange using short form videos - sort of a “Twitter for Video”. I don't recall if my initial reaction was “Doh”, “Yukh” or “Pfffh”. Then, mid October, I had access to the very cut of the product. It was still pretty raw, or at least medium rare, but definitely showed a lot of potential for creating conversations through short form videos on Seesmic itself, but also the on other services that videos can be posted or linked on. I also saw the initial frenzy - that we are used to - around the release of the first set of keys to access the application, and the increasing number of videos created by the first few hundreds of test users. For a group that size, they create a *lot* of video content, and we can see conversations happening around these videos on twitter, youtube or individual blogs.

So yesterday I was at Seesmic, visiting the office - great space I must say, just a puppy promenade away from Dogster's headquarter - where the previously announced recording studio is being built. This gave me the opportunity to be on Seesmic, in show #40 which also featured the inaugural Seesmic logo, aka “The Racoon”. And finally, on that video, I briefly announced that SoftTech VC was investing in Seesmic, joining a list of prestigious investors.

So thank you Loic for giving me the opportunity of being at, on and in Seesmic! And yes, from now on, you will be referred to as “Number 8”, since Seesmic is the 8th investment of the fund. Those paying attention will point out that I had announced 4 investments to date - correctly so. It is just that investments #5, #6 and #7 have not been disclosed yet. They will at the right time in the near future.

I have embedded show #40 in this post, but if you want to suffer watch the full segment we taped, you will find it here.

Finally, I announced on the show that I had a few Seesmic invites, feel free to leave comments, link to this post or message me on twitter (@jeffclavier), and I will send you an invite code.

Tags: seesmic

Comments

[Ludovic]

Hey Jeff,

Would it be possible to get a Seesmic invite ? Cheers

[Guillaume]

The most interesting part is how you change your accent to something that looks like a native accent!

Whatever, I'm interesting by a seesmic invite code. May you send one?

[Ken Villines]

I would be interested in grabbing an invite and checking out the service....thx

[Chris]

I think I sent you a direct message on twitter (masto), but it doesn't show up, so I don't know if it worked. Anyway, I'd really love a Seesmic invite if you have any left!

[Joyce Bettencourt]

Hello Jeff - it was an entertaining show as the Seesmic daily shows often are. I am sure you had fun, you guys looked like you were. Congrats on informally announcing your investment in their company, it definitely has created a lot of buzz and, for those of us within the alpha, it is living up to being a compelling video conversation space. :)

Over on twitter I left you 2 names via an @jeffclavier message that I think would make great additions to the Seesmic conversation. I already have an account so I figured I would use this opportunity to spread it to others to join in.

Take care,
Joyce

[Carlos Granier-Phelps]

If you can spare an invite, I'd love to give Seesmic a try. Thanks in advance.

[Adrienne]

Hey Jeff, would love a seesmic account invite if you happen to have any left.

Thanks and cheers

[Jason L. Baptiste]

Jeff,

Enough with making smart investments already, you're making everyone else look bad :-). Invites like this are going like hotcakes. Very curious to see the long term vision of Seesmic. Lots of potential there. Should we characterize seesmic as more of a complement to twitter, as opposed to a competitor? Oh yeah, an invite would be great. Thanks!

-jlb

[Matthias Zeller]

Hello Jeff - Yes I would be interested to test drive Seesmic. My Twitter ID is matzeller.

Thanks!
Matthias

[Kristie Wells]

Jeff,

I would love a Seesmic invite if you have one still available.

[Jeff]

Hi Jeff,
Please let me get a foot on that extraordinary concept.Would be pleased to get an invite.
Thanx

[Brian Breslin]

hey Jeff, I would also love a seesmic invite, my twitter user is brbreslin.
thanks!
Brian

[Rob Hof]

Hi Jeff, congrats. Would love to get an invite if they're still available. Thanks.

[Jackie Danicki]

Would love an invite if they're not all gone, mon ami!

[Mike]

Actually one of the more interesting Seesmic shows, to get to see the (or one of the?) investors. I've subscribed to your blog and will see if I can find you on twitter, as it would be interesting to see what other investments you have planned.

PS: I already have an invite, but thanks anyway ;)

[Sean Scott]

Jeff,

Would love to get one of the last remaining 4 invites to seesmic

[Thomas Johnson]

Would love to get an invite code!
Thanks

[Maxence TAIEB]

Bonjour,
Comme tous les commentateurs de cet article, j'aimerai bien tester seesmic. Est-ce qu'il te reste des invits ?
Tu peux me trouver sur twitter ici http://twitter.com/chekchouka

[Thomas Carrier]

Hi Jeff,

I am also interested in a Seesmic invite.

I'm following you on Twitter so I can be reached there, as well.

http://twitter.com/TomCarrier

Merci beaucoup,
Tom

[Jim Kerr]

I'm trying to see what Seesmic does that Kyte does not, and I'm finding very little. Kyte seems to have even more functionality than Seesmic, and is way further down the development path. What am I missing?

Full disclosure: Kyte is one of our clients.