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   私募基金凯雷带头投了1800万美金（round B）给Rhythm，志在建立一个全球性的手机视频广告平台

   20-month-old mobile advertising startup Rhythm NewMedia landed million in a Series B round recently, led by Carlyle Venture Partners, the US venture and growth arm of The Carlyle Group, bringing the total investment to .4 million, following a .4 million round from Lightspeed Venture Partners, Rembrandt Venture Partners and Morgenthaler Ventures, all of Menlo Park, Calif. This round of venture capital will be used to begin the company’s commercial launch of advertising-supported video networks in the U.S. and Europe. 
  “We have followed Rhythm carefully since our first meeting last fall, and are very impressed with how they have translated early thought leadership into market leadership in mobile video advertising,” said Allan Thygesen, Managing Director at The Carlyle Group. “With 3G network rollouts completed and 3G handsets becoming the mainstream feature phones, our dialogue with carriers demonstrated that the next phase of mobile video will be partially or completely advertising financed. We are delighted to support the outstanding management team at Rhythm as they begin large scale commercial deployments with leading operators.”