Joost Announces $45 million Funding From Sequoia, Index, CBS & Viacom

Internet TV startup Joost raised $45 million in a venture round of financing , the company will announce this evening. Investors include Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures, CBS Corporation, Viacom and Chinese billionaire Li Ka-shing. The company has not previously disclosed any financings. Joost was started by Skype founders Janus Friis and Niklas Zennström in 2006; presumably seed funding came directly from them.

Odeo Acquired By SonicMountain

Details are just coming out, but New York based SonicMountain , a new startup, has acquired Evan Williams’ Odeo. The announcement will come sometime tomorrow. The price is not being disclosed but is in excess of $1 million, and the deal was all cash. Odeo was publicly put on sale last February . The company was bought back from investors late last year.