article_snippet: It comes as Meerkat, a cult hit, unveiled a fresh round of capital investment.
article_snippet: The same day, Meerkat announced Meerkat had raised $14 million in venture funding, and founder Ben Rubin sounded unfazed by the Twitter announcement.
article_snippet: The funding round was led by the private equity group Greylock Partners, whose Josh Elman joined the Meerkat board. '
article_snippet: Meerkat said in a blog post that the funding round participants also included Comcast Ventures, Entree Capital, Raine Ventures, Sherpa, Slow Ventures, Universal Music Group, 'and many awesome friends like (actor) Jared Leto, (investor)
highlights_snippet: comes as Meerkat, a cult hit, unveiled a fresh round of capital investment .
  