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title: TVision raises $6.8M to take on Nielsen with thermal eye and emotion tracking tech
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# TVision raises $6.8M to take on Nielsen with thermal eye and emotion tracking tech

 October 27    |   News

Another startup out of MIT built on computer vision and focused on eye-tracking technology has raised funding to build out its business: Boston-based [TVision Insights](https://www.tvisioninsights.com/), which tracks who is watching what on TV and how they are reacting to it, and then works with advertisers and broadcasters to provide them with that data to have better insights into their programming, has raised $6.8 million.

The funding — which brings the total raised by TVision to $9.65 million — comes from Accomplice (formerly known as Atlas Venture), along with Golden Venture Partners, Jump Capital, and ITOCHU Technology Ventures (which has backed the likes of Box but also Fab, among many more startups).

[Read more at TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/26/tvision-raises-6-8m-to-take-on-nielsen-with-thermal-eye-and-emotion-tracking-tech/)

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[TVision's New TV Attention and Creative Impact Report](https://www.tvisioninsights.com/resources/tvisions-new-tv-attention-and-creative-impact-report)

Today TVision, the company measuring every second of TV and CTV viewer engagement, released the H2 2025 State of Streaming Report. The semi-annual State of Streaming Report is the industry's best resource for insight into attention and engagement with streaming apps, content and ads.

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[TVision Insights Enters Definitive Agreement to Be Acquired by Viant Technology](https://www.tvisioninsights.com/resources/tvision-insights-enters-definitive-agreement-to-be-acquired-by-viant-technology)

Today TVision, the company measuring every second of TV and CTV viewer engagement, announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Viant Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: DSP), a leader in CTV and AI-powered programmatic advertising, in a transaction valued at $40 million. The deal, expected to close in Q2 2026, brings TVision's second-by-second, person-level attention data, co-viewership signals, and in-room presence measurement directly into Viant's buying platform.

[Read More](https://www.tvisioninsights.com/resources/tvision-insights-enters-definitive-agreement-to-be-acquired-by-viant-technology)

<https://www.tvisioninsights.com/resources/tvisions-new-state-of-streaming-report-h2-2025>

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[TVision's New State of Streaming Report Reveals How Context, Pod Position and More Impact Viewer Engagement](https://www.tvisioninsights.com/resources/tvisions-new-state-of-streaming-report-h2-2025)

Today TVision, the company measuring every second of TV and CTV viewer engagement, released the H2 2025 State of Streaming Report. The semi-annual State of Streaming Report is the industry's best resource for insight into attention and engagement with streaming apps, content and ads.

[Read More](https://www.tvisioninsights.com/resources/tvisions-new-state-of-streaming-report-h2-2025)

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