TokBox

BoostCam provides a quick and simple way to start a two-way video chat with someone else. You simply point your browser there and click a single button to start a chat. There's no sign-up for you, or the person you talk to--you just send them the URL it creates each time you begin a new conversation. But BoostCam is missing one big thing that some of its competitors have: text chat. Orgoo, another no-register site, does the video thing with an additional two people, bringing the total up to four. It also throws in rich text chat. Also, TokBox (which requires registration for the host) lets you video chat with three other people, and works inside of third-party services like Meebo through its application programming interface. ***

TokBox, the Sequoia backed video chat startup, has closed a $10 million Series B round led by Bain Capital Ventures, with Sequoia also contributing. The round brings TokBox’s total funding to around $14 million. As part of the deal, Bain’s Scott Friend will join the company’s board.

TokBox, a free service that allows you to talk simply with your friends and co-workers over live video, has released a new downloadable application built using Adobe Air. With the new application, you do not have to be on TokBox’s website to accept or make video calls. Installing is a breeze (something that is common to applications built using Adobe AIR). When installed, it acts like your usual instant messaging application. Just click on a friend or colleague will enable you to do video calling and get immediate notification when someone is calling.

Recently funded, web-based video chat tool TokBox has just anted up its Facebook application The-New-Faces-at-Facebook by making it available directly in chat. TokBox’s web-based platform is a Flash-enabled browser plugin that simplifies the video chat process by offering a service that doesn’t require downloads or any cumbersome setup process, granted you already have a working webcam or computer microphone.