Vyclone

Joe Sumner, the son of Sting, launched Vyclone, a free app for iPhones and iPad that uses the GPS of the smartphones to link the videos shooted by users in the same moment and place: the result is an assembled clip with synchronized video & audio

To recognize that multiple users are filming the same scene, Vyclone tags each video with the location where it was shot using GPS. To synchronize the clips, it lines them up by the date and time they were shot, regardless of when they were uploaded. A simple-to-use video editor lets users play director, toggling from one angle to the next with the tap of a finger.

According to Sumner, with Vyclone, "I can film the kid blowing out the candles and I can have my buddy filming my wife, who's sobbing, and I can have somebody else filming grandpa and grandma with their arms around each other enjoying the moment. I get Vyclone to stitch that together in a multi-angle movie that tells the full story of the moment."Vyclone is based in Los Angeles and London, and has 13 employees. The start-up raised $2.7 million from Ashton Kutcher's (!) fund A-Grade, along with movie studio DreamWorks, concert promoter Live Nation and VC firm Thrive Capital.

While the app is free, Vyclone may begin charging for extras, such as longer movie times and higher resolution. The company has already been approached by record labels and media companies about co-sponsoring concerts or other events where a lot of people shoot video with their smart phones.