You know, if there was any company I would invest money in, it would be one founded by M.C. Hammer: a man who was $13 million in debt and had to file bankruptcy. Ok, perhaps that is some what unfair… he has been relatively successful financially since then. But I digress…

DanceJam, founded by M.C. Hammer, and Geofrrey Arone and Anthony Young from Flock, launched in to public beta on March 3rd. The company has closed $4.5 million in funding, with a some portion coming from TechCrunch’s Michael Arrington. The company intends to bring dance battles to the Internet where users have a “dance off” against each other with viewers voting for the best. The site also offers general dance videos uploaded by users and from external sites (YouTube).

Some of the videos are pretty amusing and make me feel a lot better about my dance skills. Casual observation: not a lot of white guys showing up there.

An example of a battle can be see here: http://dancejam.com/battles/990294947