Om Malik is one such person, and in case you were inclined to forget this fact, Veveo quotes Malik in its official press release.  (Malik wrote, “The service is quite accurate and, in my opinion, impressive.”)  A quote from Robert Scoble is shared, as well.

On a related subject, Veveo wants everyone to realize that it’s stayed on top of the hottest technology trends by offering support for the iPhone.   Microsoft Windows Mobile phone users were also accommodated, and it looks like support for just about everything else imaginable is on the way.

In the meantime, a lucky few (million) will be able to access the intuitive engine at vTap.com.  By using a process that is both “character-based” and “incremental,” vTap delivers results as each letter of a query is entered.  Results are updated as you go, and only twice (in an admittedly short period of testing) did I have to make more than five keystrokes to arrive at what I was looking for.

“vTap’s comprehensive web video index, coupled with its intuitive search and browse discovery mechanisms, delivers a web video experience with the power and functionality of a traditional desktop application, on a mobile device,” stated Murali Aravamudan, co-founder and CEO of Veveo.

Half of that sum is effectively old news, public knowledge.  The other $14 million came in much more recently, and Rafat Ali of mocoNews.net notes, “This makes it a total of $28 million for a company which hasn’t yet launched its service.”  Which might sound a little loony, but Veveo’s product is nearing release.

When that takes place, we’ll supposedly see a mobile video search service to rival (and beat) all others.  Of course, that’s every company’s assertion, but this one seems to have VentureBeat’s Matt Marshall and CNET’s Rafe Needleman among its supporters; in his article’s title, Needleman calls the upcoming Vtap “outstanding.”

“The Vtap service will be released on September 10th,” he later adds.  Also, although Veveo is much more concerned with its mobile product, the company “will follow up with a Web-based video search site a few weeks after the mobile version is released.  Veveo also sells its technology to device manufacturers and to cable TV operators.”

So despite the competition, Veveo should prove to be a strong contender.