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DC startup Searchles has added a new feature called Searchles TV Remash, which lets users clip and splice pieces of YouTube videos to create new content.

The new service takes a bit of time to get used to, but once you do, it’s relatively easy to edit a video. By dragging and dropping videos into the edit space, you can then use start and end markers to delineate the segment you would like to include in your new video. The service then allows users to save their remashed videos to their account and share with their contacts.

Searchles remixing technology is similar, although not as full-featured, as functionality offered by Jumpcut, which was acquired by Yahoo last year. Searchles focus is more on sharing than on publishing, so their functionality makes sense in the context of taking a longer video and clipping the parts that are relevant.

Searchles was founded by Chris Seline, and is located in Northwest DC, and has raised just less than $1 million dollars in angel funding.