deCarta Inc., the leading supplier of software and services for the Location-Based Services (LBS) industry, announced today that it has received a strategic investment of 6-million dollars (USD) from T-Mobile Venture Fund managed by T-Venture, the venture capital arm of Deutsche Telekom AG. deCarta is the leading geospatial software platform that has enabled some of […]
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Krillion Inc., a Palo Alto, Calif.-based maker of PC and mobile software that lets retailers keep track of inventory, has $6 million in additional Series A funding. Krillion emerged last year with a way to find specific consumer electronic and other products in local stores, and their exact availability in those stores. However, it’s service […]
deCarta Inc., a San Jose, Calif.-based provider of software for the location-based services industry, has secured $10.5 million of a new $21 million Series C funding. “deCarta is the leading provider of advanced and comprehensive geospatial software platforms for today’s cutting-edge Internet, mobile, personal navigation and enterprise location-based service (LBS) applications. deCarta’s technology is a […]
Buzzd Inc., a location-based mobile social network that revolves around entertainment listings, has raised around $3 million in Series A funding. Buzzd said it is commonly compared to services like Loopt, but differs because it doesn’t require a user to have GPS, and if they do have it, usage is opt in. Buzzd also uses […]
Rosum Corp., a Mountain View, Calif.-based developer of mobile positioning technology using broadcast television signals, has raised $15 million in Series B funding. The company said it uses unmodified broadcast TV signals “to deliver location and timing solutions where GPS is most challenged — indoors and in urban canyons. The TV infrastructure is robust, distributed, […]
Airbiquity Inc. said it’s closed on $25 million in financing. “Airbiquity will use the money to enter the personal navigation device market.” In October, Seattle-based Airbiquity signed a deal with General Motors Corp.’s OnStar subsidiary to provide aqLink software, which allows drivers who subscribe to OnStar to receive directions as well as emergency assistance and […]
SquareLoop Inc. today announced that it has received an angel investment of $1 million. SquareLoop offers the next generation mobile messaging product that combines wireless location-based services (LBS) technology and advanced mobile messaging for public safety, content delivery and mobile marketing applications. Unlike other commercial LBS applications that continuously track the location of targeted individuals, […]
Mobile Devices has raised a total of 3.1 million euros ($4.55 mm). Mobile Devices enables any company involved in telematics (navigation, driver information and fleet management), to develop, deploy and operate value-added services to their customers.
Mobile Devices Ingenierie raises $4,605,856. Mobile Devices is a provider of GPRS (Global Packet Radio Service) global positioning system (GPS) telematics and navigation devices for fleet management applications.
NemeriX, a leading A-GPS solution provider based near Lugano, Switzerland, closed a $22m (CHF 27m) financing round  Founded in April 2002, NemeriX S.A. (Manno, Switzerland) is a venture-backed fabless semiconductor company specializing in ultra low power GPS and LBS integrated circuits, software and firmware for GPS and wireless applications. NemeriX’s devices enable battery powered location […]
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