Update: AeroScout raises $21M for WiFi asset-tracking technology
(Updated: Correcting amount raised, after official statement by company contradicts our original piece, dated 2/28, that relied on a PE Wire article)
AeroScout, a San Mateo, Calif. provider of WiFi networks to locate and manage assets and people (with Active RFID), has raised $11.4 of a $20.5 $21 million third round of financing, according to the companya regulatory filing cited by PE Wire.
Intel Capital and Menlo Ventures were joined by return backers like Pitango Venture Capital and SVM Star Ventures. The company had previously raised $20 $28.2 million since 1999.
Update: The company clarified the investors too. It said Menlo Ventures led the round. Greylock Partners joined, as well as existing investors Star Ventures, Pitango, Cisco Systems and Intel Capital.
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