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By: BlackBerry Partners Fund announces first three outside investments » VentureBeat

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 04:02:15 +0000

[...] The BlackBerry Partners Fund is a $150 million fund set up by BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM), the Canadian back RBC, Thomson Reuters and the venture firm JLA Ventures. It was set up in the wake of the iFund, the $100 million fund set up by Kleiner Perkins to invest in iPhone application development. While the fund is not explicitly tied to only BlackBerry devices, the development of applications for those smartphones is clearly the main purpose of the fund. Today, it announces its first three outside investments. [...]

By: BlackBerry’s iPhone-envy literally shows in Vodafone promo pics » VentureBeat

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:48:10 +0000

[...] but rather its App Store, which allows users to download third-party software to the device. RIM announced its own $150 million fund to spur BlackBerry app development following Kleiner Perkins’ iFund, the $100 million fund to [...]

By: MobileBeat additions: Nokia’s Mike Baker, Blackberry Fund’s Rick Segal » VentureBeat

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:09:12 +0000

[...] is a partner at JLA Ventures (scroll down), which put together the $150M Blackberry Partners Fund, to support developers of applications running primarily on the Black…. RIM is an anchor investor in the fund. Previously, Segal ran Canadian e-commerce companies [...]

By: A thinner iPhone with 3G, double the memory and better battery life for $199? Sold. » VentureBeat

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:33:27 +0000

[...] with Apple experience, presumably to help with a next-generation Blackberry. Then, last month RIM launched a new $150 million application developers fund to compete with Kleiner Perkins and Apple’s $100 million iFund. (Also see our Q&A on the [...]

By: Business News Research » The iFund Has Competition: $150 Million Blackberry Fund To Be Announced Soon

Tue, 13 May 2008 01:40:11 +0000

[...] least, that is what VentureBeat reports in an item that appeared in its feed, but has since been pulled from the site (see headline here. [...]

By: May 12, 2008 | next media update

May 12, 2008 | next media update — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:06:22 +0000

[...] RIM-Blackberry Announces $150 Million Fund VENTUREBEAT Research In Motion, the RBC and Thomson Reuters have invested in an $150 million venture investment fund, called the BlackBerry Partners Fund, to support developers of applications running primarily on the Blackberry. The fund comes on the heels of the iFund, a similar $100 million fund announced by Kleiner Perkins, a well-known Silicon Valley venture capital firm, to support the RIM Blackberry competitor, the iPhone. The fund will be used to invest in both applications and services for the BlackBerry platform, but it won’t be exclusively to support the Blackberry. Companies that support other mobile platforms in addition to the Blackberry can also apply for monies for the fund. According to sources, the fund isn’t designed to be competitive with the iFund, because it will be free to invest in applications serving that platform too. Source> [...]

By: BlackBerry gets Windows Live services » VentureBeat

BlackBerry gets Windows Live services » VentureBeat — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:41:36 +0000

[...] also just announced a $150 million fund for developers creating applications for the BlackBerry, following on the heels of Kleiner [...]

By: The iFund Has Competition: $150 Million Blackberry Fund To Be Announced Soon

The iFund Has Competition: $150 Million Blackberry Fund To Be Announced Soon — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:22:14 +0000

[...] least, that is what VentureBeat reports in an item that appeared in its feed, but has since been pulled from the site (see headline here [...]

By: Blackberry $150 Million Dollar Fund | AndroidGuys

Blackberry $150 Million Dollar Fund | AndroidGuys — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:20:00 +0000

[...] actually this $150 million Blackberry Fund thing I have been reading about just recently on Venturebeat. Unfortunately, the article got taken down like a lame horse. I want to talk a little on the [...]