Siimpel raises $21.5M for imaging technology for cellphones

Siimpel Corp., an Arcadia, Calif., maker of imaging technology for cellphone cameras, has raised $21.5 million in a fourth round of funding.

SunAmerica Ventures led the round. Other investors include Motorola, Qualcomm and Micron Technology and existing backers Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Scale Venture Partners, Global Catalyst… Continue Reading

Obopay adds $29M to warchest, amid competition in mobile payments

Obopay adds $29M to warchest, amid competition in mobile payments

Obopay, the Redwood City, Calif. company that lets you send payments to people from a mobile phone, has raised $29 million more in a third round of funding.

The service launched last year, and it’s not clear how much traction it has. The funding announcement… Continue Reading

PixSense raises $2M more for mobile photo transfers without PC

PixSense, a Santa Clara, Calif. company that lets you automatically transfer mobile phone photos to Web sites — without syncing with a PC — has raised $2 million more from Qualcomm Ventures.

We last wrote about the company here, remarking on its surprising target for employee… Continue Reading

GoTV Networks raises $12M for TV over mobile phones

GoTV Networks, a Sherman Oaks, Calif. company that delivers TV over the mobile phone, has raised $12 million in a second round of financing from Motorola and Qualcomm.

GoTV failed in its original incarnation, and restarted in late 2004 to focus on mobile TV, with $15… Continue Reading

InvenSense, mobile phone motion sensor co., raises $11M

InvenSense, a Santa Clara company that helps eliminate the blur that occurs in mobile phone photos from normal hand movements, has raised $11 million in a second round of funding.

The company provides motion sensors to mobile phones. These can make location-based services more accurate, and… Continue Reading

Airplay gets $14M to merge TV football and mobile games

AirPlay, a San Francisco start-up that is taking live broadcasts of professional football games, and allowing cellphone users to see the broadcasts on their phone and play interactive games at the same time, said it has raised $14 million.

The investment is a second round from… Continue Reading