DeCarta raises another $20M for its location-based platform
DeCarta, the creator of a popular platform for managing location-based (LBS) data, has raised $20 million in additional funding. That includes financing from the Hotung Group and TransLink Capital, as well as existing investor Norwest Venture Partners and a previously announced $6 million from the… Continue Reading
T-Mobile invests in roaming software creator Roamware
Mobile roaming company Roamware has received a strategic investment from T-Mobile Venture Fund, the investment arm of T-Mobile. The size of the investment was not disclosed.
San Jose-based Roamware makes network-based software applications that help carriers increase users’ roaming capabilities. The company says its software is… Continue Reading
T-Mobile invests $6M in deCarta’s location-based platform
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Location-based technology is an increasingly important feature for mobile applications, and the market continues to heat up — with the iPhone’s just-announced GPS technology, we’re already seeing the beginning of the new wave of location-based applications. Now T-Mobile Venture Fund (the mobile carrier’s investment branch)… Continue Reading
Microsoft gobbles up Danger, maker of the Sidekick mobile software
Microsoft Corp has agreed to acquire Danger, a Silicon Valley company that makes the software for the Sidekick and other mobile devices, for an undisclosed amount.
Danger has worked away for ten years on its device software, and recently filed for an IPO, which we termed… Continue Reading
Danger, and its IPO
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It’s dangerous to predict your IPO. Hank Nothhaft, chief executive of Danger, the Palo Alto company providing the software for the T-Mobile Sidekick, said confidently back in 2004 that Danger had raised its last round of venture capital. An IPO was in the cards… Continue Reading