Tricia Duryee
Jan 20, 2010 9:11 AM
SMS GupShup has raised $12 million to help build out its texting-based mobile-phone communities in India. The company, which has operations in both Santa Clara, Calif. and Mumbai, India, claims to serve 26 million users in roughly two million topics, ranging from religious groups to sports teams. The fourth round…
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Dianne See Morrison
Jan 27, 2009 10:01 AM
Carrier IQ, a software provider of mobile analytics for carriers and equipment vendors, has raised $20 million in a third round of funding from investors that include *Intel* Capital and Sumitomo’s Presidio Ventures. Previous backers Accel Partners and Charles River Ventures also joined the round. The three year old, Mountain…
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Dianne See Morrison
Jan 21, 2009 11:21 AM
Yammer, the Twitter for business users, has raised $5 million in its first round of funding from Charles River Ventures and the Founders Fund, the $200 million fun started by ex-PayPal employees. Incidentally, Yammer CEO David Sacks worked at PayPal as its COO. Unlike Twitter, Yammer has been focused on…
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Tricia Duryee
Nov 25, 2008 1:41 PM
Pocket Communications, a no-frills carrier operating in Texas that offers a $25 monthly contract for unlimited calls and text messages, has raised $100 million to build out a network in five Northeast cities, GigaOm reports. The CDMA network will be the two-year-old company’s second build-out, joining a network in San…
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Dianne See Morrison
Oct 7, 2008 8:13 AM
SMS GupShup, India’s version of Twitter, has raised $11 million in funding from Charles River Ventures and Helion Ventures. Business Standard reports that the money will be used to grow the business, product development and increased sales and marketing. If the news sounds familiar, the funding was initially reported in…
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Joseph Weisenthal
Jun 24, 2008 10:58 AM
GreatCall, parent of the senior-focused MVNO Jitterbug, has raised a $38 million third round led by Court Square Ventures. Past backers Steelpoint Capital, Charles River Ventures, Nauta Capital led the round, and founders Marty Cooper and Arlene Harris also participated. Last year the company raised $36.6 million. The company has…
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Dianne See Morrison
Apr 16, 2008 4:23 AM
Location technology firm Rosum Corporation has raised $15 million in a second round of funding. Liberty Media (NSDQ: LINTA) Corporation subsidiary TruePosition joined existing investors Charles River Ventures, Allegis Capital, Steamboat Ventures, KTB Ventures in this round of financing. The Redwood, California-based company will use the funding to expand into…
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