Mozes, a company that lets bands interact with fans over mobile, has raised an $11.5 million second round from Maveron and return backers Norwest Venture Partners and North Bridge Venture…

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If Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) can do it, then so can we. Just a few weeks after Apple announced its $100 million iFund dedicated to applications for the iPhone and iPod…

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Viigo, a Canadian maker of a content mobilization platform, said that RBC Venture Partners has made a CA$1.5 million (US$1.49 million) follow-on investment to Viigo’s first round of venture capital…

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Comcast’s (NSDQ: CMCSA) Tom Nagel was up past 3 a.m. this morning, putting the finishing touches on the Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel-Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) WiMax JV—but he managed to stay…

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Over the last year, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has made its presence known in the wireless industry, not for its applications, but instead, for its position on open access. The Internet…

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Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) and Sprint (NYSE: S) Nextel confirmed this morning that they have entered into a definitive agreement to combine their WiMax wireless broadband business to form a new…

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Two-year old mobile widget firm Plusmo has raised $4.41 million in its first round of funding led by VC’s New Enterprise Associates, reports VentureBeat. The Santa Clara-based firm, started by…

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Rearden Commerce, which has been focused on creating a Web-based personal assistant that lets you manage calendars and make travel arrangements online, said today it has raised $100 million in…

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MBeat Media, which runs the Hip Hop social network site Urbmob.com, has raised $1.5 million in its first round of funding from Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Grosvenor Funds and New Atlantic…

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InvenSense, which makes motion detecting technology for mobile devices (gyroscopes and accelerometers), has raised $19 in its third round of funding. InvenSense sees a market for its products with new…

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Indo-U.S. mobile payment company Obopay Inc has secured a $20 million in a fourth round of investment led by India’s Essar Communications Holdings, and included Alliance Bernstein, ONSET Ventures, Redpoint…

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Buzzd, which is developing a location-based social network that revolves around entertainment listings, plans to announce today that it has raised an undisclosed amount of capital in a first round…

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Motorola Ventures has made an equity investment in VirtualLogix; no amount disclosed. VirtualLogix makes virtualization systems for communication devices, which Motorola (NYSE: MOT) sees as a solution to the complex…

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Mobile payment company Obopay has raised $20 million in its fourth round of funding, reports GigaOM. The round isn’t finished and the final amount may go higher—so far the only…

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British mobile VoIP service Truphone has raised a big £16.5 million ($32.6 million) in second-round funding from its existing backers, led by private investors. Independent News & Media and German…

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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,…

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Mobile video broadcast service Qik has raised a $3 million second round and is adding interoperability with upstart web TV platform WorldTV. The funds come from Marc Benioff (Salesforce), Arjun…

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Mobile content and apps creator MobiVentures is acquiring UK-based e-mail marketer PurePromoter for $7.8 million (3.9 million pounds). MobiVentures has secured $2 million (1.01 million pounds) in financing from Trafalgar…

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Visivo, the company behind mobile live streamer Qik, has raised a $3 million second round from MBQI, according to VentureBeat. The Foster City, CA-based start-up hasn’t announced its first round.…

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UK VC the London Technology Fund (LTF) has invested “up to £1m” ($2 million) in a second round of funding for mobile video applications developer Intellistream. The two-year old company…

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Fix8, a video chat service that lets users talk via animated avatars, has raised $2 million from SK Telecom (NYSE: SKM), adding to the $3 million it raised last year…

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Vlingo, a provider of voice-based mobile services, has raised a $20 million second round led by Yahoo, along with participation from past backers Charles River Ventures and Sigma Partners. Last…

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Remember the iFund, the $100 million Kleiner Perkins vehicle for investing in iPhone-related start-ups? It’s the lead investor in the $15.5 million second round of iControl… a home security firm.…

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Yesterday at CTIA, I did a brief interview with Tom Wheeler, managing director of Core Capital Partners, on the fast evolving mobile content ecosystem, and investing in it. The big…

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Mobile social network Mobango has received $5.7 million in its second round of funding led by Italian VC firm Innogest Capital, reports Mobile Entertainment. Its existing investor Doughty Hanson Technology…

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