The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the third quarter.
This list comprises the amounts that were invested into wireless companies, as well as the companies that led the investment.
RCR Wireless News collects venture-financing deals in the wireless industry every week. Click here to find the latest VC deals.
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Venture capital deals for third quarter of 2008
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Company
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Business Focus
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Amount
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Led by
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| Trilliant |
Metering technology
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$40 million
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Mission Point Capital Partners and Zouk Ventures
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| RadioFrame |
Femtocells and Picocells
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$28 million
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Ericsson Venture, Ignition Partners, VantagePoint Ventures and Plainfield Asset Management
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| JumpTap |
Mobile search and advertising
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$26 million
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AllianceBernstein
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| Zvents |
Search engine
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$24 million
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Nokia Growth Partners, Navteq, AT&T
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| Altair Semiconductor |
Fabless chips
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$22 million
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Pacific Technology Fund
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| PCH International |
Supply chain services
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$21 million
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Lightspeed, Norwest Venture Partners and Focus Ventures
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| DeCarta |
LBS software and services
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$20 million
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Hotung Group, TransLink Capital, Norwest Venture Partners and undisclosed strategic investors
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| Horvath Towers |
Tower owner
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$18 million
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Peppertree Capital Fund
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| Siano Mobile Silicon |
Mobile TV chips
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$17.5 million
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DFJ Tamir Fishman Ventures
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| Celeno Communications |
Wi-Fi semiconductors
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$16 million
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Cisco
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| ReCellular |
Cellphone recycling
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$15 million
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Investor Growth Capital
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| CommProve |
Wireless monitoring solutions
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$14 million
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TVM Capital and Endeavour
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| Send Word Now |
Emergency communications
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$14 million
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Palisade Concentrated Equity Partnership
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| Eye-Fi |
Wireless memory cards
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$11 million
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TransLink Capital
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| BitWave Semiconductor |
Transceiver technology
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$10 million
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Apex Venture Partners, TVM Capital and Ecentury Capital Partners
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| BuzzCity |
Wireless communities
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$10 million
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Naspers
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| Paymo |
Mobile payment technology
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$5 million
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Undisclosed angel investors
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| Tungle |
Scheduling services
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$5 million
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Commonwealth Capital Ventures
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| Mpowerplayer |
Game solutions
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$2.5 million
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New Atlantic Ventures, the Center for Innovative Technology GAP Fund and LaunchBox Digital
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| Transaction Wireless |
Mobile infrastructre, commerce and marketing
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$2.25 million
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Mission Ventures and Okapi Ventures
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| Whoop |
Mobile content
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$2 million
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Angel investors
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| ShopText |
Mobile commerce and promotions
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$1 million
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Connecticut Innovations
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| AirDio |
System in package modules
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$295,000.00
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Ambient Sound Investments
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