The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the past week. The value of the investment is included when available.
—Altierre: D.E. Shaw Group and Labrador Ventures invested $8 million in a second closing of its Series C funding round. The San Jose, Calif.-based company is developing a wireless dynamic pricing solution, which uses RFID technology, with several U.S. grocery chains.
—MyScreen: Orascom Telecom Holding made a strategic minority investment of $10 million into MyScreen Mobile, which offers a marketing and advertising tool for the mobile market. The investment allows MyScreen exclusive access to the carrier’s subscriber base in the Middle East, Africa, South Asia as well as subscribers of its affiliates Wind Italy and Wind Greece.
—Ontela: Steamboat Ventures led a Series B investment round of an undisclosed amount into Ontela Inc., which provides camera-phone picture-saving technology. Existing investors Hunt Ventures, Oak Investment Partners and Voyager Capital also participated. The Seattle-based company said it will use the funding to grow its product line and to expand internationally.
—Pelago: T-Mobile Venture Fund led a $15 million Series B funding round into Seattle-based Pelago, a company involved in social networking and location discovery. The company said it will use the funds for strategic technology investments and partnerships. New investors in the round included Reliance ADA Group, Reliance Technology Ventures Ltd. and DAG Ventures, and existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Trilogy Equity Partners and Bezos Expeditions also participated. Stephen Noll, managing director of T-Mobile Venture Fund, joins the company’s board of directors in connection with the funding.
—Skyfire: Lightspeed Venture Partners led a $13 million Series B funding round into Mountain View, Calif.-based Skyfire Labs, which developed the Skyfire mobile browser. Previous investors Matrix Partners and Trinity Ventures also participated. The company said it will use the funding to further roll out its flagship browse. Lightspeed’s Jake Seid, joins the company’s board of directors as part of the funding.
