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Venture capital financing wrap-up: Celeno and deCarta

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.
Celeno: Cisco led a $16 million Series C funding round into Celeno Communications, which provides semiconductors for multimedia Wi-Fi home networking applications. Miven Venture Partners and previous investors Greylock Partners and Pitango Venture Capital also participated in the round. The company said it will use the funding to scale up sales and marketing activities and enhance next-generation product development activities.
deCarta: deCarta, which supplies software and services for the location-based services industry, said it raised $20 million in a Series C-1 round of financing. The names of the strategic investors that provided the majority of the funding were withheld. Hotung Group, TransLink Capital and existing investor Norwest Venture Partners also participated in the round.

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