The following list includes venture capital and other investments into wireless companies announced during the second 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 ever week. Click here to find the latest VC deals.
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Venture capital deals for second-quarter 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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| GreatCall |
Jitterbug phone creator
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$38 million
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Court Square Ventures
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| Ubidyne |
Radio technology
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$34 million
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Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures
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| TruPhone |
Mobile Internet network operator
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$32.7 million
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Private investors
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| Kleer |
Fabless semiconductors
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$28 million
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TL Ventures and BDC Venture Capital
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| Aperto |
WiMAX equipment
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$20 million
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Quicksilver Ventures
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| Celtro |
Mobile switching solutions
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$20 million
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Rho Ventures
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| Obopay |
Mobile payments
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$20 million
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Essar Communications Holdings
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| SmartSynch |
Smart metering
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$20 million
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Credit Suisse
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| Vlingo |
Voice-powered mobile user interface
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$20 million
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Yahoo!
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| Invensense |
Mobile motion sensing solutions
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$19 million
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Sierra Ventures
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| iControl |
Home Security
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$15.5 million
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Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
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| Pelago |
Social networking
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$15 million
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T-Mobile Venture Fund
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| Rosum |
Location/timing solutions
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$15 million
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Charles River Ventures, Allegis Capital, Steamboat Ventures, KTB Ventures and TruePosition
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| Skyfire |
Mobile browser
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$13 million
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Lightspeed Venture Partners
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| Miyowa |
Messaging and presence
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$12.7 million
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Techfund and Credit Agricole Private Equity
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| Funambol |
Messaging software
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$12.5 million
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Nexit Ventures
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| Mozes |
Mobile marketing
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$11.5 million
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Maveron L.L.C.
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| Qosmos |
Deep Packet Inspection technology
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$10.8 million
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Sofinnova Partners, Alven Partners and GfK AG
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| BridgeWave |
Gigabit wireless solutions
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$10 million
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Intel Capital and Core Capital
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| MyScreen |
Mobile advertising
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$10 million
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Orascom Telecom Holding
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| Red Bend Software |
Mobile software management
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$10 million
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Coral Capital Management
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| Zannel |
Mobile multimedia messaging
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$10 million
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Alloy Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners and Palomar Ventures
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| Altierre |
Wireless pricing
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$8 million
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D.E. Shaw Group and Labrador Ventures
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| Yap |
Speech recognition
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$6.5 million
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SunBridge Partners
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| Moblyng |
Social media
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$5.7 million
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MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures and Deep Fork Capital
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| Becco |
Semiconductors
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$5 million
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RTI International and Intersouth Partners
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| MobiTV |
Mobile broadcasting
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$5 million
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Leader Ventures
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| Xendex |
Mobile game developer
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$3.6 million
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Pontis Venture Partners
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| Ambient |
Communications equipment
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$3 million
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Vicis Capital Master Fund
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| Casee |
Mobile advertising
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$3 million
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Velti plc
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| Fix8 |
Virtual Communications
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$2 million
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SK Telecom
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| Juma |
Systems integration
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$1.45 million
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Vision Capital Advisors
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