News
Issue #2003 - 20 (June 2003)
(Updated June 30, 2003)

ACQUISITIONS, MERGERS & AGREEMENTS

VC Investments in Wireless This Week

Recent Investments

Visto Raises $50,400,000 in Mezzanine Round [Mountain View, CA] 
Visto is a provider of enterprise and carrier-mobility software and services.
INVESTORS: Allegis Capital, Blueprint Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Oak Investment Partners, Rustic Canyon Group, VantagePoint Venture Partners

Vivato Raises $44,500,000 in Third Round [San Francisco, CA] 
Vivato is a wireless networking infrastructure company and creator of Wi-Fi switching.
INVESTORS: Advanced Technology Ventures (Lead), Intel Capital, Leapfrog Ventures, U.S. Venture Partners, Walden International Venture Partners

Spatial Wireless Raises $27,000,000 [Richardson, TX] 
Spatial Wireless develops and provides next generation wireless networking services through carrier-class core switching elements.
INVESTORS: Austin Ventures, Dali, Hook Partners, Genesis Campus, Qualcomm, Sequoia Capital

SoloMio Raises $6,500,000 in Second Round [Austin, TX] 
SoloMio is a global software provider for mobile phone operators. 
INVESTORS: Austin Ventures, Koch Ventures, Partech International, Techxas Ventures

Tropos Networks Raises First Round Add-on from Intel Capital [San Mateo, CA] 
Tropos manufactures systems used to build metro-scale Wi-Fi networks.
INVESTORS: Intel Capital (Lead)

Trapeze Networks Raises $34,000,000 in Second Round [Pleasanton, CA] 
Trapeze Networks provides integrated wireless mobility infrastructures designed to address the challenges associated with implementing WLAN on a corporate network, including secure mobility, WLAN planning and management, and seamless integration. 
INVESTORS: Oak Investment Partners (Lead), Accel Partners, C.E. Unterburg, Towbin, Castile Ventures, Duff Ackerman & Goodrich, Redpoint Ventures

Defywire Raises $4,500,000 in First Round [Reston, VA] 
Defywire provides mobile infrastructure software designed to enable wireless connectivity throughout the enterprise.
INVESTORS: Intersouth Partners (Lead), Anthem Capital, The Washington Dinner Club

ipUnplugged Raises $4,300,000 [Sweden] 
ipUnplugged develops networking products for mobile networks.
INVESTORS: Ledstiernan, Mobile Internet Capital, Swedish Industrial Development Fund

Landmark Networks Raises $3,200,000 in First Round [Honolulu, HI] 
Landmark Networks is a wireless technology company that develops networking equipment to deploy large Wi-Fi networks. 
INVESTORS: Menlo Ventures

Bitfone Raises New Funding [Laguna Niguel, CA] 
Bitfone provides software solutions for mobile device management.
INVESTORS: KTB Ventures

Smartner Information Systems Raises $5,900,000 [Finland] 
Smartner develops mobile business solutions for mobile operators and service providers.
INVESTORS: Amadeus Capital Partners (Lead), EQVITEC Partners, IT Provider, Sitra

For more information: http://www.venturereporter.com

MobileInfo Comments and Advisory: Investment pace has picked up and rounds are getting bigger. Wi-Fi and W-Max (Wireless MAN) continue to interest VCs.

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