NEW YORK - August 2, 2010 - Payfone^® today announced the closing of its Series B financing. Opus Capital and BlackBerry Partners Fund join founding Series A investor RRE Ventures in an $11 million round.  Bob Borchers of Opus Capital and Kevin Talbot of BlackBerry Partners Fund will join Payfone's Board of Directors in connection with this financing.

Payfone has built the world's first and only mobile payments platform that leverages the capabilities of existing inter-operator networks. Designed…

SAN FRANCISCO - June 2, 2010 - Transpera today announced the launch of The Attention Network, fostering pure, undivided attention between consumers and brands through mobile video advertising.  The Attention Network is built on delivering high quality, captivating mobile video advertising experiences through interactive video ads with a variety of engaging placement options, including pre-roll video that appears before content or as a video interstitial for any mobile application. 

Transpera…

Neuralitic has been selected by SAS for its expertise in the field of mobile data intelligence, to participate in a panel discussion on the topics of Social Media, Fraud and Analytics.

The panel will take place at the Canadian Telecom Summit on June 8 in Toronto . Stephen Kerwick, Vice-President, Marketing Science & Analytics will participate for Neuralitic and draw from his 15 years of experience with business intelligence solutions for mobile operators.

The panel will be moderated by Pat…

TORONTO, Canada, May 27, 2010 - International Data Corporation (IDC) has released a new study that profiles ten emerging companies to watch in Canada that are offering mobile/wireless solutions. The IDC study, 10 Canadian Mobile & Wireless Companies to Watch (IDC #CA2TIW10), provides insight into the companies' solutions, go-to-market strategies, partners, customers, and general trends in the mobile and wireless market and their impact on Canadian startups.

"There's some really cool…

TORONTO - May 27, 2010 - The BlackBerry® Partners Fund today announced the expansion of its investment activities with the launch of a US$100 million affiliate fund focused on mobile investment opportunities in China. BlackBerry Partners Fund China is a new joint venture between China Broadband Capital Partners, a leading venture capital and private equity manager focused on media and communications investments in China since 2006, and BlackBerry Partners Fund. The new Fund will invest…

3:45 PM -- Aepona Ltd. is having an interesting time of it.

The Irish specialist has been at the heart of service delivery platform (SDP) developments for a number of years now and has found itself a niche as a provider of technology that helps connect carrier networks with third-party application developers. And now it has a new round of funding to the tune of $10 million, courtesy of Toronto-based BlackBerry Partners Fund . (See Aepona Banks $10M.)

That money's going to help it develop its…

Aepona, the Belfast-based developer of a software engine that powers the "Network as a Service" (NaaS) business model for mobile operators, has just raised a $10M round, led by new investor BlackBerry Partners Fund, a Toronto-based global fund focused on applications, services and supporting infrastructure for mobile platforms.

Existing investors Amadeus Capital Partners, Polaris Ventures, Innovacom, Nordic Venture Partners and Sutter Hill Ventures also participated in the round.

The company…