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Up to $200,000 Per Company, Deep Industry Collaborations Built In

TORONTOJan. 31, 2012 /CNW/ - Extreme Startups, Canada's premier startup accelerator program, is launching today with $7 million in committed funding for the world's most promising new technology companies and ideas.

Some of Canada's leading venture capital investors have teamed up to provide funds and resources for Extreme Startups, a rebranded and expanded version of the Extreme University accelerator program founded by early-stage venture capital investor Extreme Venture Partners. The…

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Andy Yang

Award recognizes Best Adobe AIR Apps for the BlackBerry PlayBook tablet

TORONTO - October 3, 2011 - BlackBerry Partners Fund™ today announced the winners of the "Adobe Flash/AIR" competition in the fourth annual BlackBerry Partners Fund Developer Challenge. Winners of the best Adobe® AIR® app built with Adobe® Flash® technology for the BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet were selected on a regional basis. Apps were judged based on quality and use of development best practices, level of visual appeal, user experience, and creativity and innovation.

North America:

  • Grand…
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Andy Yang

Series A, led by BlackBerry Partners Fund, to accelerate mDialog’s Linear, Live and VOD TV Everywhere advertising Platform

SANTA MONICA, CA and TORONTO - September 28, 2011 - mDialog, a leader in Mobile & Over The Top (OTT) Ad Mediation for Linear and Live TV Everywhere Ad Insertion, has closed a $5 million Series A round of funding led by the BlackBerry Partners Fund. 

The investment will be used to expand mDialog's offerings across all mobile and connected devices such as the iPad and iPhone, as well as Android, Roku and other OTT platforms.

"With the BlackBerry Partners Fund's commitment to mDialog, we can…

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Andy Yang

Funding to enable rapid expansion for data-driven mobile game publisher

TORONTO - May 19, 2011 - Fuse Powered Inc. (Fuse) today announced the completion of a $2 million seed funding round, with contributions from BlackBerry Partners Fund and NFQ Ventures. The investment will accelerate Fuse - a digital mobile game publisher - from early-stage to fully-established, as it finalizes plans for significant developer and brand partnerships, new business initiatives and mobile game launches in the coming months. Specifically, Fuse will use the investment to expand…

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Andy Yang

BlackBerry Partners Fund™ has launched today the fourth annual BlackBerry Partners Fund Developer Challenge. This year, developers of BlackBerry® smartphone and BlackBerry PlayBook™ tablet applications can enter their applications in a series of competitions to win US$3 million in prizes. Winners will be selected on a regional basis across four global regions – North America, Latin America, Europe/Middle East/Africa and Asia Pacific.

TORONTO - April 28, 2011 - BlackBerry Partners Fund™ has launched today the fourth annual BlackBerry Partners Fund Developer Challenge. This year, developers of BlackBerry® smartphone and BlackBerry PlayBook™ tablet applications can enter their applications in a series of competitions to win US$3 million in prizes. Winners will be selected on a regional basis across four global regions - North America, Latin America, Europe/Middle East/Africa and Asia Pacific.

 This year's Challenge includes…

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Andy Yang

AT&T today announced a new service, Digby Mobile Commerce from AT&T, created specifically for retailers to help them design, deploy and manage mobile commerce web sites and rich applications optimized for smartphones.

AT&T* today announced a new service, Digby Mobile Commerce from AT&T, created specifically for retailers to help them design, deploy and manage mobile commerce web sites and rich applications optimized for smartphones.  

AT&T already provides retail industry solutions across mobile channels, including AT&T Mobile Barcode Services, AT&T Global Messaging Suite, AT&T Digital Signage and ShopAlerts by AT&T. Adding Digby Mobile Commerce to the portfolio will give…

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Andy Yang

Visual Analysis Company Receives Honors As One of the Most Innovative New Technologies

Mar 23, 2011 - CTIA WIRELESS, ORLANDO, FL, March 23, 2011 -

Viewdle, the only independent mobile-focused visual analysis company, today was named the winner in the Social Networking/Content/Entertainment category of CTIA's annual Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Awards competition. The CTIA E-Tech Awards honor the most innovative new products in 14 categories spanning the areas of mobile apps, consumer electronics, enterprise and infrastructure. The winners were announced at International CTIA…

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Andy Yang

Waterloo, ON - Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM) and the BlackBerry® Partners Fund today announced that RIM is making a lead commitment to BlackBerry Partners Fund II, a new US$150 million independent venture capital fund focused exclusively on mobile computing.  BlackBerry Partners Fund II is expected to launch in June 2011 and will have a broader international mandate than the first Fund.

"We are very pleased with the positive impact of the first Fund on our mobile ecosystem…

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Andy Yang

Leading mobile cloud software company provides software platform to accelerate cross-operator mobile cloud services

Belfast, UK - 10th February 2011 - Aepona announced today that Neustar is using its software platform as part of its newly launched Neustar Intelligent Cloud Service. (see www.neustarintelligentcloud.biz).

 As part of the Neustar Intelligent Cloud Service, Aepona's Universal Service Platform allows organizations (such as enterprises, brands & agencies, web/mobile application developers and SaaS providers) to rapidly create new mobile services. These capabilities are made available through…

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Andy Yang

MONTREAL - January 31, 2011 - Neuralitic Systems, the leading provider of mobile data intelligence (MDI) solutions for mobile operators, has closed an $8 million Series B round of funding. The investment was led by new investor Export Development Canada (EDC), with participation from all existing investors: BlackBerry Partners Fund, BDC Venture Capital, Vertex Venture Capital and GO Capital LP. It will be used to fuel sales growth and scale the company's operations to accelerate the deployment…

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