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Nexage Announces Industry’s First Mobile Ad Optimization Program for Premium Publishers

Boston, MA - December 14, 2009 - Nexage (www.nexage.com), a leading developer of Mobile Advertising solutions, today announced the deployment of its AdMax solution for premium news publishers, including Reuters.comReuters.com now manages its global mobile advertising strategy using AdMax, an advanced ad-optimization hosted service that enables premium news publishers to generate maximum revenue from their mobile sites and applications.

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Nickel Buddy takes home US$25,000 runner up prize package for “Fierce Towers”

SAN FRANCISCO-November 10, 2009-At the "Final 16" event held last night at the BlackBerry Developer Conference, a panel of judges selected 7digital Music Store (by DevelopIQ) as the winner of the US$100,000 grand prize in the 2009 BlackBerry Partners Fund Developer Challenge. The runner up in this year's Challenge, Fierce Towers (by Nickel Buddy), receives a prize package valued at more than US$25,000. An on-the-spot honorable mention and US$5,000 prize was also awarded to Kik (by Unsynced).
 
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16 Finalists to Compete for US$100,000 Grand Prize Package at BlackBerry Final 16 Event at the BlackBerry Developers Conference in November

TORONTO - October 1, 2009 - The BlackBerry Partners Fund today named 7digital Music Store (by DevelopIQ), FileScout (by Matthias Marquardt), ProOnGo Expense with Receipt Reader (by ProOnGo LLC) and ShoZu (by ShoZu) as the last four (4) Finalists in the 2009 BlackBerry Developer Challenge. The finalists were selected by a panel of judges based on the following criteria: compelling product or service; clearly defined value proposition and technical execution.

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A Total of 16 Developers to Compete for $250,000 Total Prize Package

TORONTO-September 1, 2009-The BlackBerry Partners Fund today announced that Wicked Blog App (by ScreamingToaster LLC), e-Mobile Today Professional Edition (by e-Mobile Software, Inc.), Unsynced Music Player (by Unsynced Inc.) and AFP Mobile News (by Handmark -- in partnership with AFP) are the third set Finalists in the 2009 BlackBerry Developer Challenge. To date, a total of 12 (of 16) Finalists have been selected by a panel of judges based on the following criteria: compelling product or...

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TORONTO-August 4, 2009-The BlackBerry Partners Fund today announced the next four (4) Finalists in the 2009 BlackBerry Developer Challenge. This round of Finalists includes David (by Turner Technologies),Sid Meier's Pirates (by Concrete Software Inc.),CBS News (by Handmark), andMarket Simplified (by Market Simplified Inc.). Finalists were selected by a panel of judges based on the following criteria: compelling product or service; clearly defined value proposition and technical execution.

 

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TORONTO—July 1, 2009—The BlackBerry Partners Fund today announced the first four (4) Finalists in the 2009 BlackBerry Developer Challenge. The four Finalists are Fierce Towers (by Nickel Buddy), Astraware Solitaire (by Handmark), Expense Manager (by Total Wireless Solutions), and Vision for YouTube (by Metova). Finalists were selected by a panel of judges based on the following criteria: compelling product or service; clearly defined value proposition; viable business model; and...

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Total prize package valued at over US$250,000

TORONTO—June 1, 2009—BlackBerry Partners Fund today announced the official call for entries for the second annual BlackBerry Developers ChallengeAny new BlackBerry application(s) submitted to BlackBerry App World between June 1, 2009 and September 25, 2009 may be eligible to compete in this year’s challenge. Complete rules and regulations are available online.

A total of 16 finalists will be selected from eligible applications submitted over the contest period. The finalists will each...

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Xobni Adds to Its Series B and Releases Major Performance Upgrade to Launch First Official Version

SAN FRANCISCO, CA, March 25, 2009 - Xobni, the popular Outlook search and relationship plugin, today announced an investment from the BlackBerry Partners Fund to bring the company's Series B round to over $10 million. The company has also removed its beta label with the introduction of Xobni v1.7. The new version of Xobni includes significant performance improvements to its relationship management sidebar and is available as a free download here:  http://xobni.com/download

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BBPF’s US$3 million, combined with earlier contributions by Vertex Capital, BDC Venture Capital and GO Capital Fund, L.P., brings total investment raised to US$10 million

Montreal, Wednesday, January 21, 2009 — Neuralitic Systems, a Montreal-based firm that provides cutting-edge data services analytics to mobile network operators and communication service providers, announced today that the Blackberry Partners Fund has invested US$3 million for a stake in the firm. The latest funding brings the total investment in Neuralitic over the last four months to more than $10 million. 

“In the current economic climate, this additional capital will not only...

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Mobile social networking, commerce and travel applications to receive funding from the BlackBerry Partners Fund

Toronto - October 29, 2008 – The BlackBerry Partners Fund LP, a $150 million venture capital fund formed to focus on applications and services for the BlackBerry® and other mobile platforms, announced today that the Fund has made investments in buzzd, Digby and WorldMate. 

“Since its inception this past May, the BlackBerry Partners Fund has had the opportunity to review thousands of business plans from companies focused on developing the next generation of business and consumer...

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