deCarta provides a location-based services platform and applications, including local search integrated with online maps. Its services target mobile network operators, mobile handset OEMs and local search providers and generate revenue from subscriptions and location-based advertising. The company lists customers such as Samsung, Opera Software, Telstra/Sensis, SingTel/Optus and T-Mobile. deCarta intends to use new funding to expand marketing, sales and engineering to accelerate growth in the mobile local search and location-services market. Planned product activity includes the roll-out of the deCarta MapSearch offerings. The company is based in San Jose, CA. deCarta is a San Jose startup that builds a mapping platform and software to let companies integrate mapping, routing and spatial search into their applications. Its technology has been used by Google, Ask.com, Verizon and Sprint. The company is in the midst of a third round of funding and has reported $10.5 million raised so far as part of that round. The coverage describes the current raise as $10.5 million of a planned $21 million in the new third round, and notes the company raised $15 million last year as the first part of this third round. Named backers in the article include Norwest Venture Partners, Mobius Venture Capital and Cardinal Venture Capital.

Total raised

$20M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series D

Latest activity

Dec 2010