Mobiles Republic operates a proprietary news engine and syndicates mobile apps that aggregate licensed content from more than 800 partner sources. Its apps include News Republic, Appy Geek, Appy Gamer, GlamLife and Sports Republic. The engine generates more than 10 million page views per day. The company is led by CEO Gilles Raymond and is based in Bordeaux, France, with offices in Beijing and U.S. headquarters in San Francisco. Mobiles Republic intends to use the new funding for product development, expansion in the U.S., and marketing and global sales efforts. The article reports a Series B financing of US$6m led by Intel Capital. Mobiles Republic publishes consumer news apps across smartphones, tablets, TV and PC platforms. Its apps include News Republic, APPY Geek and Glam Life, which are powered by TagNav, a semantic search and semantic targeting solution. The company delivers thousands of news articles a day and has signed content partnerships with major news providers. Founded in 2008 and led by CEO Gilles Raymond and CTO Thierry Vazzoler, it operates from Bordeaux, France and New York City. Mobiles Republic recently closed a $3M Series A and plans to use the capital to continue the global expansion of its news apps on different platforms, including Windows 8 devices.

Total raised

$9M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Series B

Latest activity

Oct 2013