• Phunware

  Led · Series F · Nov 2016

  Phunware provides a Multiscreen-as-a-Service (MaaS) suite of products, solutions and data that enables brands to create and monetize mobile experiences across retail, media and entertainment, healthcare, airports, residential and shopping centers. Launched in 2009 by Chairman and CEO Alan S. Knitowski and based in Austin, Texas, the company offers tools to engage, manage and monetize users worldwide. The company completed a $22m second close of its Series F financing, bringing total Series F raised to date to $40m, with the balance expected to close during the current quarter. Phunware has raised $90m in total since inception. The company said it will use the new funds to continue to expand operations globally. The suite combines products, solutions and data intended for brands and enterprise customers. Phunware offers an integrated services platform that enables brands to add multiscreen application support for content management, location-based services, advertising, alerts and notifications, and business intelligence. The platform supports more than 1 trillion annual transactions across nearly 190 countries and 10 languages. Its customer roster includes E! Entertainment Television, NBC Sports, WWE, NASCAR, CBS, Qualcomm, Edmunds, Jawbone, HomeAway, Turner, UHealth, Transamerica, King, Warner Brothers, AT&T and Adobe. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Austin, TX. As of the Series E close, Phunware has raised $48.25M in total capital. The recent funding round included a strategic investment from Samsung Venture Investment Corporation.

• MATRIXX Software

  Led · Equity · Mar 2016

  MATRIXX delivers a cloud-native digital commerce solution that unifies IT and networks to provide commercial and operational agility for consumer services, wholesale and enterprise marketplaces. The company offers a multi-cloud monetization platform and a network-grade converged charging system (CCS) designed to support hyper-scaling of infrastructure. MATRIXX has grown over 60% year over year and reported a more than 60% increase in contracted subscribers alongside a 50% increase in total customers in the last eighteen months. Key operator customers and expansions include Dish, Telefonica/O2 Germany and Telstra. MATRIXX plans to use new funding to accelerate R&D, evolve and expand product capabilities, and solidify its leadership position. The company is also targeting expansion into adjacent customer segments and industries enabled by 5G, including cloud, edge and private networks and sectors such as transport, logistics and healthcare. MATRIXX Software offers a next-generation Digital Commerce platform that reinvents telco business support systems by unifying product design, customer engagement, service delivery and monetization into a single platform. The multi-patented platform was built from scratch to serve next-generation digital IT architectures and is packaged to avoid multi-year transformation projects. MATRIXX is Silicon Valley–based and led by founder, CEO and CTO Dave Labuda. The company reported 130% year-over-year growth and has been adding customers across North America, the UK, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. MATRIXX plans to use the newly raised capital to fuel rapid global expansion and accelerate customer deployments. The platform is positioned to help operators simplify backend operations and compete with agile digital rivals. Matrixx Software is a US-based provider of real-time, integrated infrastructure for the business of digital service providers. Its core offering supplies integrated, real-time infrastructure capabilities to support digital service operators. The company is positioned to serve operators and other digital-service businesses. The article does not include operating metrics or financial performance data. Philippine venture capital firm PLDT Capital invested $5 million in Matrixx Software. The report does not disclose the financing instrument or additional investors. MATRIXX Software develops real-time charging, policy and analytics solutions designed for the intensive demands of the digital services environment. Its platform gives communications service providers instant visibility, intelligence and control of services to enable transformation from traditional communications to digital services. The company positions service providers to support LTE deployments and create high-touch, low cost-to-serve applications and personalized pricing plans. MATRIXX’s technology is described as delivering up to a 100 times increase in efficiency and scalability. The company says its offering empowers subscribers in the moment and supports the emerging digital economy. MATRIXX’s CEO and founder Dave Labuda highlights the critical importance of real-time technology for service provider success. MATRIXX Software delivers real-time processing for telecommunications, giving communications service providers instant visibility, intelligence, and control of services across mobile networks. The company combines patent-pending smart-charging technology with mobile apps and dashboards to transform network traffic into actionable information as smart devices proliferate. MATRIXX says its technology yields a 100x increase in performance and efficiency, making convergent real-time deployable at commercial scale. The solution is positioned to let CSPs reap the benefits of real-time customer interaction without incurring the massive investments required by traditional real-time systems. The product suite emphasizes charging, policy, and insight to support interactive, highly responsive service management and monetization.

• AppCard

  Led · Series B · Feb 2016

  AppCard provides a personalized marketing and loyalty platform that combines item-level smart data capture with artificial intelligence to automate retailer marketing. The technology empowers thousands of retailers to deliver personalized, multi-channel offers directly to shoppers. AppCard released a major product update in the second half of last year and reported explosive growth afterward. The company has launched a redesigned logo, website, and mobile iOS and Android apps. It added loyalty entrepreneur Alexander Rittweger to its board to bolster strategic and global loyalty expertise. The new capital is intended to fuel that growth and further develop the platform’s technology.

• Hopscotch

  Led · Equity · Nov 2015

  Hopscotch builds mobile applications designed to help fans engage more deeply with their favorite content and communities. The company’s apps focus on delivering interactive fan experiences on smartphones. In connection with its latest financing, Hopscotch has entered a partnership with PLDT Capital that will see PLDT serve as the marketer and distributor of Hopscotch’s products across Southeast Asia. The $1 million infusion from PLDT Capital provides Hopscotch with fresh capital to support this regional expansion effort. Beyond the announced investment and distribution arrangement, the article does not disclose additional operating metrics or previous funding details.

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