Cellity acquired by NokiaJuly 24, 2009
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Nokia and Cellity today announced an agreement for Nokia to acquire certain assets of Cellity. Cellity is a privately owned mobile software company which employs 14 people in Hamburg, Germany. b-to-v has been an investor in Cellity since June 2007. Find more details in the official press release here.
b-to-v portfolio company Plazes acquired by NokiaJune 23, 2008
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As already widely posted, we are pleased to announce that the b-to-v portfolio company Plazes today has announced its acquisition by Nokia. With Plazes context-aware social-activity service Nokia will strenghten their consumer offering in location-based services. Whithin a few month the service will be made available to Nokia customers both online (under ovi.com) and on Nokia’s mobile devices.
Congrats to the team around Felix Petersen and Stefan Kellner and special thanks to the lead investor Peter Schüpbach who managed on Plazes’ behalf the M&A process and supported the team closely for the last three years. We are looking forward to the further development and integration of this pioneering location-based technology within Nokia.
Tokiva’s new HomepageJanuary 3, 2008
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Another b-to-v Portfolio Venture enjoys the luxury of a new website: Tokiva. Tokiva is a global communication platform that enables the association and sharing of a profile with a phone number. By doing so Tokiva provides rich voice and data services on the Web, Instant Messengers and Mobile platforms. Founded in March 2006, it enables inexpensive, reliable international long distance calls on mobile devices. Unique to Tokiva is its open Mobile VoIP Platform (MVP) designed specifically to address the unique consumer behaviour, capabilities, and constraints of the mobile environment. Tokiva’s MVP platform can connect VoIP networks with mobile operators in over 200 countries to deliver inexpensive voice and data services.
- Voice Services – International call, conference call, call forwarding, follow me, and voice mail.
- Messaging Services – Mobile email, international and group SMS.
- Presence Services – Peer awareness including the sharing of location, mood, picture, music, and audio-blogs.
Check out the new website on www.tokiva.com and sign up for cheap international calls on your mobile phone.