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Finnish venture capital market declined in 2009

11 Feb 2010 Investments in Finnish high-tech companies dropped 60 percent from 2008, reflecting a 30.6 percent decline in the overall investment activity. Fifty-eight companies tracked by Technopolis Online received funding worth 101 million euros. Investment activity last year remained higher than expected, but investors stayed away from larger investments like the WinWind and Blyk deals that contributed 160 million euros to the market in 2008. ...

MobileMonday to launch chapters in Africa

09 Feb 2010 MobileMonday has announced the opening of chapters in Kampala, Uganda and Nairobi, Kenya. The Kampala chapter opens its doors on March 8, and the Nairobi chapter launches on March 11. A new South African chapter will also open in Capetown. After over a year of background work, the global organization formed a partnership with the World Bank to take the commmunity's concepts to several African countries. ...

MoMo founders in MWC 2010 Barcelona

08 Feb 2010 In addition to their usual prowling activities on the tradeshow floor, MobileMonday members will have the rare chance to meet many of MoMo's founders at their meeting point in Hall 2, Stand C28. The number of MoMo members, who visit the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, have continued to grow in the past two years.

FinnMob and IMA Form Alliance

05 Feb 2010 FinnMob (Finnish Mobile Association) and IMA (Israel Mobile and Communications Association) have agreed to jointly promote their portfolio companies. The associations reprepresent over 200 companies operating in the mobile industry, and aim to offer faster access by global operators, handset and network vendors, and investors to mobile products developed in Finland and Israel.

Gemalto acquires mobile authentication company Valimo Wireless

03 Feb 2010 French digital security firm Gemalto has bought the Finnish mobile authentication firm Valimo Wireless. The companies did not disclose the terms of the transaction. The acquisition provides Gemalto a position in the growing mobile financial services market.

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UK and Boston Startups Present at March’s Mobile Monday Boston

Boston 9 Mar 2010 March’s Mobile Monday Boston (#momobo) featured nine startups from both the Boston area and the UK, as UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) promoted its Mobile Technologies Mission to Boston campaign. The firms that presented included: Fluent Mobile Micah Adler, CEO led off by positioning UK-based Fluent Mobile as a firm focusing on app store optimization (ASO), marketing

Boston’s Mobile Invesment Report 2009

Boston 8 Mar 2010 Today, Mobile Monday Boston published a report evaluating the 100 Massachusetts mobile and wireless companies that saw activity in venture capital funding and acquisitions in 2009. The data reveals that mobile has now been billion-dollar a year sector in Massachusetts for the last two years, despite recent drops in venture funding fueled by the current

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• Shanghai Mobile Commerce in China 移动电子商务 6 Mar 2010
• Shanghai Mobile Commerce in China 4 Mar 2010
• Silicon Valley Check-In Apps/Social Location - Social Impacts and Monetization Opportunities 3 Mar 2010
• Bangalore Mobile Developer conference - Emerging Edition 1 Mar 2010
• Sydney Mobile Monday Sydney March 2010 - Mobile Supermodels & iPad Overview 27 Feb 2010
• Boston UK vs. US Mobile Demos 23 Feb 2010
• New York New York Startup PercentMobile Takes Home the GOLD for Early Stage Innovation at the Mobile Premier Awards 22 Feb 2010
• Bangalore Tweetup – “MWC 2010 – The long and short of it” 19 Feb 2010
• Silicon Valley Slides from Feb 8th Event 14 Feb 2010