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Airborne Mobile

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Airborne Mobile publishes mobile entertainment content and applications including games, images, ringtones, ringbacktones and informational content. It publishes on all the major phone carriers as well as a variety of independents.

They were acquired in 2005 by Cybird, however in July 2008 they orchestrated a management buy-out to regain the company from Cybird.

Milestones

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  Airborne Mobile received $500k in Series B funding. (4/27/09)
  Posted 4/30/09 at 2:05pm
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  Airborne Mobile received $2M in Series A funding. (1/12/09)
  Posted 4/17/09 at 1:09pm
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  Airborne Mobile — management buyout breaks away from Cybird, Airborne regains control of company (7/11/08)
  Posted 4/17/09 at 1:56pm
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  Airborne Mobile — Acquired by Cybird for $90,000,000 cash. (6/05)
  Posted 4/17/09 at 1:13pm
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  Airborne Mobile added Nancie Wight as COO.
  Posted 11/13/07 at 3:33am
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  Airborne Mobile added Bessy Ziannis as CA, CFO.
  Posted 11/13/07 at 3:34am
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  Airborne Mobile added Dennis McFern as CTO.
  Posted 11/13/07 at 3:34am
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  Airborne Mobile added Andy Nulman as President and CMO.
  Posted 11/13/07 at 3:33am
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  Airborne Mobile added Garner Bronstein as CEO.
  Posted 11/13/07 at 3:30am
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  Airborne Mobile added Rhona Selick as VP Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary.
  Posted 11/13/07 at 3:35am
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  Airborne Mobile added Ion Valaskakis as VP, Business Development.
  Posted 11/13/07 at 3:35am
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  Airborne Mobile added Lance Vieira as VP, Sales.
  Posted 11/13/07 at 3:36am
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  Airborne Mobile added Kim Senn as VP, Product.
  Posted 11/13/07 at 3:36am

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Products

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Airborne Entertainment

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Website	airborne-e.com
Tags	ad-supported-software

Above: Airborne Entertainment Screenshot -- #1
Uploaded: 2/5/08

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Sources

1. Airborne Mobile Closes $2 Million Growth Financing Round (findarticles.com) [edit]
2. Airborne Mobile raises $500,000 for mobile media apps (venturebeat.com) [edit]
3. Japan's Cybird Buys Mobile Entertainment Firm Airborne for $90 Million (dmwmedia.com) [edit]
4. Airborne Mobile Lays Off 27 Percent Of Its Staff; Breaks Off From Japanese Owners (moconews.net) [edit]