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Verizon Ventures

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Verizon Ventures invests in promising entrepreneurial companies to drive innovation in Verizon Communications Inc. business units. Verizon Ventures’ portfolio focuses on new products, technologies, applications and services that complement Verizon networks, service platforms and distribution channels.

Recent Milestones

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  Verizon Ventures invested in Local Response. (2/27/13)
  Posted 5/9/13 at 9:42pm via techcrunch.com
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  Verizon Ventures invested in Q-Sensei. (11/1/12)
  Posted 12/11/12 at 6:08am
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  Verizon Ventures invested in NantHealth. (10/25/12)
  Posted 10/25/12 at 6:22pm via finsmes.com
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  Verizon Ventures invested in Skyfire Labs. (10/12/12)
  Posted 10/12/12 at 3:24am via techcrunch.com
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  Verizon Ventures invested in CENX. (6/25/12)
  Posted 6/25/12 at 7:28pm via finsmes.com
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  Verizon Ventures invested in Skyfire Labs. (1/25/12)
  Posted 1/25/12 at 3:36pm via techcrunch.com
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  Verizon Ventures — Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE: VZ)'s investment arm, Verizon Ventures, has joined Matrix Partners , Trinity Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners to inject $8 million in series C funding into mobile video optimization vendor Skyfire Labs Inc. (1/25/12)
  Posted 2/8/12 at 6:09am via lightreading.com
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  Verizon Ventures invested in Rounds. (11/2/11)
  Posted 11/2/11 at 6:14am via techcrunch.com
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  Verizon Ventures — Local Response closed a $1.5 million in funding this past December from Verizon Ventures, Charles River Ventures, and Metamorphic. (4/18/11)
  Posted 4/20/11 at 1:45am via techcrunch.com
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  Verizon Ventures invested in Payfone. (4/13/11)
  Posted 4/13/11 at 5:38am via finsmes.com
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  Verizon Ventures invested in Kiip. (4/6/11)
  Posted 4/5/11 at 7:11pm via techcrunch.com
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  Verizon Ventures — BL Healthcare Inc. today announced Verizon Investments Inc.’s participation in BL Healthcare’s most recent financing round. The investment, which was arranged through Verizon Communications Inc.'s Verizon Ventures group, facilitates BL Healthcare’s (2/24/11)
  Posted 2/27/11 at 7:13pm via blhealthcare.com
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  Verizon Ventures invested in VideoSurf. (1/1/11)
  Posted 6/8/11 at 11:52am
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  Verizon Ventures — ConteXtream announces backing from Comcast Interactive Capital and Verizon Ventures. On November 1st 2010, ConteXtream debuted, introducing its flagship product, the ConteXtream Service Delivery Grid (SDG), designed to help Operators transform their ne (11/1/10)
  Posted 1/12/11 at 6:53am via contextream.com
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  Verizon Ventures invested in CardStar. (10/26/10)
  Posted 8/21/10 at 9:01am via techjournalsouth.com
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  Verizon Ventures invested in Geodelic Systems. (9/23/10)
  Posted 6/24/12 at 11:26am via nytimes.com

Investments

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Constellation Energy, GE, Qualcomm and Verizon Ventures Make Cleantech Investment in Smart Grid Company Consert Inc. (businesswire.com) [edit]
PR Newswire (prnewswire.com) [edit]
ConteXtream announces backing from Comcast Interactive Capital and Verizon Ventures (contextream.com) [edit]
BL Healthcare Inc. today announced Verizon Investments Inc.’s participation in BL Healthcare’s most recent financing round (blhealthcare.com) [edit]
Buzzd Rebrands As Local Response; Debuts Social Customer Management Tool For Businesses (techcrunch.com) [edit]
Verizon Helps Put $8M Into Skyfire (lightreading.com) [edit]
1. Social Ad Platform LocalResponse Raises $1.5M From Cava Capital, Verizon And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
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3. NantHealth Receives Investment from Verizon (finsmes.com) [edit]
4. Skyfire Raises $10M To Bring Its Mobile Optimization Tools To Global Carriers (techcrunch.com) [edit]
5. CENX Raises $9.5M in Funding (finsmes.com) [edit]
6. Skyfire Raises $8 Million In A Round Funded By Verizon And Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
7. Social Video Facebook App Rounds Raises $3M From Verizon, Tim Draper (techcrunch.com) [edit]
8. Payfone Closes $19M Funding Round (finsmes.com) [edit]
9. In-Game Ad Startup Kiip Raises $4 Million From Hummer Winblad, Others (techcrunch.com) [edit]
10. Citation Needed [add]
11. CardStar dials in $750K of $1M raise for mobile app (techjournalsouth.com) [edit]
12. Geodelic Raises Funding From Verizon and Launches GeoGuides Beta Test (nytimes.com) [edit]