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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.

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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 invested in Payfone. (4/13/11)
  Posted 4/13/11 at 5:38am via finsmes.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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — Verizon has invested an undisclosed amount into Geodelic, the company that makes it easy for consumers to discover nearby businesses via their mobile phones. (9/23/10)
  Posted 9/24/10 at 5:41am via nytimes.com
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  Verizon Ventures — Verizon Backs Geodelic, a Maker of Location Apps (9/23/10)
  Posted 9/23/10 at 6:22am via nytimes.com
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  Verizon Ventures — 4Home today announced Verizon Investments Inc. participation in 4Home's Series-B financing round that closed in the first quarter of 2010. (9/8/10)
  Posted 9/8/10 at 8:18am via prnewswire.com
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  Verizon Ventures — Constellation Energy, GE, Qualcomm and Verizon Ventures Make Cleantech Investment in Smart Grid Company Consert Inc. (6/29/10)
  Posted 7/29/10 at 6:23am via businesswire.com

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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]
Verizon Backs Geodelic, a Maker of Location Apps (dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com) [edit]
Verizon Backs Geodelic, a Maker of Location Apps (dealbook.blogs.nytimes.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 Video Facebook App Rounds Raises $3M From Verizon, Tim Draper (techcrunch.com) [edit]
2. Payfone Closes $19M Funding Round (finsmes.com) [edit]
3. CardStar dials in $750K of $1M raise for mobile app (techjournalsouth.com) [edit]