Liberty Global and Vodafone create a joint venture called VodafoneZiggo Group Holding B.V

Liberty Global and Vodafone Group have created a new 50:50 joint venture called VodafoneZiggo Group Holding B.V. Combining Ziggo’s fibre-rich broadband network with Vodafone’s mobile operation is designed to create

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Telematics provider Xirgo Technologies sold to PE firm Hammond Kennedy Whitney

Xirgo Technologies, Inc., a developer of wireless telematics modules for tracking, monitoring, protecting and controlling remote assets and workers has been sold to an affiliate of Hammond Kennedy Whitney (HKW),

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UNICEF makes venture capital investments in emerging market tech start-ups

UNICEF announced its first portfolio of investments in open source technology solutions including tools that improve connectivity, real time data collection, identity technology and learning.

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Disruptive Technologies raises NOK50m from Ubon Partners for IoT sensor skills

Disruptive Technologies has announced $6.13 million (NOK 50 million) in new equity financing from Ubon Partners. Disruptive Technologies develops wireless sensors communicating with the Internet and the sensors have unique characteristics in

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Cellular Internet of Things connectivity provider SIGFOX secures €100m round of funding

Labege, France. February 11, 2015 – SIGFOX, a leading provider of cellular networks dedicated to the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced it has secured a record €100 million (US$115

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Intel spends US$25m for a 30% stake in Vuzix Corp to expand the Google Glass rival

Rochester, NY, USA — Intel Corporation has made a US$24.8 million investment in the loss-making Vuzix® Corporation, a supplier of video eyewear and smart glasses products in the consumer, commercial

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Qualcomm and Sierra invest US$5m in Ireland’s Cubic Telecom to enhance embedded M2M connectivity

Dublin, Ireland: Cubic Telecom has secured a US$5 million investment from Qualcomm and Sierra Wireless. Added to earlier financing rounds, this brings total investments in the Irish start-up to date to $15 million. Cubic

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Wipro takes US$5m stake in M2M platform provider Axeda Corp as ST-Ericsson sells its GNSS business

Foxboro, MA, USA & Bangalore, India.  June 03, 2013 – Wipro Ltd., a global IT, consulting and outsourcing company, and Axeda Corporation, a cloud-based service and software provider for managing

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'Controlled recapitalisation' of RACO Wireless announced by Inverness Graham Investments

Philadelphia, PA and MobileCON™ in San Diego, CA, USA. October 9, 2012 — Inverness Graham Investments, a Philadelphia-based private equity firm, has announced the controlled recapitalisation of RACO Wireless, a

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Telefónica Digital and 'La Caixa' invest €3m in addFleet's intelligent urban transport skills

London, UK. September 11, 2012. Telefónica Digital and ‘La Caixa‘, have announced a joint investment of EUR3 million in addFleet, a company specialised in intelligent transport systems.

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