Polar Mobile Raises $6 Million For HTML5-Based Publishing Platform, MediaEverywhere
23/01/2012 |
Polar Mobile, a digital media platform provider that builds apps for some of the biggest media companies, today announced it has secured an additional $6 million in funding. The new round, led by growth equity firm Georgian Partners, joins more than $3 million invested in the company previously from private investors, bringing its total funding to $9 million.
The company is also announcing its plans for a new product line called MediaEverywhere, an HTML5-based content distribution solution for...
Brass Monkey Grabs $750K To Turn Your Smartphone Into A Wii Controller For Browser Games
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Millennial Media Files For IPO, Keeping Status As The Top Independent Mobile Ad Network
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CEO Invests Another $500K In CrowdOptic's "New Social Medium"
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