Mobile multimedia content portal Thumbplay raised $18 million in its Series E funding round, according to a regulatory filing reported by peHUB. Listed shareholders include Softbank Capital, i-Hatch Ventures and Verizon Investments. Thumbplay previously raised in excess of $35 million, including an unannounced $17 million Series D round completed last summer. Thumbplay membership-based, community experience offers subscribers ringtones, wallpapers, games and text-based services--operator partners include AT&T, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile, Sprint and Alltel.
For more on Thumbplay's windfall:
- read this peHUB article [1]
Related articles:
Thumbplay [2] inks content deal with Sony BMG
Thumbplay [3] debuts DIY mobile content sales kit
Thumbplay [4] inks ringtone deal with iLike
AOL fine-tunes mobile strategy via Thumbplay [5]
Links:
[1] http://www.pehub.com/article/articledetail.php?articlepostid=10875
[2] http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/thumbplay-inks-content-deal-with-sony-bmg/2008-02-21
[3] http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/thumbplay-debuts-diy-mobile-content-sales-toolkit/2008-02-05
[4] http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/thumbplay-inks-ringtone-deal-ilike/2007-12-13?utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss
[5] http://www.fiercemobilecontent.com/story/aol-fine-tunes-mobile-strategy/2007-10-23