Pulse2 Technology and Social Media News » Zoove http://pulse2.com Sun, 27 May 2012 19:13:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Zoove Raises $15 Million In Series D http://pulse2.com/2011/08/17/zoove-raises-15-million-in-series-d/ http://pulse2.com/2011/08/17/zoove-raises-15-million-in-series-d/#comments Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:47:29 +0000 Amit Chowdhry http://pulse2.com/?p=50170 Continue reading →]]>
Zoove has raised $15 million in Series D funding led by Panorama Capital. Existing investors that participated in this round include Cardinal Venture Capital, Highland Capital Partners, and Worldview Technology Partners. Zoove is the company that created StarStar Numbers, a registry of branded phone numbers such as **WEATHER and **SUZUKI.

Zoove provides StarStar Numbers for the largest wireless operators in the country. StarStar Numbers allows consumers to call the name of the brand being promoted such as **ESPN to get to its mobile app, website, coupon, etc. without the need for QR code scanning.

Zoove powers the National StarStar Registry with cooperation from the four major mobile operators in the U.S. Companies can lease branded vanity StarStar Numbers from Zoove. For consumers, there is no extra charge to call vanity StarStar Numbers. After the initial phone call, users receive a text message or voicemail to prompt them to engage further by visiting websites, download apps, etc. For an annual fee, brands pay an annual fee, which varies based on length and scarcity.

[TechCrunch]

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Zoove is a mobile marketing company that is planning to raise a $13 million Series C round of funding. Out of that $13 million planned round, the company has raised $5.2 million thus far according to an SEC filing. Zoove did not disclose who the investors involved are for the Series C, but the company previously raised $21.4 million over two rounds of funding from Worldview Technology Partners, Cardinal Venture Capital, and Highland Capital.

Zoove brokers ads for SMS, MMS, and WAP. Zoove also has a technology called StarStar where users press the “star” sign on the phone to respond to the ads on digital billboards and on TV.

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