{"id":246799,"date":"2010-01-29T13:39:27","date_gmt":"2010-01-29T18:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/2010\/01\/29\/funding-for-geo-spreads-to-the-enterprise\/"},"modified":"2010-01-29T13:39:27","modified_gmt":"2010-01-29T18:39:27","slug":"funding-for-geo-spreads-to-the-enterprise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/246799","title":{"rendered":"Funding for Geo Spreads to the Enterprise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/473cd_apisphere.png?w=380&amp;h=237\" alt=\"\" width=\"380\" height=\"237\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-95507\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/apisphere.com\/\">Apisphere<\/a>, a Berkeley-Calif.-based startup that&#8217;s found itself in the middle of the current geo-location\u00a0craze, has raised $4.6 million in funding. The funding, which came to light through an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sec.gov\/Archives\/edgar\/data\/1481716\/000148171610000001\/xslFormDX01\/primary_doc.xml\">SEC filing<\/a> today, is not attributed to a specific backer, but CEO Craig Harper had <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fiercewireless.com\/special-reports\/apisphere-top-wireless-company-2009-fiercewireless-fierce-15\">reportedly<\/a> been responsible for bankrolling the company since it was founded in 2006. We&#8217;ve contacted the company to learn more and will update the post if and when we hear back.<\/p>\n<p>Apisphere has explored a variety of location-based mobile services, starting with tracking salespeople. It now generally focuses on being a location-aware platform for enterprise applications through integrations with Salesforce and Outlook &#8212; and in that sense would compete with Draper Fisher Jurvertson-backed\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wavemarket.com\/\">Wavemarket<\/a> &#8212; but also works on mobile marketing and sells a consumer GPS device for geocaching called <a href=\"http:\/\/apisphere.com\/products\/navit\">Geomate.jr<\/a> at retail (which came out of its 2008 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fiercewireless.com\/press-releases\/apisphere-acquires-navit-innovations-expand-location-awareness-offering\">acquisition<\/a> of Navit Innovations).<\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/95505\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/df990_95505\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godelicious\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/95505\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/df990_95505\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gostumble\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/95505\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/5bd46_95505\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godigg\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/95505\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/5bd46_95505\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/goreddit\/gigaom.wordpress.com\/95505\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/9a089_95505\" \/><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/83d38_b.gif?host=gigaom.com&amp;blog=1149864&amp;post=95505&amp;subd=gigaom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=kiR8iQH9qF0:CUy0SQsXyAM:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/83d38_OmMalik?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=kiR8iQH9qF0:CUy0SQsXyAM:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/86878_OmMalik?i=kiR8iQH9qF0:CUy0SQsXyAM:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=kiR8iQH9qF0:CUy0SQsXyAM:F7zBnMyn0Lo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/86173_OmMalik?i=kiR8iQH9qF0:CUy0SQsXyAM:F7zBnMyn0Lo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=kiR8iQH9qF0:CUy0SQsXyAM:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/86173_OmMalik?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/OmMalik?a=kiR8iQH9qF0:CUy0SQsXyAM:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/5f798_OmMalik?i=kiR8iQH9qF0:CUy0SQsXyAM:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/5f798_kiR8iQH9qF0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>Buy This Item: <a class=\"buy\" href=\"http:\/\/www.stoth.com\/buy.php\" ><span style=\"color: #33bc03\">[Click here to buy this item]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/OmMalik\/~3\/kiR8iQH9qF0\/\" >Read Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apisphere, a Berkeley-Calif.-based startup that&#8217;s found itself in the middle of the current geo-location\u00a0craze, has raised $4.6 million in funding. 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