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Mobile Publishing Tools Firm Tira Wireless Raises $5 Million

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on July 9, 2007 - 11:15am.

San Mateo, Calif. - Tira Wireless, a provider of technology and services for mobile content publishing, announced on Monday that it has raised $5 million in its fourth round of financing, from existing investors Lehman Brothers Venture Partners, Brightspark Ventures, Flagship Ventures and Export Development Canada.

tags: Deals | Mobile | VC | Tira Wireless | Cellphones | Lehman Brothers VP | Brightspark Ventures |

Mobile Entertainment Firm Airborne Buys Development Studio of Tira Wireless

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 7, 2004 - 2:45am.
Montreal -- Mobile entertainment publisher Airborne Entertainment announced on Thursday that it has acquired the mobile publishing division of Tira Wireless, a provider of wireless application developers' tools. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Toronto-based Tira Studios has created mobile content applications for customers including TV Guide, Maxim, the NFL, Fox, HBO and The Food Network. Montreal-based Airborne creates games, messaging services, ringtones and graphics that are distributed in both North America and overseas. "The acquisition underscores our vision and success in addressing the needs of consumer and business brands to create new revenue streams and to reach their customers through the mobile channel," said Airborne CEO Garner Bornstein. "It allows us to further our goal of providing a world-class branded mobile media publishing platform at a time when consumption of mobile content is at an all-time growth inflection point."
tags: Airborne | Mobile Entertainment | Tira Wireless | Development Studio |