Setelah sukses dengan BlackBerry Partners Fund yang pertama, RIM telah menyiapkan modal dana ventura kedua sebesar $ 150 juta untuk diinvestasikan ke dalam prakarsa "komputasi mobile".
Dana kedua ini memiliki mandat lebih global daripada dana pertama, yang melihat beberapa akuisisi yang cukup keren seperti SocialDeck oleh Google. Sangat menarik untuk melihat perusahaan-perusahaan mana yang akan didukung dengan mendapatkan dana ini, yang relatif besar. Semoga RIM akan membuat kembali dana ketiga dalam waktu dekat dan menyimpan uang tunai untuk membantu perusahaan baru yang membutuhkan.
Ini dia Berita lengkap dari RIM:
WATERLOO, ONTARIO – February 14, 2011 – Research In Motion (RIM) (NASDAQ:RIMM)(TSX:RIM) and the BlackBerry(R) Partners Fund today announced that RIM is making a lead commitment to BlackBerry Partners Fund II, a new US$150 million independent venture capital fund focused exclusively on mobile computing. BlackBerry Partners Fund II is expected to launch in June 2011 and will have a broader international mandate than the first Fund.
“We are very pleased with the positive impact of the first Fund on our mobile ecosystem and we look forward to BlackBerry Partners Fund II bringing additional resources and support to mobile innovators in a broader range of international markets,” said Jim Balsillie, Co-CEO at Research In Motion.
“We are very fortunate to havehttp://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=8115129475914246597 RIM as an anchor investor and partner in our Fund and greatly anticipate expanding our reach and the geographical scope of Fund II,” said John Albright, Co-Managing Partner of BlackBerry Partners Fund.
The first BlackBerry Partners Fund was established in 2008 in collaboration with Research In Motion, Thomson Reuters, Royal Bank of Canada and a roster of high profile investors. The Fund has made 13 investments to-date in mobile start-ups in Canada, the United States, Israel and Ireland. The Fund brings capital, resources and domain expertise to the partnerships it forms with exceptional entrepreneurs around the world who are shaping the future of the mobile eco-system.
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