The following list is compiled from data provided by the National Venture Capital Association and represents the top venture capital deals in the third quarter in the wireless industry.
And check out this same list for the first quarter an the second quarter.
| Company |
Investors |
What they do |
Where they're based |
Amount |
 |
Highland Capital Partners, Worldview Technology Partners and Cardinal Capital Partners |
Zoove provides a patented abbreviated dialing mobile direct response marketing service. With the funds, the company said it will launch cross-carrier abbreviated dialing code services using ## (PoundPound) and ** (StarStar) abbreviated dialing codes. |
Palo Alto, Calif. |
$13 million |
 |
Unnamed |
MINO Wireless USA provides managed alternative roaming services the company said allows mobile operators to capture revenue from budget-conscious subscribers when they travel internationally. |
Santa Clara, Calif. |
$8.9 million |
 |
Palomar Ventures, Sequoia Capital and Comcast Interactive Capital |
Bubble Motion provides technology that allows users to send voicemails as if they were SMS text messages. |
Mountain View, Cailf. |
$6 million |
 |
Unnamed |
AirWalk Communications offers a line of IP-based Radio Access Network solutions the company said allows simple network expansion for CDMA wireless service providers. |
Richardson, Texas |
$5 million |
 |
BlackBerry Partners Fund and GrandBanks Capital |
Nexage offers AdMax, a mobile ad mediation and optimization solution the company said enables mobile publishers to maximize revenues from mobile ads while reducing internal operating expenses by connecting to multiple ad networks. |
Boston |
$4 million |
 |
Unnamed |
Thumbplay sells music, games, ringtones and other types of mobile content straight to consumers. |
New York City |
$2 million |
 |
Unnamed |
RockeTalk offers a social media platform and mobile phone applications the company said provide a variety of fast, easy-to-use multimedia services including allowing users to combine text, voice, photo and video messages, and share them with individuals and groups. |
San Diego, Calif. |
$1.5 million |
 |
Wellington Partners and angel investors |
Aloqa offers a platform for mobile location services. |
Palo Alto, Calif. |
$1.5 million |
 |
Trilogy Equity Partners |
Dashwire offers a Web-services platform for mobile operators, device makers and retailers to deliver consumer, social and device management software services on open mobile phones. |
Seattle |
$1.2 million |
 |
CommonAngels |
Apperian develops iPhone applications for businesses. |
Boston |
$980,000 |
| Sources: The MoneyTree Report by PwC and NVCA based on data from Thomson Reuters. |