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Top venture capital deals in wireless in Q3

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
zoove 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
mino 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
bubble motion 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
airwalk 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
nexage 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
thumbplay Unnamed Thumbplay sells music, games, ringtones and other types of mobile content straight to consumers. New York City $2 million
rocketalk 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
aloqa Wellington Partners and angel investors Aloqa offers a platform for mobile location services. Palo Alto, Calif. $1.5 million
dashwire 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
apperian CommonAngels Apperian develops iPhone applications for businesses. Boston $980,000
Sources: The MoneyTree Report by PwC and NVCA based on data from Thomson Reuters.