Wireless

VC: Aruba Networks pulls in $25M fourth round

Nov 2, 2005 7:01pm

Aruba Networks, Alereon, BelAir rake it in.

VENTURE CAPITAL
COMPANY	AMOUNT/ROUND	LEAD INVESTORS	DESCRIPTION
Aruba Networks Sunnyvale, CA	$25M fourth round	Artis Capital Management	Aruba Networks develops network architecture that addresses mobility, security, and convergence.
Alereon Austin, TX	$21.53M second round	Pharos Capital Partners, Austin Ventures, Centennial Capital Ventures, Duchossois Technology Ventures, PTV Sciences, eCentury Capital Partners, Genesis Campus	Alereon is a fabless semiconductor company developing ultrawideband wireless chipsets.
BelAir Networks Ontario	$20M third round	Comcast Interactive Capital	A provider of wide-area wireless broadband solutions for metro-scale deployments.
Beecem Communications Santa Clara, CA	$19.5M third round	Walden International, Sequoia Capital	Beecem is a wireless broadband provider.
Medio Systems Seattle	$11M first round	Frazier Technology, Mohr Davidow, Dot Edu	Medio Systems develops mobile search applications.
W5 Networks Fremont, CA	$10.1M first round	Thomas Weisel Venture Partners, U.S. Venture Partners	A provider of wireless applications for the retail industry.
Airborne Entertainment Montreal	$10M undisclosed	Wellington Financial	Airborne Entertainment publishes premier mobile entertainment content and applications, including games, images, video, ringtones, ringbacktones and informational content.
July Systems Santa Clara, CA	$10M third round	Motorola Ventures	July Systems a provider of smart mobile retailing technology.
Trust Digital McLean, VA	$9M second round	BCE Capital	Trust Digital is a provider of mobile security software.
TestQuest Minneapolis	$7.5M first round	Gabriel Venture Partners	A provider of automated testing solutions for the mobile and wireless industry.
Telecom Transport Management Seattle	$6M third	Ignition Partners, SeaPoint Ventures, Rally Capital	TTM provides backhaul services for mobile phone companies by using wireless microwave technology to send traffic from cell sites back to the switch, where the traffic is then rerouted.