BlackBerry Partners Fund: Funding, Team & Investors

BlackBerry Partners Fund operates as a dedicated venture capital entity, strategically investing in early-stage companies within the mobile applications and services sector. It backs ventures developing innovative solutions across mobile commerce, digital payments, and advertising. The fund provides capital and strategic guidance to foster business growth, aiming to enhance the broader mobile ecosystem.

Established in 2008, the BlackBerry Partners Fund emerged from a strategic initiative by BlackBerry, then Research In Motion. The company's insight was to cultivate a vibrant developer community and ecosystem around its dominant smartphone platform. This initiative supported external innovation, extending BlackBerry’s influence, and was based in Toronto, Canada.

The fund's beneficiaries are emerging technology companies and startups building next-generation mobile applications and services. Its overarching vision was to accelerate the development and adoption of mobile technologies, particularly those enhancing the BlackBerry experience. By investing in foundational technologies, the fund aimed to secure its associated ecosystem's forward position.

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Nov 17, 2011	Catalog Spree	$6.1M Series A	Michael Yang	EL Dorado Ventures
Jun 15, 2011	Copious	$2.0M Seed	—	Alison Rosenthal, Gery Gomez, Michael Lazerow, TIM Kendall, Foundation Capital, GV
May 19, 2011	Fuse Powered Inc.	$2.0M Seed	Blackberry Partners Fund, NFQ Ventures	—
Apr 13, 2011	Prove	$19.0M Other Equity	Daniel Schulman	Opus Capital, Rogers Ventures, RRE Ventures, Verizon Ventures
Apr 1, 2011	Prove	$19.0M Series C	American Express	Betaworks Ventures, Bullpen Capital, First Round Capital, Homebrew, Lightspeed Venture Partners, MassMutual Ventures, OAK HC/FT, Relay Ventures, RRE Ventures, Sandbox Industries, Semble Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Upside Partnership, Christine Herron, Emil Michael, Eric VER Ploeg, Opus Capital, Rogers Ventures, Verizon Ventures
Jan 31, 2011	Neuralitic Systems	$8.0M Series B	—	BDC Capital, GO Capital, Temasek
Jan 1, 2011	Neuralitic Systems	$8.0M Series C	Export Development Canada	Aleph VC, Vertex Ventures Israel, BDC Capital, GO Capital, Temasek
Apr 1, 2010	Xobni	$16.0M Series C	Khosla Ventures, RRE Ventures	Relay Ventures, Atomico, Baseline Ventures, Cisco, First Round Capital

Date	Company	Round	Lead Investor(s)	Co-Investor(s)
Nov 17, 2011	Catalog Spree	$6.1M Series A	Michael Yang	EL Dorado Ventures
Jun 15, 2011	Copious	$2.0M Seed	—	Alison Rosenthal, Gery Gomez, Michael Lazerow, TIM Kendall, Foundation Capital, GV
May 19, 2011	Fuse Powered Inc.	$2.0M Seed	Blackberry Partners Fund, NFQ Ventures	—
Apr 13, 2011	Prove	$19.0M Other Equity	Daniel Schulman	Opus Capital, Rogers Ventures, RRE Ventures, Verizon Ventures
Apr 1, 2011	Prove	$19.0M Series C	American Express	Betaworks Ventures, Bullpen Capital, First Round Capital, Homebrew, Lightspeed Venture Partners, MassMutual Ventures, OAK HC/FT, Relay Ventures, RRE Ventures, Sandbox Industries, Semble Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Upside Partnership, Christine Herron, Emil Michael, Eric VER Ploeg, Opus Capital, Rogers Ventures, Verizon Ventures
Jan 31, 2011	Neuralitic Systems	$8.0M Series B	—	BDC Capital, GO Capital, Temasek
Jan 1, 2011	Neuralitic Systems	$8.0M Series C	Export Development Canada	Aleph VC, Vertex Ventures Israel, BDC Capital, GO Capital, Temasek
Apr 1, 2010	Xobni	$16.0M Series C	Khosla Ventures, RRE Ventures	Relay Ventures, Atomico, Baseline Ventures, Cisco, First Round Capital

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