14 Jul 2008 01:01 AM
Viigo Inc. develops and markets one of the world’s most popular mobile content and services applications for smartphones. With over 5,000 channels and information services, Viigo’s community of subscribers enjoys up-to-the-minute access to news, weather, sports, stocks and finance, entertainment and blogs in one intuitive, simple, freely downloadable application.
Viigo’s software - designed to humanize the mobile experience – lets users stay on top of breaking news, locate the best restaurants, find out about local attractions, monitor the performance of stocks, check the weather, lookup flight schedules, track the status of flights, and receive real-time sports scores, all through one simple, made-for-mobile interface smartphone users won’t want to be without.
“By mobilizing content in an incredibly compelling way, Viigo provides a unique opportunity for media companies to create new revenue streams while providing value to subscribers in ways not possible before,” said Mark Ruddock, CEO of Viigo. “Many traditional news outlets are starting to look to Viigo to more effectively mobilize their content, reach new readers and bolster ad revenue.”
“Viigo lets us generate new sources of advertising revenue from the mobile space while eliminating the cost of deploying our content to a mobile audience,” said Ronen Halevy from BerryReview.com, a popular online destination for BlackBerry news and information. “Viigo also lets us easily leverage their content distribution system and reach new subscribers on the extended Viigo network.”
Some of Viigo other partners include carriers such as Rogers, newspapers such as Canada’s The National Post and Chile’s La Tercera, on-line communities such as Pinstack and popular blogging sites such as BlackBerryCool.com and CrackBerry.com.
RBC Venture Partners has made a $1.5 million follow-on investment to Viigo’s first round of venture capital funding. To date the company has raised $7.9 million in angel and institutional investment.
Headquartered in Toronto, Viigo was founded in 2004 with the objective to create compelling and useful solutions for the mobile industry. Company founders Tas Tsonis, Brian Goldberg, and Jay Steele are experienced veterans of the mobile software industry, having spearheaded wireless startup Plazmic Inc. which was acquired in 2001 by BlackBerry® developer and manufacturer, Research in Motion (RIM) (Nasdaq:RIMM).
Viigo’s highly reviewed debut application is currently featured by Research In Motion (RIM) on their BlackBerry mobile page, is showcased in the RIM Built for BlackBerry campaign and is also the “featured app” on Microsoft’s Windows Mobile Owners Circle. Viigo has also been selected as the official mobile conference application for BlackBerry’s upcoming Wireless Enterprise Symposium.
To get the current version of Viigo on your device today, go to www.getviigo.com from your mobile browser.
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