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Blackberry Partners Fund Blesses Three Apps With Millions
AppScout — ... has made its first picks. A venture capital fund created in May to stimulate development of mobile apps, the BPF isn't just investing in apps for Blackberries (unlike their rivals, the Kleiner Perkins iFund, which only invests in Apple-y apps.) Rather, they're looking for anything cool that runs on mobile phones of any stripe. ...

Web 2.0 Summit: VCs Cheer iPhone Development
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs — ... with similar metrics. For example, among the 250 million non-iPhones on the market, there are some 3 million applications downloaded each week, he said. For the 10 million or so iPhones out there, there are 14 million iPhone app downloads each week. IPhones, he said, generate five to ten times more mobile Internet usage. He predicted there could be as many as 50 million iPhones by the end of next year. KPCB, not coincidentally is betting big on the iPhone. It launched the $100 million iFund to invest in iPhone-related startups, five of which have received funding so far. ...

Five location-based services to watch in 2009
VentureBeat — ... , not only lets you stay connected with friends, but also to discover places and events. Whrrl was the first iPhone application to receive an investment from Kleiner Perkins Caulfied & Byers’ iFund for iPhone developers. It has also received hefty sums from T-Mobile and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. So why am I bullish? Because chief executive and co-founder Jeff Holden was the senior vice president of online consumer services for Amazon.com prior to co-founding Pelago. He was one of the developers of ...

588 Kleiner Perkins iFund developers accidentally leaked to Web
The Apple Core — ... 588 Kleiner Perkins iFund developers accidentally leaked to Web A MySQL file containing contact information, founder bios, business plans, demos and financial information for 588 applicants to Kleiner Perkins’s iFund – a $100 million fund to invest in startups building applications for the iPhone – was accidentally posted to the Web and indexed by Google. Kleiner Perkins’ former hosting provider, ...

iFund’s $100M Database Leaks Onto The Web
MacBlogz - One Stop Apple News — ... The iFund is a $100 million fund used to invest in digital startups that have chosen to develop applications specifically for Apple’s iPhone platform. There has been controversy surrounding the iFund before, as it ...

Mini-review: Rolando rolls onto the App Store
AppleInsider — ... the unique opportunity of becoming the face of App Store gaming, Apple's Mario, so to speak. Development on Rolando has steadily snowballed, and after being featured in various magazines, getting picked up by Ngmoco, and acquiring a soundtrack from Mr. Scruff, it's hardly surprising that so much attention has gathered around this title. Initially, the title that was being created solely by developer Simon Oliver , until being picked up by the App Store's gaming darling and iFunded startup Ngmoco . Many gaming titles for the iPhone feel like miniature games, ...

More Evidence That The iPod Touch Is The Surprise Hit Of The Season
Byte of the Apple - BusinessWeek — ... more affordable than an iPhone, since there’s no costly cellular service plan to sign up for. And given the thousands of games available on Apple’s App Store, the iPod touch suddenly looks like a more versatile altnerative to a Nintendo DS or Sony PSP. “We’re really starting to see volume kick in dramatically for the iPod touch,” says Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner Matt Murphy, who is point person for the VC firm’s $100 million VC fund for App Store developers called the iFund . “It’s becoming a very legitimate gaming platform, and young people are also using it to ...

More Evidence That The iPod Touch Is The Surprise Hit Of The Season
MacBytes.com — ... more affordable than an iPhone, since there’s no costly cellular service plan to sign up for. And given the thousands of games available on Apple’s App Store, the iPod touch suddenly looks like a more versatile altnerative to a Nintendo DS or Sony PSP. “We’re really starting to see volume kick in dramatically for the iPod touch,” says Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers partner Matt Murphy, who is point person for the VC firm’s $100 million VC fund for App Store developers called the iFund . “It’s becoming a very legitimate gaming platform, and young people are also using it to ...

Roeding's New Startup Raises $2.5 Million from KPCB, Hoffman; Raising More
mocoNews — ... . It is looking to raise as much more and round out the round at $5 million, the filing says. Not clear: if the funding is from KPCB’s iPhone fund, but the filing lists the fund manager Matt Murphy as a board member of the new company. Also not clear: what the new company does, but this may be a hint: the company was formerly called Mobile Shop Inc, also a working title. Something to do with cross-platform shopping, maybe…more when we get more. ...