Trinity Ventures

Kixeye going after hard-core players

trinity — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:33:55 +0000

Although still in beta, Kixeye’s “Battle Pirates” has attracted more than 850,000 monthly players on Facebook, who collectively spend 116,000 hours a day navigating its virtual world.

StackMob looks beyond backend to the future of connected devices

trinity — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:35:41 +0000

StackMob, a backend service provider for mobile developers, has emerged as one of the key enablers for connecting mobile apps to the cloud. But the company sees a brighter future beyond being a backend provider. Founder Ty Amell said the growth of connected devices is much bigger than smartphones and tablets and will include all manner of machines, from consoles and TVs to cars and appliances. The opportunity will be to leverage a common platform for apps that can run on all of these devices.

StackMob CEO Ty Amell Announces Hosted HTML5

trinity — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:33:02 +0000

Today I’m excited to announce that StackMob is launching a hosted HTML5 solution as part of our end-to-end platform for application development. This marks an important milestone for StackMob and for all the developers and businesses using our platform.

Bring On The Web Apps: StackMob Launches Hosted HTML5 Service

trinity — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:31:00 +0000

You can’t call StackMob a “backend service provider for mobile” anymore, because as of now, it’s a full end-to-end solution. The cloud-based platform for mobile developers is today launching hosted HTML5 services that tie to StackMob’s backend, making it the … Continue reading →

Cloudscaling pursues open source cloud platform

trinity — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:44:28 +0000

Cloudscaling, a cloud consulting firm that has assisted in the development of several public cloud offerings, today is debuting a solution based on the OpenStack open source cloud platform that is aimed at helping corporate enterprises build private clouds–which of course means it also could become another tool in the tool belt for carriers catering to enterprises.

Cloudscaling wants to make OpenStack webscale

trinity — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:42:12 +0000

Cloud computing consultancy Cloudscaling is realigning its business around the open-source OpenStack framework, and it has a message for the world: If you want to use open-source software but operate like Amazon Web Services, we’re your man.

BeachMint Sales Helped by Celebrity Social Media

trinity — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:32:27 +0000

Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) — BeachMint Inc. sells jewelry, clothes, shoes and beauty supplies online with the help of celebrities who interact with customers on social media web sites. Bloomberg’s Cory Johnson and Emily Chang report. (Source: Bloomberg)

AT&T, Cloudscaling Open New Cloud Strategy

trinity — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:02:23 +0000

Cloudscaling , a consultancy which has been helping service providers and enterprises launch their own cloud services, is now launching a cloud service of its own, a scalable open cloud infrastructure designed to compete with the likes of Amazon Web Services LLC .

Cloudscaling will formally announce its new service next week and will name AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) as its first customer. The companies will take the stage together at Light Reading’s Carrier Cloud Forum.

BeachMint Raises Another Big Round: $35 Million For Celebrity-Backed Shopping Experiences

trinity — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:48:31 +0000

BeachMint — an ecommerce startup that lets customers subscribe to receive products hand-picked by celebrities each month — has quickly become one of the hottest companies in Los Angeles

Skyfire Gets ‘Fuel’ From Verizon and Three Existing Investors to Expand Its Rocket Platform With $8M in Series C Financing

trinity — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:47:56 +0000

Skyfire Labs, a leader in mobile video optimization and cloud solutions for mobility, today announced it has raised $8 million in its Series C financing. Verizon Investments LLC, a subsidiary of Verizon Communications Inc. participated in the round, alongside current investors Matrix Partners, Trinity Ventures, and Lightspeed Venture Partners. Verizon’s investment was arranged by Verizon Ventures, which seeks promising entrepreneurial companies that complement Verizon networks and service platforms. Skyfire will use the funds to meet the demands of its growing list of wireless operator customers through increased engineering, sales and support resources, and also to expand into European and Asian markets.