July 19th, 2012

Raved Is A Social-Powered Local Recommendations App Built On Facebook & Foursquare

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Apptera, the mobile communications and ad company backed by $30 million from Alloy, Lightspeed Ventures, and others, is today launching a second mobile app to join what had been, until now, its flagship product: the Android dialer replacement, Poptuit, which debuted around this time last year.

The new app is a friend-powered recommendation engine called Raved, and it’s available first for iOS. → Read More

August 2nd, 2011

Poptuit Looks To Reinvent The Android Dialer By Making It Sleeker And Smarter

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It’s a cliche by now, but there’s no question that the launch of the iPhone in 2007 changed the future of mobile devices forever. Even the actual phone portion of the device saw huge improvements: visual voicemail, relatively easy contact management, and quick access to your recent calls. And, err, the dialer has looked just about the same ever since. As has Android’s dialer, which is basically… → Read More

June 17th, 2010

Apptera Raises Another $10 Million For Its Voice & Visual Mobile Advertising Network

Mobile advertising company Apptera has raised another $10 million in VC funding, we’ve learned via an SEC filing. The startup’s previous financing round dates back to November 2008, also totaled about $10 million and came from investors such as Alloy Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Walden International.

The company has yet to publicly disclose the new capital injection, but these types… → Read More

November 19th, 2008

Apptera Raises $10.5 Million More To Get Ads To Your Phone

Mobile advertising network Apptera has closed a $10.5 million funding round led by Alloy Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Walden International. The company is also announcing that David Karnstedt, Yahoo’s former SVP of North American Sales who has extensive experience in advertising, has joined its board.

Apptera offers a suite of audio and visual advertising solutions for companies… → Read More