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Wireless - Tuesday, February 27, 2007

Mobile Skype's iSkoot Raises $7M

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iSkoot has raised $7M in Series B from Charles River Ventures, Khosla Ventures, ZG Ventures, and Jesselson Capital. While Skype allows users to make calls from a PC to other PCs or landline phones, iSkoot's software allows Skype calls to be received on mobile handsets. iSkoot is developing similar mobile products for other IM and social network communities.

iSkoot has been making a lot of headway. It has a co-marketing and development partnership with eBay-owned Skype, and has its first mobile carrier for its Skype-to-mobile service with The 3 Group, a UK-based division of Hong Kong conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa. The iSkoot software will come preloaded on certain carrier phones, including Nokia and Sony Ericsson handsets.

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Read - iSkoot Raises $7 Million in Series B Financing (Release)

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