DENMARK - SoonR attracts $9.5m from Cisco et al.
SoonR, a Denmark-based mobile computing company, has attracted a second round of financing worth $9.5m from a consortium of investors led by Cisco Systems. Other investors included Clearstone Venture Partners and Intel Capital, which also participated in the previous round. The two rounds have brought in $15.5m for the business. The new capital will be used to expand the company’s mobile platform and scale-up its partner driven distribution strategy.
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