Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Fon Raises $13.5 Million In New Round To Expand In The US

Fon, the startup which turns markets wifi routers which turn domestic connections into a network of publicly accessible hotspots, has secured ?10 million ($13.5 million) in a new funding round led by Atomico, the VC firm founded by Niklas Zennstr�m, co-founder of Skype. Coral Group and other existing Fon investors also contributed to the round which is designed to meet the surge in demand for WiFi from smartphone and tablet users, and to expand in the US and other markets. Previous rounds for the company, which was founded in 2006 by serial entrepreneur Martin Varsavsky (who also founded Jazztel and Viatel), raised over ?40m.

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