The corporate-backed online location-as-a-service company has acquired mobile software developer Wirkle and online group messaging service Volly.
Corporate-backed location-as-a-service software firm Location Labs acquired US-based software development company Wirkle and US-based group messaging service Volly on Monday. Location Labs declined to disclose how much it had paid for each.
Location Labs has raised $26m in financing from investors including corporate venturing units Intel Capital, Mitsui Ventures and Qualcomm Ventures. Earlier backers included mobile phone company Telecom Italia Mobile and Nokia Venture Partners, prior to its spinning-out as independent venture capital firm BlueRun Ventures.
Wirkle operates a…
