
Mobeam gets venture capital from Asian, US funds
Mobile coupon and scanning technology developer Mobeam has closed a $4.9 million Series A venture round from Samsung Ventures, the investment arm of Korean tech giant Samsung, Mitsui, a Japanese corporate conglomerate, and US-based yet2Ventures.
The VC funds were joined by other independent investors. The funding will be used to advance Mobeam's light based communications (LBC) technology with the aim of becoming a new industry standard for mobile...
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