Menlo Park-Based Promptu Raises $5.6 Million in New Funding Round

Menlo Park, Calif. -- Promptu, a Menlo Park-based provider of voice-powered search and navigation services to mobile operators and their subscribers, said that it has raised $5.6 million in a new round of funding. Previous investors Steelpoint Capital, Lauder Partners and other private investors participated in the round, which the company plans to use to further develop its technology that lets people use their voice to find and purchase content on mobile phones, as well as to expand its business development efforts globally. Founded in April 2000 as AgileTV, Promptu has raised a total of $17.3 million since transforming itself into a wireless company last year, including $11.6 million in a round that closed in September.
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