Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Swype Adds $2.5M

Seattle-based Swype, the developer of touch-screen keyboard input software, said Tuesday that it has added $2.5M to the firm's Series C financing round. The round came from existing investors Samsung Ventures, Nokia Growth Partners, Benaroya Capital, DOCOMO Capital and Ignition Partners. The new round comes on top of an earlier, $3.5M raised in March. Swype now has more than 80 employees, and reports it will be pre-loaded on more than 100 million devices around the world by the end of the year. More information »