Fresh $6 million for SIPphone
Competitors are getting tougher for Skype. Mike Robertson, the Linspire mastermind and founder of SIPphone/Gizmo Project, grabs $6 million in funding from New York-based Dawntreader Ventures to expand his company SIP standard service to non-PC devices (adapters, routers, WiFi handsets and dual mode mobile phones).
Plus, the San Diego-based headquarters is expected to triple in size over the next year with hiring primarily in business development and engineering, according to their press release.
Dawntreader Ventures is their first external investor, whose managing director Edward Sim will join the SIPphone board. Existing private investors in MP3.com also participated in the funding.
Two other rumors are given by Om Malik on his weblog. First: SIPphone is going to announce a new “premium offering” later this week. No more extra details. Second: SIPphone might (may) be in talks with Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp, for adding voice functionality to MySpace.com. This would be a $50,000,000 contract.
It definitively seems that everyone will make phone calls this year. From online to offline and from offline to online users.
Tags: voip sipphone mike+robertson gizmo+project skype technology business venture funding dawntreader linspire open+source voice internet mobile sip pc software news+corp myspace rupert+murdoch web
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