# BlackBerry Partners Fund

> BlackBerry Partners Fund is a VC fund in Toronto backing Mobile and Software. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Oct 2014
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://blackberrypartnersfund.com

BlackBerry Partners Fund is a $150 million venture capital fund focused on applications and services including mobile commerce (payments, advertising, retailing and banking), vertical and horizontal enterprise applications, communications, social networking, location-based applications and services (navigation and mapping), media and entertainment,and lifestyle and personal productivity applications for the BlackBerry® and other mobile platforms.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mobile | 3 | 33% |
| Software | 2 | 22% |
| Analytics | 2 | 22% |
| Mobile Devices | 2 | 22% |
| Apps | 1 | 11% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 2 | 22% |
| Series C | 2 | 22% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 22% |
| Series A | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 44% |
| Canada | 2 | 22% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| John S. Chen | Executive Chairman and CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-s-chen |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Knowre | Knowre is an education technology company delivering personalized and engaging learning experiences to students around the globe. Its technology identifies individual student learning gaps and fills those gaps through algorithmically generated curricula and interactive, scaffolded support. Knowre further enhances learning by providing students withan engaging and fun learning environment, and teachers with actionable and comprehensive data. Knowre partners with schools, private education companies, and other corporations with the goal of helping students reach their full potential.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, New York. | $6.8M |  | Oct 22, 2014 |  |
| Neuralitic Systems | Neuralitic Systems' helps mobile service operators understand the mobile data user behaviours that influence data service adoption, so that they can automatically uncover new trends and habits and dynamically leverage these emerging behaviours to ignite data revenue growth. | $8.1M | Series C | Jan 31, 2011 |  |
| Anomalous Networks | Anomalous Networks is the pioneer and leading provider of Real-Time Telecom Expense Management™ software solutions that allow small to large businesses to better manage the cost and security risks of deploying carrier-based mobile technologies and eliminate “Bill Shock”. The company's Telicost, Telicost-Mobile and Telicost-Litesolutions support leading mobile device platforms such as BlackBerry, BlackBerry PlayBook, iPhone, iPad, Windows Mobile, Android, 3G Modems, M2M solutions from companies such as Sixnet and Sierra Wireless, and Embedded Devices such as laptops containing the Qualcomm GOBI chipset among others. Anomalous Networks has recently been certified by AT&T and its Telicost solution is currently Bell Mobility's best-selling mobile solution. For more information, visit www.anomalousnetworks.com. |  |  | Dec 14, 2010 |  |
| Viewdle | Viewdle (www.viewdle.com) is the only independent mobile-focused visual analysis company. Viewdle enables the camera to inspire new social experiences and effortless communication. Viewdle is creating new user experiences in mobile gaming, social networking, social media, advertising and marketing, with the introduction of computer vision andrecognition technologies to consumer products. Its best-of-breed recognition technology has been developed by its global research and development team, which includes nine PhDs.Available Viewdle products (http://viewdle.com/products/index.html):- SocialCamera, a face recognition-based photo-socializing product for Android phones (http://viewdle.com/products/mobile/index.html)- ViewdleUploader, a face recognition-based photo tagging product for Facebook on the desktop pc (http://viewdle.com/products/desktop/index.html)- ViewdleSDK, a face recognition SDK for augmented reality, video, and photo solutions across multiple device platforms | $10M | Series B | Oct 05, 2010 |  |
| Transpera | Transpera is a mobile technology company that provides a comprehensive platform for monetizing videos on mobile phones. Transpera services online content owners, network operators and advertisers by providing their patent-pending advertising platform and bridging technology -- an all-in-one style solution for connecting the necessary piecesinvolved in successful and profitable mobile video deployments. Transpera powers mobile video services for internet video brands including MTV Networks, Discovery Networks, Fox Reality Channel, the Travel Channel, CBS News, Associated Press, AccuWeather.com, Revision3, Next New Networks, Break.com, maniaTV, eBaumsworld and Zoovision among others. |  | Series C | Jun 02, 2010 |  |
| Xobni | Xobni (the word 'inbox' spelled backwards) makes your inbox and address book smarter. First launching to the public in 2008, Xobni and its Smartr product suite, discover all the people you've ever emailed, called or texted, and creates complete and social profiles that are instantly searchable. Profiles include a photo, job title,company details, email history as well as updates from your contacts on | $16.2M | Series C | Apr 15, 2010 |  |
| NEXAGE | Digital advertising is driven by two overwhelming trends: the strategic role of mobile and the critical role of programmatic technologies to drive efficiency and liquidity. Nexage is at the forefront of both of these macro trends, leading and shaping the premium mobile advertising market through a set of firsts. Nexage was the first-to-market withmobile RTB; mobile private exchange; an exchange-based data solution, Nexage Connect; and the most robust brand safety solution in the market, Nexage Protect. Nexage has translated first-to-market advantage, creating a range of programmatic markets that allow premium publishers and buyers to design and operate markets that best enable them to accelerate their business, whether that is through an open exchange, private exchanges, or programmatic guaranteed markets. Nexage’s data solution, Nexage Connect, creates a powerful and efficient data model to deliver behavioral, contextual, location, identifier, and privacy data to buyers and their agency clients to improve targeting and retargeting, while enhancing the value of publishers’ audience. Nexage serves customers on a worldwide basis with offices in Boston, New York, San Francisco and London. Come visit us at www.nexage.com or follow us on Twitter @Nexage. | $4M | Series A | Jul 10, 2009 |  |
| Xobni | Xobni (the word 'inbox' spelled backwards) makes your inbox and address book smarter. First launching to the public in 2008, Xobni and its Smartr product suite, discover all the people you've ever emailed, called or texted, and creates complete and social profiles that are instantly searchable. Profiles include a photo, job title,company details, email history as well as updates from your contacts on | $3.2M | Series B | Mar 24, 2009 |  |
| WorldMate | WorldMate is a global leader in the field of itinerary management and mobile travel services. The WorldMate product and platform are the most sophisticated, comprehensive and widespread mobile travel itinerary management services worldwide. WorldMate has over 10 millions of mobile users and manages millions of itineraries in over 20 languagesworldwide. The WorldMate app provides users with a convenient and centralized location for managing all aspects of their travel plans. WorldMate's patent-pending technology, branded TripCatch, automatically identifies (catches) incoming travel-related emails and updates the traveler's itinerary and mobile calendar. The WorldMate app is widely-accessible and can be downloaded on any iOS, Android, BlackBerry or Windows device. It has received numerous industry awards, including 2012 EyeforTravel's Winner of The Best Mobile Travel App ,Android Market Editor's Choice award, 2011 Meffys Best Blockbuster App Winner, the 2010 NBTA/WSJ Business Travel Innovation Award, Engadget Best Apps (for both iPhone and Android), 2009 AlwaysOn Global 250 Winner, ANDREWSEYBOLD Most Innovative Consumer Application, among others.WorldMate works with a wide range of partners, including device manufacturers and travel providers, and markets directly to consumers through a variety of channels and means of distribution. As a testament to our successful business model, WorldMate boasts customers such as travel industry giants American Express Business Travel, as well as Research in Motion (the manufacturer of BlackBerry devices).WorldMate is a privately-held enterprise by the world's largest travel management company, Carson Wagonlit Travel. CWT is a global leader in the managed travel market, and services the travel needs of thousands of client companies.WorldMate, Inc. was founded in 2000. It is headquartered in San Francisco and has an R&D center in Tel Aviv. WorldMate is a small company with the agile dynamics and environment of a start-up, while also being one of the largest direct to consumer Israeli companies. WorldMate is a strong, well-recognized and highly appreciated brand throughout the global mobile and travel industry. With a strong commitment to improvement, our goal is to make WorldMate even bigger and stronger, to reach more users and to make traveling a more effective and efficient experience. | $8M | Series C | Oct 29, 2008 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [First Round Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-round-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does BlackBerry Partners Fund invest in?

BlackBerry Partners Fund invests primarily in Mobile, Software and Analytics startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at BlackBerry Partners Fund?

The team at BlackBerry Partners Fund includes John S. Chen (Executive Chairman and CEO). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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