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Coveroo — the company that creates customized covers and cases for mobile phones and consumer electronic devices — has closed $2.3 million in Series B funding. Rembrandt Venture Partners led the round, which also saw several other investors participating, including Consor Capital LLC and Karl Jacob. The company plans to apply the new money toward scaling its e-commerce business, corporate sales, in-store kiosk line and live events business.
Coveroo is in the midst of expansion, having tripled its customer base recently. It has signed key partnerships deals with Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, Marvel Entertainment and several others. Moreover, Coveroo has also added thousand of new designs to its portfolio, established kiosks in major retail locations and expanded its live events business to include video game premiers, movie launches, handset launches and popular concerts such as the Coachella Music Festival.
At the moment, Coveroo’s catalog counts more than 3,000 exclusive designs for all major mobile phone brands including iPhone, Blackberry, Nokia, Motorola, Samsung and HTC. Designs include exclusive images inspired by popular sport teams, Star Trek, Hello Kitty, The Simpsons and others. And if that’s not enough for you, there’s always the option to submit your own designs…
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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