München, 30.7.09: United Maps GmbH gibt den erfolgreichen Abschluss der zweiten Finanzierungsrunde im siebenstelligen Bereich bekannt.
Das bisherige Investorenkonsortium aus High-Tech Gründerfonds,
SeedFonds Bayern und SpaceTec Capital Partners erweitert zusammen mit
dem ClusterFonds StartUp! nun massiv das Seed-Investment der
Gründungsphase. Damit bescheinigen die Investoren United Maps mit ihrer Technologie großes Potenzial im schnell wachsenden
Markt für professionelle Geodaten und stellen mit dieser
Finanzierungsrunde weitere Mittel für Ausbau und Vermarktung bereit.
Der im Februar 2008 in München gegründeten United Maps GmbH gelingt es mit einer weiter entwickelten Technologie, die inhaltliche Qualität und Dichte von Vektorkarten zu optimieren. Die aus Navigationsgeräten bekannten und für den Straßenverkehr optimierten Basiskarten der weltweit führenden Hersteller Navteq oder Tele Atlas werden dabei algorithmisch mit weiteren kartografischen Daten flächendeckend kombiniert.
Erstmals wird mit vollständig integrierten und kompatiblen Geometrien multimodales Routing möglich: die nahtlose Navigation über alle Verkehrsmittel, vom Auto in die S-Bahn, in die U-Bahn, die Tram und zu Fuß weiter zum Ziel. Die enorme Inhaltsdichte bietet bisher unbekannte Möglichkeiten für ortsbezogene Medien, Dienste und professionelle Planungsgrundlagen.
Mit den zunehmend in mobilen Endgeräten wie Smartphones eingebauten GPS-Empfängern wird Navigation zum Massenmarkt. Nach Marktschätzungen werden bereits 2011 über 40% der Nutzer von Mobiltelefonen in Deutschland Navigation auf Ihrem Gerät betreiben. Dazu sind bessere und inhaltsreiche Vektorkarten notwendig.
The current consortium of High-Tech Gruenderfonds, SeedFonds Bayern and
SpaceTec Capital Partners teamed up with ClusterFonds StartUp! and now
massively extends the initial Seed-investment into a Series-A round.
Taking United Maps to a next level, the investors substantiate United
Maps' technology of algorithmically conflating vector data sets,
thus manifesting its potential in a quickly growing market for
professional Geodata and Geoservices.
Deploying its technology, United Maps GmbH optimizes quality, density and contents of vector maps. Market leading base maps from Navteq or Tele Atlas - well known from navigational devices made for vehicle traffic - are algorithmically combined and merged with supplemental cartographic data sets. The resulting new and comprehensive mapping products are perfectly fit for mobile and location based use cases.
United Maps premiers completely integrated geometries and fully compatible and routable data sets enabling multimodal routing: seamless navigation across all means of transport, from car to public mass transit and pedestrian options. Content rich United Maps offer new perspectives to LBS (location based media and services), business process optimizing and planning.
With GPS capabilities increasingly being available on mobile devices and smartphones, mobile navigation and mapping will become a mass market trend. Latest estimates see over 40% of German mobile users deploy some form of navigation on portable devices. As better and more informative vector maps are essential for a quick adoption, United Maps sees itself well positioned in a thriving market environment.
After only six months of production, United Maps recently introduced 'UM-DE': a comprehensive, nationwide vectormap in scales up to 1:2'000.
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