http://recode.net/2015/03/23/cyanogen-raises-80-million-with-backing-from-twitter-telefonica-and-rupert-murdoch/?utm_source=googleplay&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=partnerfeed

After months of passing around the hat, open Android startup Cyanogen said Monday it has closed an $80 million funding round that includes backing from a number of strategic investors.

Among those that took part in the Series C round were Twitter Ventures, Qualcomm Incorporated, Telefónica Ventures, Smartfren Telecom and Rupert Murdoch. The round was led by Premji Invest and included Index Ventures and Access Industries as well as existing investors Benchmark, Andreessen Horowitz, Redpoint Ventures and Tencent Holdings. Notably, it also includes some yet-to-be-announced other strategic investors, Cyanogen said.

The financing effort has been well documented, with Re/code noting earlier this year that several big-name tech companies had been approached, including Amazon and Microsoft. At one point an investment from Microsoft looked likely, sources said. Cyanogen didn’t disclose the valuation, but had been looking to be worth several hundred million dollars, sources said.

“We invested in Cyanogen because we’re big proponents of what they’re doing in opening up Android and supporting global and local ecosystem players,” said Premji Invest technology sector lead Sandesh Patnam in a statement. “Cyanogen is well positioned to become the 3rd leading mobile OS, and we’re excited to back them in growing their business on a global scale.”

Cyanogen has now raised a total of $110 million.

“We’re committed to creating an open computing platform that fundamentally empowers the entire mobile ecosystem from developers to hardware makers, and most importantly, consumers around the world,” Cyanogen CEO Kirt McMaster said in a statement. “We’re excited to have the backing of an amazingly diverse group of strategic investors who are supporting us in building a truly open Android.”

The new funding will help the company boost its technical and marketing abilities, but the key now is to get two main things: Strong commitment from hardware makers as well as a lineup of partners to truly offer alternatives to Google’s suite of services. That’s critical as Google mandates that those that want to use its services offer all of them. Would-be rivals need to have their own app stores, mapping and an array of other services.

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2 days straight. From my province Saskatchewan, through Alberta, to Vancouver Island in British Columbia. Drove.

Record for passenger seat was three days straight. Again. From my province to British Columbia.

what was the purpose of that trip?

About 6 hours from San Jose to LA. Just made like one stop for gas/oil and I drove the entire time.

Totaled at about 400 miles.

For the record, Interstate 5 is boring as fuck.

You should have went on the PCH

nigga aren't you like 12?

About 3 1/2 hours from Stoke to a seaside village in Western Wales.

lol doesn't it pretty much take like 6 hours to get from one end of bongland to the other?

since there's so many people on here that can't even drive, riding in a car will also be acceptable.

my personal record so far is 14 hours or 950 miles straight with only stopping for gas. which i drove by myself.

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