Cloud ComputingStartup NomadeskRaises $7 Million ToSupportUS Expansion

Nomadesk, formerly
known as Aventiv, offers
one of the most elegant
cloud-based data
sharing, synchronization
and storage solutions on
the market, and
you
probably never even
heard of it.

Perhaps this will change
in the near future, as the
Belgian company has just
raised $7 million in Series
B financing to support its
plans for expansion in
North America.

The capital injection
comes from previous
backer GIMV and a new
investor, BAMS Angel
Fund.

To bring its solutions to
market, Nomadesk
partners with operators
and OEMs, and
it
precisely that indirect
business that it aims to
accelerate using the new
funds. The company
already boasts
agreements with leading
ISPs and hosting
companies in Belgium,
namely Telenet and
Hostbasket, but has also
struck partnerships with
US-based Novatel
Wireless and
Canada
Bell .

With the new funds,
Nomadesk intends to
expand its international
presence as its pipeline
for new partners in
North America and other
parts of the world is
filling up nicely, according
to the company.

Nomadesk, for the first
time to my knowledge,
also publicly disclosed
who sits on its board of
directors. Apart from
management and
investor representatives,
the board includes
people like Yves Michali
(formerly at Novell,
Microsoft, Mobiclick and
Groove Networks) and
Yvan Morel de
Westgaver (previously
an executive at EDS and
now an active private
equity investor).


Nomadesk has now
raised more than $10
million in venture capital...