Coveroo, a San Francisco, CA-based company that creates customized covers and cases for mobile phones and consumer electronic devices, has closed $2.3m in Series B funding. The round was led by Rembrandt Venture Partners, with participation from existing investors including Consor Capital LLC and Karl Jacob.
Coveroo, which was foundes in October 2008 by start-up veterans Karl Jacob, Ben Katz and Mark Halstead, creates customized covers and cases for all major cell phone brands such as iPhone, Blackberry, Nokia, Motorola, Samsung and HTC. The company owns a catalog of more than 3,000 exclusive designs including exclusive images inspired by World Soccer Teams, Major League Baseball, National Basketball Association, Barbie, Star Trek and The Simpsons.
Coveroo, which also gives customers the ability to submit user-generated designs, recently signed key partnerships with Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association, Marvel Entertainment and others.
In addition, the company 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 premieres, movie launches, handset launches and popular concerts.
The funds will be used to further expand its e-commerce and live events business and its in-store kiosk line.
FinSMEs
08/07/2010