m law group advised United Maps in financing round
11.11.2008
m law group advised United Maps in its most recent
financing round.
Investors of this financing round (in an undisclosed amout)
are SpaceTec Capital, HTGF and Bayernkapital.
United Maps generates a new generation of maps: richly
detailed (e.g.: footpaths, mass transit lines, footprints of houses, etc.) intelligently
layered, interlinked and fully routable. United Maps' white-labeled datasets enable
intuitive usability for connected mobile devices, Business Process
Optimization, multimodal navigation and smarter location based applications –
all on a mobile, human scale. United Maps operates in B2B and professional services,
offering white-labeled and on-demand services. Nationwide Germany will be ready
in Q1/09, followed by nationwide Austria and nationwide Switzerland in Q2/09
and a rollout of 200 larger European cities in Q3/09 and Q4/09. The roadmap for
2010 covers additional European countries and South Africa.
m law group advised United Maps in all aspects of the
transaction.
Counsel to United Maps:
m law group: Rainer Kreifels (Lead, Corporate), Dr. Johannes Maidl (Corporate), Henno Groell (IP), Manfred Schmid, FA f.
Arbeitsrecht (Labor & Employment)
Counsel to Investors:
Taylor Wessing, Düsseldorf: Dr. Jürgen Burkart, Sonja
Wagner
Practice Areas:
Start-up & Venture Capital, Labour & Employment, IP-Strategy & Due Diligence
Industry:
Information and Communication Technology
