Pelago Inc., a Seattle startup that is developing a social networking application for mobile devices, has raised $15 million in new funding.
Deutsche Telekom AG's venture capital arm, T-Mobile Venture Fund, led the funding round.
Other investors are Reliance Technology Ventures Ltd., of Mumbai, India; Silicon Valley venture capital firms DAG Ventures and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers; Trilogy Equity Partners, of Bellevue; and Bezos Expeditions, the investment vehicle of Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos.
Kleiner Perkins, Trilogy, and Bezos Expeditions all took part in Pelago's initial $7.4 million funding in 2006.
Pelago, founded by two veterans of Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), is developing an application called Whrrl that lets friends share and find information on places and events in a city on their mobile devices and online. The startup said it would use its funding for "strategic technology investments and partnerships" to continue deploying in North America and overseas markets.
Stephan Noll, managing director of the T-Mobile Venture Fund, will join the Pelago board of directors.
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