Android Focused A-Fund Yields 7 Great Android Start Ups

Earlier this year venture firm DCM announced a cooperative effort for a new venture fund. The fund calls itself the “A Fund” where the A stands for Android.  The fund started with an announcement and $100 million dollars back in April and today they’ve announced their startups.  DCM’s A Fund is a direct competitor to the $200 million dollar iFund at Kleiner Perkins.

Here’s the list:

Appia: a derivative of pocketgear and the original Handango is actually the longest running third party app store. They also offer private labeling for OEM’s and carriers to provide app stores.  In the past, Eric Schmidt and Blackberry Ventures have financed Appia.

Billing Revolution: One click billing solutions for Android

Pappayamobile: Social mobile gaming for Android with 30 million users and 350 games already

Happy Elements: provides social mobile games for large social networks outside of Facebook.

Kanbox: Cloud storage firm in China

Loki Studios: specializes in environmental aware and location focused smartphone games

Kakao Corp: mobile messaging platform with over 25 million users.

Source: Venturebeat