Brightpod

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Brightpod was an American venture-funded technology company founded by former executives of PageNet and Ericsson in 2000. The company designed portals that allowed businesses to provide their employees, customers and partners with anytime access to Internet- and server-based content and applications, using devices such as Palms, Pocket PCs, RIM BlackBerry pagers, and Web-enabled wireless phones.

Brightpod's corporate portal solutions were based on an open-standards platform that pre-integrated best-of-breed mobile applications in a subscription-based service model.

Based in North Carolina, the company attracted investors including Draper Atlantic of Reston, Va., Monument Capital Partners of Richmond, Va., Cordova Ventures of Atlanta, Frontier Capital of Charlotte, N.C., and Aurora Funds of Research Triangle, N.C. The company was eventually acquired by GadgetSpace, which merged with InPhonic (Nasdaq: INPC) in 2001.