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22nd January 2013

Fixmo Secures Strategic Investment from Samsung Ventures

fixmoToronto-based Fixmo, a developer of mobile security and risk management solutions for public and private sector organizations, has announced that the company has received a strategic investment from Samsung Venture Investment Corporation (Samsung Ventures), the venture capital arm of the Samsung Group. The funding will be used to advance research and development in the areas of mobile device integrity verification, data loss prevention (DLP), risk analytics and trusted mobile computing.

Fixmo’s mobile security products are used by Government agencies and Enterprise customers around the world for securing and managing their mobile devices, business applications and private corporate data across company-owned and employee-owned (BYOD) smartphones and tablets. These enterprise products include

  • Fixmo Sentinel, the enterprise mobility platform for securing mobile devices and monitoring system integrity
  • Fixmo SafeZone, the defense-grade secure container for keeping corporate email, data and apps encrypted, contained and under IT control no matter who owns the device
  • Fixmo AppZone, a comprehensive mobile application management (MAM) solution for deploying, monitoring and supporting mobile apps in the enterprise

Fixmo also recently entered the consumer mobile security market when it announced that it is powering the white-labeled “3 Super Safe” personal mobile security and protection solution for 3 Hong Kong, a division of Hutchison Telecommunications Hong Kong Holdings Limited.

“Samsung Venture Investment Corporation aligns with innovative companies that demonstrate potential strategic fit with Samsung,” said Hyuk-Jeen Suh, Senior Investment Manager with Samsung Ventures America. “Secure enterprise mobility, BYOD and personal privacy protection are some of the most important and exciting areas in the telecommunications market. Fixmo is poised to deliver next-generation solutions that help IT departments, business professionals and consumers remain secure and protected while embracing the next wave of mobility technology trends.”

“The investment from Samsung Ventures will further advance our research and development activities in the areas of mobile security, device integrity verification, adaptive policy management and compliance assurance,” said Rick Segal, CEO with Fixmo. “These solution areas are becoming increasingly important to customers around the world as they embrace Consumerization and the BYOD approach, but cannot sacrifice security, integrity, compliance or employee productivity.”

Samsung Ventures is the second venture capital group to make a strategic investment in Fixmo in the past six months. In August 2012, Motorola Solutions Venture Capital also announced a strategic investment and partnership with Fixmo. Terms of the Samsung Ventures investment were not disclosed. Prior to the investment from Samsung Ventures, Fixmo had raised over thirty million dollars through three series of funding.

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    1:51 am on January 22nd, 2013

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