3Guppies Shuts Down Operations

VantagePoint Venture partners has reportedly pulled its $20 million investment in mobile content firm 3Guppies Inc.-a rare move for a venture-capital firm-thereby apparently forcing 3Guppies to shut down its operations, RCR Wireless News reports.

You’ve probably never heard of 3Guppies. This author met with the firm last year, back when it was called Mixxer. It was yet another mobile social networking service that offered a wireless MySpace widget, before being rebranded as a ringtone and mobile social networking company.

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