The BlackBerry Partners Fund™ Community

The BlackBerry Partners Fund™ is a $150 million venture capital fund focused on applications and services for the BlackBerry® platform and other mobile platforms, including mobile commerce (payments, advertising, retailing and banking), vertical and horizontal enterprise applications, communications, social networking, location-based applications and services (navigation and mapping), media and entertainment, and lifestyle and personal productivity applications. The fund considers all stages of development and is co-managed by JLA Ventures and RBC Venture Partners.

The Challenges

The BlackBerry Partners Fund had two primary requirements:

1. Create a publicly accessible website to promote the fund on a global scale to potential partners building applications for the world leading BlackBerry® device developed by RIM; and to
2. Set up a private online community for the investment committee to coordinate, manage and collaborate on potential partner funding applications and competitions.