Near Field Communications Handsets and Tags, NFC Pilots and Projects

Zapa secures funding for its NFC products

Monday, July 6, 2009

Zapa Technology, a Dublin, Ireland company due to launch an NFC-like ZapaTag in the next few months, has received about $3.5 million in funding from venture capital firm Delta Partners.

The infusion of capital will allow Zapa, one of the first companies in Europe to make use of NFC, to roll out a number of applications.

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