Belfast-based angel investment firm, Lough Shore Investments, and several anonymous investors from the US have injected another $1.25 million into Desktop visualization firm, WorldDesk. The startup was founded in Ireland but has since moved to California and has stated that the new money will be used to add more development staff and also help expand their market in Europe and Asia-Pacific.
The news of the latest funding round also came at a time when WorldDesk has completed a “significant overhaul” of its ‘WorldDesk for You’ service. The free feature is a virtual desktop that allows users to easily move their files and apps from one PC to another. WorldDesk’s websites says that their product “leverages a unique, patented, abstraction layer that frees all aspects of a user’s Microsoft Windows workspace from the underlying OS and device. This technology allows the free movement of apps, files and profile between devices, truly letting you take your world with you. Our mission is to deliver personalised mobile computing solutions based around your devices, the cloud and VMWare and Citrix platforms.” The updated version has gotten a face lift with a new User Interface, faster boot, has several new performance upgrades and also has support for new applications.
The new application that WorldDesk has added support for are probably ones that many people have requested. These users will now be able to take Google’s Chrome browser, Skype voice and video calls, and Amazon’s Kindle e-Reader software to any desktop they want. All they need is a USB or smartphone to store all the data, files and apps so they can carry the virtual desktop with them anywhere they go. If a user doe snot want to carry around a physical storage device because they might lose or misplace it they can utilize the cloud.The startup has worked out deal with Dropbox and Box that allows the use of the cloud to store data since 2012.
The free service is what the company uses to attract users and test out new features. It is also a way to attract buyers for the WorldDesk’s Enterprise Desktop Virtualization service which is called ‘WorldDesk for Enterprise’. The paid service has additional features that help create, manage and run virtual desktops in the enterprise by using the same technology as the free service.
Interestingly the startup has not given out any details of the total amount of funding it has received from investors. The most recent funds are being provided by Lough Shore Investments and other investors that have already invested in previous rounds.
Source: TechCrunch
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