Urban Design Group Principals Invited to Participate in Exclusive Latin American Infrastructure & Property Development Summit 2011

Dallas, TX (PRWEB) August 16, 2011

Urban Design Group Principals Ronald D. Armstrong, AIA, President and Managing Principal, and Raymond R. Kahl, AIA, are attending the Latin American Infrastructure & Property Development (LAIPD) Summit on August 17-19, 2011 at The Westin Diplomat Resort & Spa in Hollywood, FL. Participation in the LAIPD Summit is by invitation only, and the event is designed to bring senior-level executives from Latin Americas infrastructure and property development entities together with prequalified suppliers and consultants specializing in project development, architectural innovation and cutting edge construction.

The LAIPD Summit provides an opportunity for key decision makers to meet qualified partners to form alliances and promote growth in Latin Americas emerging markets. In recent years, the Latin American governments have improved economic policies and are now committed to infrastructure development and job growth. The exclusive business forum includes advanced presentations on construction, financing and sustainable development and provides the participants with opportunities for high-level networking and one-on-one meetings.

Armstrong and Kahl were invited to participate in the exclusive summit based on their depth of experience and their firms reputation for offering unique architectural solutions. In addition, UDG was invited to attend the Asian Infrastructure & Property Development (AIDP) Summit held July 4-6, 2011 in Macao, China.

With 35 years of experience, Kahl brings a wealth of leadership and knowledge to the firm. His areas of expertise include institutional and workplace projects. Kahls work at the University of Southern California was recently awarded the 2011 Grand Prize by the Los Angeles Business Council.

Armstrong has over 30 years of experience and specializes in managing large, complex projects including resorts, entertainment venues, mixed-use developments and religious facilities. Armstrong sees strong growth potential in Latin America.

We are honored to participate in this summit because we see it as a valuable opportunity to develop long-lasting business relations in a growth-oriented region, said Ronald D. Armstrong, AIA, President and Managing Principal of Urban Design Group. In the coming years, we predict strong growth in many global markets. Once the current economic situation is stabilized, investors will put capital back into play. With global population growth, continued urban flight and the development of second and third world economics, urban project development is an absolute necessity. We are eager to lend our expertise in master planning to help attract global business and spur continued economic growth for this region.

Urban Design Group offers architectural, interior design, planning and urban design services to its worldwide clientele from studios in Atlanta, Georgia, and Dallas, Texas. A market leader in the application and advancement of Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology, UDG's personnel work on a wide range of projects from hospitality and gaming to corporate and mixed-use.

In the firm's 36-year history, Urban Design Group has completed more than $ 6 Billion dollars in projects worldwide. The firm has received more than 80 design excellence awards and honors, 15 design competition awards and has been featured in hundreds of magazine articles, newspaper pieces and design resource books. For more information, please visit http://www.urbandesigngroup.com.

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Urban Airship Announces $5.4 Million Series B Round Led by Foundry Group

Portland, OR (Vocus) November 3, 2010

Urban Airship, the engine behind thousands of the worlds most successful mobile apps, today announced it has closed its Series B funding round in the amount of $ 5.4 million. Urban Airships total venture capital investment of $ 6.5 million will fuel the companys ongoing growth.

The round was led by Boulder, CO-based Foundry Group and is the first investment from Foundry Groups second fund, Foundry Venture Capital 2010, L.P. Additionally, the company announced that Jason Mendelson, Managing Director of Foundry Group, has joined Urban Airships board of directors. True Ventures and Seattle-based Founders Co-op, both of whom participated in Urban Airships Series A investment, announced in February 2010, also joined the Series B round.

Launched in June 2009, Urban Airship has found early success providing mobile developers with tools to optimize their apps, including easy-to-implement products for mobile messaging and content delivery and authorization. To date, Urban Airship has delivered more than 1 billion mobile messages across the Apple iOS, Android and Blackberry platforms. Many of the top brands in entertainment, media, publishing and gaming depend on Urban Airship to ensure their mobile marketing initiatives are profitable and scalable.

Urban Airship really impressed us with its foresight into the mobile market. The team there knows the market better than anyone else and is consistently out in front of what customers want and need, says Mendelson. Urban Airships early traction of securing more than 4 thousand customers sending millions of messages every day and reaching 45 million devices is extremely impressive.

Push Notifications and In-App Purchase Products Fuel Growth

Urban Airships line of real-time messaging products, AirMail, helps businesses significantly increase user engagement with their brand and deliver more value to users by delivering push notifications. AirMail has been big business for Urban Airship since it gained early market traction by powering push notifications for Tapulous runaway hit app, Tap Tap Revenge, the first app in Apples App Store to be enabled with push. Since then, the company has helped popular mobile app publishers such as Universal Entertainment Group, Dictionary.com, LivingSocial, and Gowalla find success and increase revenue from their mobile apps. Most recently, Verizon Wireless named Urban Airship its preferred provider of push notifications across the entire Verizon developer network.

Urban Airships in-app purchase product, StoreFront, provides users with easy one-click purchases through Apples iTunes, thus opening up a new mobile channel for selling existing content. StoreFront also includes functionality to enable subscriptions through the iTunes interface, a much-needed solution to publisher challenges in managing and authenticating user devices for ongoing content access.

Were delighted to see that the Urban Airship team has continued to excel in growing its customer base and product offering, noted Puneet Agarwal, Partner at True Ventures and board member of Urban Airship. The company continues to push the envelope with its innovative real-time messaging products, AirMail and StoreFront, which are squarely meeting the needs of mobile developers and publishers. Were pleased to continue our investment in Urban Airship.

Were excited to announce our funding and to continue collaborating with our existing investors at True Ventures and the Founders Co-op, both of whom have proven to be tremendously helpful. Were looking forward to working with Jason and his team over at the Foundry Group and receiving their strategic guidance and expertise. This new funding will enable us to expand our product offering and footprint, build out our engineering team to meet customer demand and continue our leadership in the market, stated Scott Kveton, co-founder and CEO of Urban Airship.

About Foundry Group

Foundry Group is a venture capital firm focused on investing in early-stage information technology, Internet, and software startups. In addition to providing the necessary venture capital to get a company up and running, Foundry Group is committed to leveraging its experience in starting and growing companies, expertise in the technology industry, and network of relationships to help great entrepreneurs turn great ideas into great companies. Foundry Group is based in Boulder, Colorado, and invests in companies located across the United States. For more information, visit http://www.foundrygroup.com.

About True Ventures

Based in the Silicon Valley, with offices in Palo Alto, CA, San Francisco, CA, and Great Falls, VA, True Ventures invests in promising entrepreneurs at the earliest stages in the highest-growth segments of the technology market. The partners at True Ventures have started over ten companies as founders, and the venture firm is designed by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs. The firm clearly understands both opportunities and challenges in the earliest stage of development and provides young companies with a powerful, seasoned partner. True Ventures has raised two venture capital funds to date and manages $ 375 million in limited partner capital. For more information, visit trueventures.com.

About Founders Co-op

Founder's Co-op is a seed- and early-stage investment partnership based in Seattle. The firm is led by experienced entrepreneurs Andy Sack and Chris DeVore, and invests on behalf of a hands-on limited partnership including more than 20 successful startup veterans. Founder's Co-op helps web and mobile software entrepreneurs in the Pacific Northwest from the earliest stages of venture formation, with a hands-on approach that emphasizes agility, capital efficiency, creativity and active support from our extended community of investors and portfolio company founders. To learn more, visit founderscoop.com.

About Urban Airship

Urban Airship powers the worlds most successful mobile apps. Providing breakthrough technology, Urban Airship makes mobile marketing far more engaging, effective, and efficient. Top brands depend on Urban Airship to ensure their mobile app initiatives are scalable and profitable. Verizon, Dictionary.com, Tapulous, and Warner Bros. are just a few of the thousands of companies that utilize Urban Airship's innovative platform to reach and engage target audiences - and increase app revenue streams. Urban Airship puts the power of influence in marketers' hands through push notification, rich messaging, and in-app purchases. The privately held company is based in Portland, Oregon. For more information, interested parties can visit urbanairship.com.

Press Contacts:

Jessica Davis

Urban Airship

C: 503.756.8908

Jessica(at)urbanairship(dot)com

Carmen Hughes

Ignite Public Relations

W: 650.227.3280 ext. 1

C: 650.576.6444

Carmen(at)ignitepr(dot)com

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