"Palo Alto, CALIF. (March 8, 2006) - Sharpcast, a leading innovator in real-time synchronization services for digital consumer media and information, has secured $13.5 million in Series B funding. Sigma Partners led the investment, with Series A investors Draper Fisher Jurvetson and Selby Venture Partners participating.

Sharpcast is developing a suite of consumer services that dramatically simplifies the way people manage, access, back up and share digital media and information. With Sharpcast services, a person's PC and mobile phone work together automatically to keep all of their media and information in sync, backed up on the web and instantly accessible wherever they are. The company's first service, Sharpcast photos, will launch in beta later this spring. People can request an invitation to the beta at www.sharpcast.com."