buzzd, a location-sensitive city guide and social network for mobile devices, has raised $3.2 million in a Series A Preferred Stock financing with BlackBerry Partners Fund, Greycroft Partners, Monitor Ventures and Qualcomm Ventures. Digby, a mobile commerce solution provider powering the mobile channel for top retailers, has raised $5.5 million Series B Preferred Stock with the BlackBerry Partners Fund and existing shareholders.

WorldMate, a company that has paved the way for mobile travel innovation and serves over one million frequent flyers and road warriors around the world, has raised $8 million in a Series C Preferred Stock financing with BlackBerry Partners Fund, Motorola Ventures and AMC Communications.

Members can request to connect with each other as well as anyone else in their BlackBerry address book. Then, as long as the travelers’ itineraries are imported into the system, WorldMate Live will detect when their schedules overlap and will advise them when they arrive in the same location.

In this release, WorldMate Live also added automatic calendar sync capability. Previously, WorldMate Live synchronized members’ itineraries between its Web Site and the mobile application. Calendar sync completes the cycle by connecting the service directly to the BlackBerry calendar. All itinerary items, including flight and hotel reservations and scheduled meetings, are now instantly updated in all three locations whenever they are added or edited. As a result, people need to rely on only one calendar while traveling and can use any email program or scheduling system they wish.

WorldMate Live is offered as a ‘Freemium’ service, with most components and services provided to end users at no cost. Premium services, including flight alerts, flight status and schedules, travel directory and customer support, are available for a monthly or annual fee.

Users of WorldMate for Nokia S60 simply enter their flight numbers directly into the mobile application. The WorldMate service watches over travelers’ itineraries and proactively notifying them of delays or cancelations. As flight schedules change, the service pushes personal alerts directly to the mobile device, and enables users to react within the application by referencing updated schedules to find suitable alternate flights.

WorldMate for S60 includes several services, such as weather, currency converter, world clocks and world maps, free of charge. Premium services, including comprehensive flight schedules and real-time flight alerts, are available via subscription at $4.95 per month or $49.95 per year.

To download the application, please visit www.mobimate.com/s60 from a desktop computer or from your Nokia S60 device, visit http://mobile.mobimate.com/s60.

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The Windows Mobile version supports all of the popular WorldMate Live services including pushed itinerary updates real-time, flight alerts, flight schedules, weather forecasts, and other important travel information. The WorldMate Live Windows Mobile client is built for Windows Mobile Standard Edition smartphones, such as BlackJack II by Samsung, the HTC S620 and Motorola’s MOTO Q class phones.

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WorldMate Live is offered as a ‘Freemium’ service, with most components and services provided to end users for free. Premium services, including flight alerts, flight status and schedules, travel directory and customer support are, available via subscription at $9.95 per month or $99.95 per year.

WorldMate Inc. will demonstrate the Beta version at CTIA and then kick-off the commercial launch a few weeks later.