Cyanogen raises $80 million from PremjiInvest and other investors Azim Premji’s PremjiInvest led a Series C funding round of $80 million in Android OS maker Cyanogen, reported ET Tech. Twitter Ventures, Qualcomm, Telefonica Ventures, Rupert Murdoch and Andreessen Horowitz were among some of the other investors who participated in this round along with existing investors. The funding will go towards hiring and development of Cyanogen’s open OS platform. Cyanogen’s total investment comes to $110 million with this round. Started as a project called CyanogenMod, the company signed a deal with Qualcomm earlier this month to develop software features for Qualcomm Reference Design based products. Also read: Why Micromax ditched Android One for Cyanogen **** Accel Partners raises $305 million for fund VC firm Accel Partners has raised $305 million for its new fund Accel India IV, reports VCCircle. Accel will…
