Aria Systems Gets $4M from Hummer Winblad Venture Partners

Aria Systems announced today that it had received $4 million in Series A financing led by Hummer Winblad Venture Partners. Aria, which provides billing services for online games, virtual worlds, and software-as-service applications, recently teamed with Emergent and HP to offer its billing package as part of the Emergent Platform. Since its start in 2003, Aria has added more than 30 clients to its customer rolls and signed 21 significant agreements with integration and distribution partners, including virtual worlds tool developer BigWorld Technologies.

"Aria has proven that it can win major clients and build strong partnerships in the gaming and SaaS markets," said Hummer Winblad managing director Mark Gorenberg. "We also see longer-term opportunity for Aria across other industries with recurring billing requirements, industries such as telecommunications, insurance and utilities. Our investment will help Aria win in these markets like they've done with SaaS and gaming."

Gorenberg will join Aria's Board of Directors.