Just read that the german founders of plazes announced in their blog that they got the money they need - CONGRATS! have a look at the extract of their press release:
Plazes secures A-Round (February 5th, 2007 by felix)

Plazes, the geo-community platform and worldwide leading web service for mobile social navigation, today announces that Doughty Hanson Technology Ventures invested €2.7m in its first institutional equity round of financing.