About NAVIGON

NAVIGON has been a leader of GPS navigation since-well, since the birth of commercial GPS navigation. Since 1991, we have consistently pioneered advancements that have helped make the category what it is today.

NAVIGON created the world's first dynamic personal GPS product in 1996, launched the industry's first navigation software for the Pocket PC in 2000, and unveiled the first Traffic Message Channel-based (TMC) avoidance feature on mobile navigation product in 2002.

NAVIGON has helped revolutionize how consumers get from place to place with software products for practically any navigation-ready hardware. Personal navigation devices (PND), smartphones, and in-dash navigation systems directed by NAVIGON's award-winning MobileNavigator™ (MN) software delivers reliable information on millions of destinations in an intuitive, easy to use format.

NAVIGON is a valued partner to the automotive industry, and recently strengthened its category competency by acquiring NAVTEQ's navigation software business. Through this acquisition, NAVIGON now uniquely possesses the assets to cross pollinate its expertise in consumer electronics to automotive-grade navigation software for the enhancement of in-dash navigation and in-dash infotainment platforms.

NAVIGON is a privately-held software company based in Hamburg, Germany, with NAVIGON USA headquarters in Chicago, IL. Investors include General Atlantic LLC.