Clinkle
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| Company type | Privately held company |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2011 |
| Founder | Lucas Duplan (CEO) |
| Headquarters | |
| Website | www |
Clinkle is a mobile payments startup company.
History
Clinkle was founded in December 2011 by Lucas Duplan, then a computer science student at Stanford University.[1][2] Duplan had decided to work on mobile payments during a study abroad program in London after his freshman year.[2]
The company raised $25 million in seed funding from a broad range of Silicon Valley investors, including Accel Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Diane Greene, Intuit, and Peter Thiel.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]
Clinkle announced on September 26, 2013 that after only two months of opening their college wait lists, over 100,000 students have signed up.[11][12]
References
- ^ Wingfield, Nick (June 27, 2013). "Silicon Valley Luminaries Bet on Clinkle, a Payments Start-Up". New York Times. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
- ^ a b Gallagher, Billy (June 27, 2013). "Clinkle Raises Celebrity-Filled $25M Round As It Gears Up To Eliminate The Physical Wallet". TechCrunch. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
- ^ Del Rey, Jason (June 27, 2013). "Pressure Is on Stealth Payments Startup Clinkle as It Raises $25 Million From Big-Name Investors". All Things Digital. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
- ^ Shontell, Alyson (June 27, 2013). "21-Year-Old Raises Largest Seed Round In Silicon Valley History — $25 Million — For Mysterious Payments App". Business Insider. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
- ^ Tam, Donna (June 27, 2013). "Mobile payments startup Clinkle nabs $25M in early investments". CNET. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
- ^ Primack, Dan (June 27, 2013). "Clinkle raises $25 million to kill Square". CNNMoney.com. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
- ^ Nusca, Andrew (June 27, 2013). "With $25m in the bank, Clinkle takes on mobile payments". ZDNet. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
- ^ Wasserman, Todd (June 27, 2013). "Startup Clinkle Gets $25 Million to Create Mobile Payment Standard". Mashable. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
- ^ "Startup Clinkle Has A High Frequency Plan To Push Mobile Payments". ReadWrite. June 27, 2013. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
- ^ Geron, Tomio (June 27, 2013). "Payments Startup Clinkle Raises $25 Million Seed Round". Forbes. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
- ^ Huspeni, Andrea (2013). "Richard Branson Invests in a Startup That No One Understands Yet". Entrepreneur. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
- ^ Fitchard, Kevin (September 26, 2013). "Clinkle becomes a tech celebrity magnet, landing Richard Branson as an investor". GigaOM. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
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