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SpotOn raises $300M at a $3.15B valuation and acquires Appetize

TechCrunch LA

Fast forward to almost exactly one year later, and a lot has changed for the payments and software startup. Since its 2017 inception, SpotOn has been focused on providing software and payments technology to SMBs with an emphasis on restaurants and retail businesses. Image Credits: SpotOn.

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Honey Expands Cash Back Through PayPal

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The service--which helps users find coupons and rewards for e-commerce purchases--says that people using its browser extension for shopping can now earn cash back through its desktop browser extension, mobile app and new iOS Safari for mobile extension.

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Yowza Acquired By Spindle

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Los Angeles-based Yowza , the developer of a mobile coupon and deals app, which was backed by comedian Wayne Brady, the Tech Coast Angels, the Pasadena Angels, and others, has been acqurieed by mobile commerce software provider Spindle , Spindle said today. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced.

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Snap accelerator names its latest cohort

TechCrunch LA

SketchAR — this Lithuanian company is developing an AI-based mobile app for teaching drawing using augmented reality. Since launching the platform in 2018, startups from the Snap accelerator have gone on to acquisition (like Stop, Breathe, and Think, which was bought by Meredith Corp.)

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FastSpring Trumpets Growth

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Santa Barbara-based FastSpring , a firm which provides e-commerce services and payment processing for online software sellers, claims that the firm had 500% growth in its revenues in 2009. Tags: fastspring engel ecommerce software. Engel did not disclose actual financials related to the firm. READ MORE>>.

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How Sekur.me Wants To Use Cell Phones To Fix Abandoned Shopping Carts

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Is your cell phone the secret to fixing e-commerce''s problem with abandoned shopping carts? We spoke with CEO and founder Jack Bicer --just back from DEMO--to learn more about the app and why he thinks the company has the solution to e-commerce shopping cart abandonment. So this is for e-commerce sites, not in person purchases?

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A.I. Chip Race Redraws Competitive Map Among Tech Firms, Chipmakers

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It’s been a long time since tech’s biggest companies could be sorted into discrete buckets according to the products they pioneered—-Google, the search software giant; Apple, the computer and mobile device innovator; e-commerce leader Amazon; business software stalwart Microsoft; and social media engine Facebook.