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Finovate Alumni News– June 11, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on June 11, 2012
Categories: Betterment, Credit Sesame, FutureAdvisor, Hidden Levers, Kabbage, MiiCard, Offermatic, Stocktwits, Tagit, Zopa

Tagit wins coveted Emerging Enterprise Award 2012.

BlogTalkRadio talks to Kathryn Petralia, COO & Co-founder of Kabbage.

Hidden Levers discloses UI improvements.

StockTwits partners with PR Newswire.

Offermatic alters business model, no longer pursuing card-linked offers.

Chicago Tribune looks at Future Advisor and Betterment as two inexpensive investing platforms.

BBC news reports Zopa has lent more than £200m since it started in 2005.

MiiCard appoints Graham Paterson CFO.

Credit Sesame Scores $12 Million in Series C Funding.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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Finovate Alumni News– March 21, 2012

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on March 21, 2012
Categories: CashStar, ClairMail, Dynamics, eToro, HelloWallet, Lodo Software, Mint.com, Offermatic, Service2Media, SigFig, Wonga

CashStar brings eGifting platform to the UK.

Service2Media signs AppCenter Partner agreement with HintTech.

Clairmail appoints former Apple executive, Mitch Stein as new Director of Innovation and Design.

Lazy Man and Money blog covers SigFig, calling it the best way to track your investments.

Wonga launches Easter Egg hunt on Facebook.

eToro’s OpenBook wins 2011 Superior Trading and Resource (STAR) Award.

WSJ’s MarketWatch suggests using HelloWallet to help employees build wealth.

Relevantly Speaking highlights Offermatic in a podcast.

NY Times Bucks blog describes the experience of using Citi’s rewards card powered by Dynamics.

Finextra looks at Mint, HelloWallet, and Lodo to consider benefits of implementing a PFM.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You

can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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Finovate Best of Show Winners: 2007 to Present

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on March 9, 2012
Categories: BancVue, BankOns, Best of Show, Betterment, BillGuard, BillShrink, Bobber Interactive, Bundle, Cardlytics, CheckFree, Credit Karma, Credit.com, Dwolla, Dynamics, eToro, Expensify, FamZoo, FeeFighters, Finantix, Intuit, Jwaala, Kasasa, LearnVest, Liqpay.com, Meniga, Mint.com, Mitek, MoneyAisle, Mortgagebot, Nutmeg, Offermatic, oFlows, PayNearMe, Personal Capital, Prosper, SecureKey, Silver Tail Systems, Simplifi, Truaxis, Wikinvest, Yodlee, Zecco, Zopa

We recently looked back at Finovate’s Best of Show Awards archives and wanted to share the list of the 41 award-winning companies.

Here’s the Best of Show history that stretches back to 2007, the inception of Finovate:

Held October 2, 2007

Mint: Online PFM for individuals

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Mortgagebot’s Mortgage Marvel: Mortgage marketplace

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Prosper: P2P lending network

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Held April 29, 2008

First ROI (now BancVue): Develops products and services for community financial institutions

Jwaala: Provides software solutions to help financial institutions compete

Demo

Zecco: Online stock and options trading

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Zopa: P2P lending network

Demo

Held October 14, 2008

CheckFree: Online banking platform

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Credit Karma: Provides a free and easy way for consumers to understand, monitor and monetize their credit profile

Demo

Mint: Online PFM for individuals

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Neosaej’s MoneyAisle: Platform where banks compete in live auctions for an individual consumer’s business

Demo

Held April 28, 2009

BillShrink (now Truaxis): Provides a free cost-savings tool that saves consumers money on everyday bills

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Prosper: P2P lending platform

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Silver Tail Systems: Predictive analytics to prevent fraud abuse

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SimpliFi: A web service that allows anyone to create and update their own financial plan

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Held September 29, 2009

BancVue’s Kasasa: national checking/ savings account brand for community financial institutions

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Credit.com: Provides free interactive tools, education, and unbiased comparisons of quality financial products and services

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Digital Insight from Intuit: Provides on-demand banking services to help financial institutions serve clients

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Silver Tail Systems: Provides online fraud detection platform

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Yodlee: Provides personalized financial solutions to financial institutions

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Held May 11, 2010

Bobber Interactive: Money management platform for youth

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Expensify: Online and mobile expense report platform

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oFlows (Purchased by Andera in 2011): Multichannel paperless solutions for account openings

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Wikinvest: A platform for investors to share trading tips

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Held October 4-5, 2010

Betterment: Investment account for savings management

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BillShrink (now Truaxis): Loyalty rewards provider

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Bundle: Provides socially informed money management for individuals

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Dynamics: Produces and manufactures intelligent powered cards

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oFlows (Purchased by Andera in 2011): Multichannel paperless solutions for account openings

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PayNearMe: Cash transaction network for the underbanked

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SecureKey: Token-based authentication technology

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Held February 1, 2011

eToro: Social investment network

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Finantix: Provides sales and advice solutions for financial services

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Liqpay: Payments platform

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Meniga: Online PFM for financial institutions

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Held May 10-11, 2011

BancVue: Develops products and services for community financial institutions

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BankOns: Mobile app offering consumers real-time savings at local merchants

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Dwolla: Online, mobile, and social peer-to-peer payment platform

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oFlows (Purchased by Andera in 2011): Multichannel paperless solutions for account openings

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Mitek Systems: Provides apps for smartphones that allow users to deposit checks and pay bills via their devices’ cameras

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PayNearMe: Cash transaction network for the underbanked

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Wikinvest: A platform for investors to share trading tips

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Held September 20-21, 2011

BillGuard: People-powered antivirus for bills

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Dynamics: produces and manufactures intelligent powered cards

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eToro: Social investment network

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FamZoo: Online “virtual family Bank”

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FeeFighters: Platform that simplifies the process of choosing a merchant account provider

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LearnVest: Online PFM for women

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Offermatic: Targeted online offers provider

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oFlows (Purchased by Andera in 2011): Multichannel paperless solutions for account openings

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Personal Capital: Online financial advisor helping people manage their investments

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Held February 2, 2011

Cardlytics: Transaction-based rewards

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Dynamics: produces and manufactures intelligent powered cards

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eToro: Social investment network

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Nutmeg: Online investment manager that democratizes saving and investing

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Finovate Alumni News– November 10, 2011

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on November 10, 2011
Categories: Bill.com, Clovr Media, DoughMain, Dwolla, FeeFighters, Lending Club, Lendio, Linkable Networks, Monitise, Offermatic, On Deck Capital, Simple, Striata, ThreatMetrix, Tyfone

FeeFighters shares its web traffic spikes from being in TechCrunch articles.

Monitise launches mobile checkout service.

Fox Business News mentions how Tyfone is helping to retrofit cellphones with NFC capability.

Reuters reports how Lending Club uses consumer sentiment towards banks as an opportunity.

Striata selected by Securitas, a growing security company in South Africa, to provide eBilling & ePayment to customers.

ThreatMetrix deploys multi-layered data encryption architecture in new release of Cloud-Based Fraud Prevention Platform.

Iowa-based UNI CU and W.Va-based WV United FCU sign on for Dwolla’s FiSync.

MyBankTracker compares Offermatic to Groupon and Womply.

Linkable Networks (formerly Clovr Media) partners with 24/7 Real Media to tap into card linked offers.

Wade Arnold, T8 Webware CEO, is selected for The Courier’s Class of 2011 20 Under 40 award.

ReadyForZero launches new blog.

Bill.com’s paperless bill management wins silver award.

Simple explains its new “Simple” name.

DoughMain launches financial education game Sand Dollar City.

CNNMoney highlights Lendio and On Deck Capital.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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Finovate Alumni Website Traffic in September

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on November 2, 2011
Categories: Adobe, Andera, Betterment, Bill.com, Billeo, BillFloat, Bills.com, Boku, BrightScope, Bundle, Cardlytics, CashEdge, CashStar, ChargeSmart, Check Point, CheckFree, Cortera, Credit Karma, Credit Sesame, Credit.com, DebtGoal, Discover, Doxo, Equifax, eRollover, eToro, Expensify, Experian, FeeFighters, findabetterbank.com, Fiserv, Google, HR Block, Infosys, Intuit, Jack Henry, Kabbage, Kapitall, Kasasa, Leadfusion, LearnVest, Lending Club, Lendio, MasterCard, Metavante, Mint.com, MoneyAisle, Motley Fool CAPS, MyBankTracker, Offermatic, Online Resources, Outright.com, Pageonce, PayPal, Prosper, Receivables Exchange, S1, Sears Credit Score, Seeking Alpha, Simple, Simple Tuition, smartcredit.com, SmartyPig, Standard Chartered Bank, Stocktwits, Striata, Sybase 365, TradeKing, TransUnion Interactive, Truaxis, TrustedID, TSYS, VISA, Wall Street Survivor, Weemba, Wesabe, Wikinvest, wipro, Yodlee, Zecco

Each month we survey the Web-traffic performance of Finovate alums using data from Web-analytics company Compete.

Out of 268 alumni, 80 had more than 10,000 unique U.S. visitors in September 2011 and are included in the tables below. Of those, 33 (41%) had more visitors in September than August. Year-over-year, 42 (52%) had traffic increases.

Private Companies

Seeking Alpha and Cortera had the highest traffic in September with 2.1 and 2.0 million unique visitors, respectively. Cortera also had the highest increase in number of unique year-over-year visits with over 1.5 more visits in 2011 than in 2010.
Kabbage had the highest percentage growth year-over-year, up 280x.
Weemba saw the highest monthly growth percentage with more than 7.5 times the number of unique visitors in September compared to August.
SmartCredit.com had the highest increase in number of unique year-over-year visitors, growing by 126,000.

Source: Compete.com retrieved the week of October 26, 2011

1) The previous month recorded was August 2011

2) Sears Credit Score is powered by CreditKarma.com

3) Truaxis was formerly BillShrink

4) Kasasa is powered by BancVue

Public companies

CheckFree had the highest percentage growth year-over-year, with over 7 times the number of visitors this year than last year.
Intuit had a notable increase in number of unique, year-over-year visitors, increasing by 300,000 visits.
Check Point had the highest month-over-month percent growth, with 41% more visitors in September than in August.

Source: Compete.com retrieved the week of October 26, 2011

1) The previous month recorded was July 2011.

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Notes:

1. We reviewed 268 Finovate alumni. Only those with at least 10,000 unique visitors in July are listed.

3. NM = not measurable

4. t= tie

5. Compete estimates online visitors based on the activity of a panel of more than 2 million U.S. Internet users. It is only an estimate of traffic and may undercount at-work usage.

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Finovate Alumni News, October 27, 2011

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on October 27, 2011
Categories: BillFloat, BillShrink, Budgettracker, Continuity Control, Credit Karma, Expensify, FreeMonee, HelloWallet, Mint.com, mShift, Offermatic, Simple

Credit Karma is giving away free credit-monitoring service to first 12,500 readers.

HelloWallet opens a second office in San Francisco.

FreeMonee tells AOL Daily Finance that it is to launch a merchant-reward plan with a major U.S. bank on Nov 17.

Credit Union Times reports that mShift is one of the three largest providers of mobile banking tools to credit unions.

ABC News looks at BankSimple’s alternative banking approach.

Auto insurance & finance providers The General, Mark One Holdings, & Freeway Insurance add BillFloat as a payment option.

Continuity Control endorsed by Western Independent Bankers.

Expensify launches an app for the Windows phone.

Mlive.com recommends using BillShrink (Truaxis) to avoid an outrageous mobile bill.

Mint.com and Budgettracker.com are recommended as two tools for mitigating financial mistakes.

BankFutura.com profiles Offermatic.

Bank of America will use Yodlee’s FinApp Platform.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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Finovate Alumni Website Traffic in August

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on October 20, 2011
Categories: Adobe, Andera, Betterment, Bill.com, Billeo, BillFloat, Bills.com, BillShrink, Boku, BrightScope, Budgettracker, Bundle, Cardlytics, CashEdge, CashStar, ChargeSmart, Check Point, CheckFree, Cortera, Credit Karma, Credit Sesame, Credit.com, DebtGoal, Discover, Equifax, eRollover, eToro, Experian, findabetterbank.com, Fiserv, Geezeo, Google, HR Block, Infosys, Intuit, Jack Henry, Kabbage, Kapitall, Kasasa, Leadfusion, LearnVest, Lending Club, Lendio, MasterCard, Metavante, Mint.com, MoneyAisle, Motley Fool CAPS, MyBankTracker, Offermatic, Online Resources, Outright.com, Pageonce, PayPal, Prosper, S1, Sears Credit Score, Seeking Alpha, Simple Tuition, smartcredit.com, SmartyPig, Standard Chartered Bank, Stocktwits, Striata, Sybase 365, TradeKing, TransUnion Interactive, Truaxis, TrustedID, VISA, Wall Street Survivor, Wesabe, Wikinvest, wipro, Yodlee, Zecco

Each month we survey the Web-traffic performance of Finovate alums using data from Web-analytics company Compete.

Out of 268 alumni, 75 had more than 10,000 unique U.S. visitors in August 2011 and are included in the tables below. Of those, 41 (55%) had more visitors in August than July. Year-over-year, 45 (60%) had traffic increases.

Private Companies

Seeking Alpha — the most-trafficked in August with 2.5 million unique visitors — also had the highest increase in number of unique month-over-month visits with 300,000 more visits in August than in July.
Budgettracker.com saw the highest monthly growth percentage with more than 6.5 times the number of unique visitors in August compared to July.
Betterment had the highest percentage growth year-over-year, up 88x.
Cortera had the highest number of unique year-over-year visitors, growing by 1.5 million.

Source: Compete.com retrieved week of October 3, 2011

1) The previous month recorded was July 2011

2) Truaxis was formerly BillShrink

3) Sears Credit Score is powered by CreditKarma.com

4) Kasasa is powered by BancVue

5) Checkingfinder.com is powered by BancVue

Public Companies

Fiserv had the highest month-over-month percent growth, with 50% more visitors.
CheckFree had the highest percentage growth year-over-year, with over 5 times the number of visitors.
S1 also had a high percentage growth year-over-year, doubling its visitors.

Source: Compete.com retrieved the week of October 3, 2011

1) The previous month recorded was July 2011.

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Notes:

1. We reviewed 268 Finovate alumni. Only those with at least 10,000 unique visitors in July are listed.

3. NM = Not measurable

4. t= Tie

5. Compete estimates online visitors based on the activity of a panel of more than 2 million U.S. Internet users. It is only an estimate of traffic and may undercount at-work usage.

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Finovate Alumni News– October 14, 2011

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on October 14, 2011
Categories: AlphaClone, BillGuard, Cardlytics, Dynamics, FeeFighters, Mint.com, MyCyberTwin, Offermatic, ProfitStars, Prosper, SafetyPay, Simple, Tyfone, Xero

AlphaClone launches “Alternative Alpha” index.

Forbes discusses Cardlytics and Offermatic’s approach & how they rival GroupOn.

Smart Money Mag details how FeeFighters can help cut costs in small businesses.

Jack Henry ProfitStars announces availability of the Gladiator NetTeller Enterprise Security Monitoring solution.

MyCyberTwin launches DIY Intelligent Virtual Agents.

Tyfone Introduces iCashe Mobile Wallet That Combines Mobile Banking With Digital Commerce.

UseMyServices partners with SafetyPay for mutual network expansion.

NYConvergence reports BankSimple prepares for its New York debut.

Business Insider recommends using BillGuard and Mint.com.

24/7 Wall St looks at the P2P opportunity that Prosper brings.

McGuireWoods consulting is lobbying to Congress for the use of Dynamics smart cards.

Business Insider mentions Xero as a “great Web-based accounting tool.”

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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Finovate Alumni News– October 6, 2011

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on October 6, 2011
Categories: BillGuard, Credit Karma, Dwolla, HelloWallet, Kashoo, Offermatic, Simple, TILE Financial, Xero, Zecco

Netbanker highlights BillGuard’s monthly credit/debit card scan report.

Offermatic unveils OfferMatch, a pay-for-performance marketing channel that brings customers.

NBC Chicago names Ben Milne, Dwolla CEO, as a person to watch during Ideas Week.

WealthTouch partners with TILE Financial to create portfolio-reporting offerings for high net worth young adults.

Wall Street and Technology lists Zecco as 1 of 6 brokerages leading the way in social media.

New York Times blog reports BankSimple to go live on the Web next month.

HelloWallet announces its fall webinar series.

Business Daily Africa compares Xero and Kashoo accounting services with QuickBooks.

Credit Karma’s new feature graphically compares credit card clientele.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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Finovate Alumni News– October 4, 2011

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on October 4, 2011
Categories: Cartera Commerce, Equifax, findabetterbank.com, HelloWallet, Lending Club, Lighter Capital, Offermatic, T8 Webware

Mountain Top Financial Services reviews Lending Club.

Bank Innovation discusses how Cartera Commerce and Offermatic are changing the daily deals space.

Equifax purchases Charleston-based e-Thority software company.

Lighter Capital searches for a company to fund that makes or sells sweet things.

San Francisco ABC 7 recommends findabetterbank.com in order to avoid bank fees.

T8 Webware CEO Wade Arnold discusses Grip on the Silicon Prairie’s PrairieCast.

The Washington Post profiles HelloWallet.

This post will be updated throughout the day as news and developments emerge. You can also follow all the alumni news headlines on the Finovate Twitter account.

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Offermatic’s Free Rebate Tool Generates Tailored Promotional Offers

By Julie Muhn (@julieschicktanz) Posted on September 21, 2011
Categories: Offermatic

Today, Offermatic launched its Free Rebate tool:

“With Free Rebate, any merchant – small or large, online or offline – can offer compelling automatic rebates to its customers and grow sales at no cost. No integration is required and it is easy to set up: you can create your Free Rebate offer in less than 5 minutes.

This model enables merchants to get a great promotion to increase sales from current customers at no cost, while Offermatic gets new customers for its service.”

Product Launched: September 2011

HQ Location: San Mateo, CA

Company Founded: February 2010

Product Launched: September 2011

Metrics: Series A funding ($4.5M), 14 employees

Website: offermatic.com

Presenting Faisal Qureshi (founder & CEO) & Arnaud Collin (VP marketing & product management)

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