FundingMay 7, 2012<May 7, 2012 Sweet Tooth Lands $2.25M to Expand Its Loyalty Platform by Darrell Etherington Waterloo, ON-based Sweet Tooth announced a round of seed financing this morning, totalling $2.25 million and including OMERS…
LaunchesMarch 5, 2012<March 5, 2012 Square Launches Register to Simplify Point-of-Sale Systems by Darrell Etherington In talking to mobile payments startups recently, one thing became evident: integrating with the existing point-of-sale (POS)…
AcquisitionsFebruary 20, 2012<February 20, 2012 Groupon Acquisitions All About Getting Past the One-Night Stand by Darrell Etherington Groupon announced its acquisition of NYC-based Hyperpublic over the weekend, a startup focused on layering data on top of maps…
TrendsFebruary 16, 2012<February 16, 2012 The New Breed of Loyalty and Rewards Startups by Darrell Etherington Shoppers go into stores for deals, but what gets them to stay and come back, day after day? That’s the question asked…