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Fenix International - solar energy storage mobile payments finance technology

Fenix International

Solar power unlocked by mobile payments at just $0.35 cents per day
Fenix International delivers life-changing mobile enabled solar financing in partnership with MTN Group, Africa's largest Telecom (200M subscribers). Over 1.3 billion people live without electricity in emerging markets and spend over $30Bn each year on fossil ...

Bento - financial services small and medium businesses mobile payments

Bento

Financial Innovation for Small Business
Bento is a financial services platform built from the ground up for small businesses. Small businesses are the backbone of most economies in the world however no bank builds financial products specifically for small businesses. Really. Bento is here to change ...

Paykind - mobile coupons mobile payments finance technology Remittance

Paykind

Transparent and trackable mobile payments for remittances and aid.
Using Paykind, one can instantly mass distribute digital vouchers to people via SMS on both feature and smartphones. These vouchers can be redeemed by the receiver at any of the certified vendors. The Paykind platform can be used for highly specific uses, including ...

Yumbin - mobile commerce mobile payments vending and concessions point of sale

Yumbin

A corner store in every office
Yumbins are mobile POS-powered self-checkout markets that offer a curated mix of the highest quality and healthiest snacks, beverages and essentials to office employees. Think of us as the Square for self-checkout meets on-site mini-Whole Foods. Vending is a ...

GoSkip - retail payments retail technology mobile payments

GoSkip

Turning your phone into a self-checkout kiosk.
GoSkip is a mobile checkout solution that lets store shoppers scan their own grocery items in the store as they shop and check out without waiting in line. We are a complete solution consisting of a mobile app, a dedicated GoSkip lane, and POS integration. We ...

Clinkle - financial services payments mobile payments finance technology

Clinkle

Modernizing the way people transact
Founded in 2011, Clinkle is working to modernize how people transact and we will be rolling out our mobile wallet for all day-to-day transactions across college campuses in the U.S this year. Our mobile wallet engages consumers with a delightfully easy and convenient ...

Instore - SaaS social commerce retail technology mobile payments

Instore

Happy selling — instoredoes.com
POS is dead. Smart merchants have moved on to merchant management platforms like Instore. Instore combines mobile tablets in the store with a powerful cloud backend to help small and mid-size retailers run more efficiently and grow revenue. Instore merchants ...

Coingram - payments mobile payments bitcoin

Coingram

Ex-Apple & ex-Morgan Stanley build Venmo for Bitcoin
Coingram is a decentralized consumer-to-consumer payments platform. Users can: * Fund transactions using their bank or bitcoin wallet * Send and receive money over Facebook and Twitter * Cashout to a bank or bitcoin wallet --- Coingram is committed to transparent ...

Revel Systems - retail restaurants groceries mobile payments

Revel Systems

Innovative iPad based POS system
Revel Systems is a hybrid cloud-based POS system for grocery, restaurants, and retail establishments enabling real time access to data, in a scalable and secure solution that is centrally managed. We have developed a quick, intuitive, and secure POS solution that ...

BeautyWhim - real time online reservations beauty mobile payments

BeautyWhim

HotelTonight for Beauty Appointments
BeautyWhim is the new way to find and book last minute beauty appointments. A cross-platform, consumer and salon-facing application created by a salon owner who gets it. Built for busy people who expect anytime/anywhere solutions on an as-needed basis via mobile ...

Square - mobile payments local commerce

Square

Square is making commerce easy for everyone.
Square is making commerce easy for everyone. Whether a business needs to accept credit cards, manage a full point of sale system, or sell online, Square offers simple and affordable tools so businesses of all sizes can start, run, and grow. The company began with ...

XtGem - digital media mobile advertising mobile payments content

XtGem

Reinventing the Mobile Internet Experience
Headquartered in San Francisco, XtGem reaches over 200 Million uniques each month in South East Asia. Our first mobile web publishing app changed the lives of millions by giving people in emerging economies an opportunity to build an online presence directly ...

ShopSavvy - mobile commerce mobile advertising retail technology mobile payments

ShopSavvy

The original mobile shopping application.
ShopSavvy changes the way consumers shop by connecting users to price, hyper-targeted offers, and user reviews based on location and interests utilizing unique technologies in social shopping, product search and barcode scans using your mobile phone. ShopSavvy® ...

Paymentwall - transaction processing payments mobile payments credit cards

Paymentwall

Global Payments Platform
Headquartered out of San Francisco, CA, Paymentwall is the leading Global Payments Platform uniting all payment types (12+ types), methods (100+ methods) around the world on one single platform. Developers can integrate Paymentwall and start processing payments ...

Roomeo - payments social commerce finance mobile payments

Roomeo

We make living with Roommates easy!
Roomeo has a super targeted shared living demographic with a GIANT itch and we have the CURE! We focus heavily on BillPay and P2P transactions while providing tools that make it easy to live with roommates. Share Calendars, Assign Chores, Discuss Issues, Checkout ...

Circle 38 - mobile mobile payments mobile games mobile social

Circle 38

Connect phones together
Our technology provides instant connection of phones using high-frequency audio waves and real-time communication over mobile networks, allowing multiple iPhone, iPad and Android devices to interact. This unique connectivity drives widespread applicability and ...

breadwallet - mobile payments virtual currency finance technology bitcoin

breadwallet

Enabling the next wave of bitcoin adoption through a beautifuly simple and safe mobile app
breadwallet is the on ramp to Bitcoin for the real world. With beautiful simplicity as the core design principle, breadwallet is the mobile bitcoin experience designed to reach everyone around the globe. We started breadwallet because we think there is an enormous ...

PrePay - mobile commerce loyalty programs bridging online and offline mobile payments

PrePay

Prepaid mobile wallet
PrePay is a smartphone app that lets you buy and redeem discounted store credit to your favorite merchants. We give merchants a free mobile payments and customer loyalty solution that requires no hardware or software, and reduces credit card processing costs by ...

CoinBeyond - payments mobile payments point of sale bitcoin

CoinBeyond

All-in-One Bitcoin POS
CoinBeyond delivers a 'WOW' experience at Point-of-Sale with an all-in-one platform that integrates cash, credit & debit seamlessly with Bitcoin payments. Introducing an EMV compatible cloud-based POS system that allows merchants to make the transition to a secure ...

eThor - mobile commerce mobile payments point of sale local commerce

eThor

Right to the point of sale.
eThor is the "Stripe" of POS integration. Our API enables mobile developers to quickly and easily connect their mobile application directly to the POS system at any local merchant, enabling them to both pull information from the POS (menu, inventory, pricing, special ...

Ntensify - mobile commerce mobile payments mobile games

Ntensify

In-app branded merchandise platform
Ntensify creates a completely new revenue stream for mobile app developers in addition to in-app digital goods and advertising. We make the pie bigger! Ntensify enables mobile app companies to generate additional revenue and engage their customers by selling ...

iNeedTreez - mobile payments bitcoin Medical Marijuana Dispensaries marijuana

iNeedTreez

The Simplest Way To Discover Cannabis Businesses
We understand there aren't many places to advertise in our industry, so we made it simpler to find the types of businesses and products you're looking for ;) INeedTreez Is New Business Discovery For The Cannabis Industry. We're A Curated Platform, So Bunk Companies ...

OneTraction - clean technology e-commerce mobile payments technology

OneTraction

The #1 startup accelerator that provide technology, business development and funding
We are a Silicon Valley based team of entrepreneurs and innovators with deep knowledge and expertise, along extensive network from top school to investors and Fortune 500 partners. We help founders and startups unleash sustainable growth.

Coinbase - payments mobile payments virtual currency bitcoin

Coinbase

Making Bitcoin accessible to consumers, merchants, and developers.
Coinbase is a bitcoin wallet and platform where merchants and consumers can transact with the new digital currency bitcoin. Bitcoin is the world's most widely used alternative currency with a total market cap of approximately $7.0 billion. The bitcoin network ...

HandUp - ventures for good social fundraising mobile payments crowdfunding

HandUp

Technology to fight urban poverty in America
HandUp is a direct donation system for homeless people and others in need in your neighborhood. With HandUp, you can donate to a specific person via their web profile or SMS, learn about their story and needs, and hear updates on their progress. Fulfillment partners ...

tapviva - payments food and beverages mobile payments point of sale

tapviva

Next-generation restaurant technology with mobile ordering (AngelPad S11)
tapviva enables all types of restaurants, cafes and food trucks to streamline their ordering process and facilitate mobile ordering (a la Chipotle). We are an end-to-end solution, allowing orders from multiple ordering avenues to appear as virtual tickets on iPads ...

card.io - mobile commerce mobile payments

card.io

Mobile credit card scanning
Typing in credit card info on a mobile keypad is slow, and most consumers don’t have separate hardware to swipe a credit card. card.io is trying to solve both of these problems: you just hold a credit card up to the phone, and card.io automatically reads the card ...

Sweep - personal finance mobile payments banking finance technology

Sweep

Helping families save money, pay bills and manage cash flow.
Sweep helps families save money, pay bills and manage cash flow. Founding team from Pandora and Klout.

GiftRocket - mobile payments gift card curated web

GiftRocket

GiftRocket is a beautiful way to send money as a gift. Our users generally use it as a replacement for gift cards.

Fiverun - retail retail technology mobile payments point of sale

Fiverun

The Apple Store retail experience for any brick & mortar retailer
Fiverun helps retail sales associates sell more and faster. Fiverun enables them to provide predictive product advice, wish-lists / gift registries and even checkout a customer from anywhere in the store. The SaaS solution can be used by any brick & mortar retailer ...

Flowtab - loyalty programs mobile payments point of sale nightlife

Flowtab

Mobile ordering and payments app for bars
Flowtab builds mobile ordering, payments and loyalty software for bars, nightclubs and hospitality venues. We focus on operational workflow and distribution to offer better experiences for customers, bartenders and managers. Our two-sided platform has many parallels ...

InvoiceASAP - mobile mobile commerce mobile payments

InvoiceASAP

Easy Mobile Invoicing & Payments
We were a finalist at TechCrunch Disrupt NYC 2011. Easy Mobile Invoicing and Payments. Get Paid Faster! Create and send invoices, estimates and sales orders on the go. Attach media files such as pictures and audio recordings. Securely store all documents and ...

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