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Clinkle
A digital wallet mobile app that allowed consumers to check out in stores using iPhone and Android.
Description
Clinkle’s goal was to modernize the way people transacted, by creating a next generation payment platform that would change the way people pay for things.
Legal Name
Clinkle
Former Legal Name(s)
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Company Reputation
-
Entity Type
Private limited company
Ownership Status
-
Operational Status
Inactive
Founded Date
2011
Operational Duration
5 years
Shutdown Date
2016
Last Financing Round
Debt Financing
Total Raised
USD 60.52M
Last Financing Date
10 Oct 2013
No. of Funding Round(s)
7
No. of Investor(s)
10
No. of Employees
50 - 100
Total Revenue
-
Post-money Valuation
-
Market Capitalization
-
Stage of Development
Established
Transactional Model Type
B2C
Defensibility Moats
Willingness to experiment,
City
San Francisco
State/Province
California
Country
United States
Industry
Internet
Categories
Finance, Transaction Processing, Payments,
- Lies and Manipulation
- - Lucas Duplan announced that his company, Clinkle, had raised “the largest seed round in Silicon Valley history” - a $25 million round of funding from big-name investors.
- - Apparently, the round was an uncapped convertible note, which is relatively unheard of for a young founder with no prior startup successes to his or her name.
- - The startup was mired in controversy, and did not immediately launch a product or reveal what it was actually working on for some time.
- - Clinkle had suffered a lot of layoffs and employees qui while the company had sought a successful pivot.
The founder announced that his company raised the largest seed round in Silicon Valley history.
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| No. | Image | Name | Previous designation | Previous company | Previous biography | Previous profile type | Previous location | Experience | Education | Reputation | Current company | Current designation | Current biography | Current profile type | Current location | No. of investments | No. of exits | Total exit value | No. of board seats taken | Contact info |
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1. | | Lucas Duplan | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Financing date | Financing round | Total amount raised | Post-money valuation | Financial viability | Fundraising target amount | Remaining target amount | Financing type | No. of investors | Board seats | Lead investors | Entity type | Financing status |
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1. | 10 Oct 2013 | Debt Financing | USD 500K | - | - | USD 500K | Debt, Option, Warrant or Other Right to Acquire Another Security, | 1 | 1 | - | - | Completed | |
2. | 10 Oct 2013 | Debt Financing | USD 22.10M | - | - | USD 0 | USD 0 | Debt, Option, Warrant or Other Right to Acquire Another Security, | 30 | 1 | - | - | Completed |
3. | 1 Sep 2013 | Series A | USD 5M | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | Completed | ||
4. | 29 Aug 2013 | Debt Financing | USD 7.90M | - | - | USD 10M | USD 2.10M | Debt, Option, Warrant or Other Right to Acquire Another Security, | 18 | 1 | - | - | Completed |
5. | 27 Jun 2013 | Seed Round | USD 25M | - | - | - | 19 | - | - | - | Completed | ||
6. | 1 Jun 2011 | Non-Equity Assistance | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
7. | 1 May 2011 | Grant | USD 15K | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | Completed |
