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CashStar

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CashStar passionately believes that the gifting and rewards experience should be more personal, compelling and convenient for consumers and businesses. Based on years of experience in the payments and gift card industry, CashStar has designed the industry’s first digital gifting and incentives platform that enables consumers and businesses to instantly send personalized gift cards. Its proven solutions help retail brands and financial institutions reap the benefits of seamlessly integrating digital gift cards and incentives into their marketing and reward programs.

CashStar’s senior management team brings deep technology and payments experience from market-leading companies including American Express, Blackhawk Network, Wright Express, IBM, GE, ATG, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Cubic, LL Bean and Ziff-Davis.

Based in Portland, Maine, CashStar is privately held and has received venture funds from a multi-billion dollar global investment firm.

Milestones

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  CashStar added Kathleen Goodwin as Vice President, Marketing.
  Posted 5/17/11 at 10:33am
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  CashStar added Brian Rigney as Vice President, Business Development & Strategy.
  Posted 5/17/11 at 10:33am
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  CashStar added Phelps Peeler as Vice President, Engineering.
  Posted 5/17/11 at 10:33am
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  CashStar added Michael Ellis as Chief Financial Officer.
  Posted 5/17/11 at 10:33am
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  CashStar added Debbie Murray as Vice President, Project Management and Client On-Boarding.
  Posted 3/3/11 at 12:47pm
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  CashStar added Larry Weissbach as Vice President, Client Services and Operations.
  Posted 3/3/11 at 12:47pm
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  CashStar added Glenn Snyder as Vice President, Engineering.
  Posted 3/20/09 at 6:51am
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  CashStar added Phil Moran as Vice President, Sales.
  Posted 3/20/09 at 6:51am
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  CashStar added Steven Boal as Co-founder and Chairman .
  Posted 3/20/09 at 6:51am
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  CashStar added David Douglas Stone as Co-founder and CEO.
  Posted 3/20/09 at 6:51am
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  CashStar received $12M in Series C funding. (10/26/11)
  Posted 10/26/11 at 6:16pm via techcrunch.com
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  CashStar received $5M in Series B funding. (2/15/11)
  Posted 2/15/11 at 6:43pm via cashstar.com
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  CashStar received $4M in Series A funding. (1/1/08)
  Posted 3/20/09 at 6:51am via blogspot.com
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  CashStar — raised $5 million in a new round of funding (2/14/11)
  Posted 2/16/11 at 8:47am via masshightech.com

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Screenshots

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Above: UNO Chicago Grill Virtual Gift Card
Uploaded: 3/23/09

Products

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CashStar Digital Gifting & Incentives Platform

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Traffic Analytics

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Sources

1. CashStar Lands $4M, Launches Gift Card Platform - Portland, ME (nevcfunding.blogspot.com) [edit]
2. PDF Icon CashStar Raises $5 Million to Support Rapid Growth in Digital Gifting and Incentives Industry (cashstar.com) [edit]
3. CashStar Lands $12 Million To Let Your Customers Send Mobile, Social, And eGift Cards (techcrunch.com) [edit]
4. CashStar cashes in with $5M in new funding (masshightech.com) [edit]