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Vendscreen

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VendScreen personalizes the vending experience while utilizing the intuitive ‘Touch & Swipe’ user interface already familiar to millions of people using smartphones and other touch screen devices every day, so our users gain rich information and interactive services without the hassle of a new learning curve.

VendScreen wirelessly delivers nutrition data and advertising to displays mounted on vending machines while collecting real-time, point-of-sale information for analytics tracking. We give users the ability to review nutrition information prior to purchase while providing operators a seamless and automatic system to comply with the new calorie disclosure law. We offer advertisers uncluttered access to a two-way connection with consumers in a manner previously not possible – at the vending machine at the very moment of the purchase decision!

VendScreen is a complete vending solution with patents pending on the following:

• Device hardware with a one-of-a-kind user interface, which can be installed on new machines or retrofitted onto almost every existing vending machine
• Innovative sync technology, which seamlessly keeps data on the device updated with product and inventory information without any user interaction
• Cloud-based server with rich data processing

Our device and services will add great value to existing and new vending machines, including:

• Nutrition information (soon to be required by law) Promotions and advertising
• Cashless payment (credit, loyalty and online accounts) Analytical data
• DEX data upload for third-party dynamic route scheduling and pre-kitting

In short, we equip vending machines with an Android-based smart device, connect it to the Internet wirelessly, then leverage the setup for a variety of applications, which build value for users, operators and advertisers.

Recent Milestones

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  Vendscreen received $8.4M in Venture Round funding. (12/9/12)
  Posted 12/9/12 at 7:38pm via oregonlive.com
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  Vendscreen received $6.3M in Series A funding. (1/1/12)
  Posted 1/19/12 at 2:19pm via oregonlive.com
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  Vendscreen added Merrick   as Advisor. (9/1/11)
  Posted 12/27/11 at 10:24am
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  Vendscreen added Glenn Butler as Co-Founder & CTO. (4/1/11)
  Posted 1/19/12 at 2:22pm
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  Vendscreen added Dr. Paresh Patel as Founder & CEO.
  Posted 1/19/12 at 2:22pm
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  Vendscreen added Daniel Wood as Strategy Advisor.
  Posted 4/17/13 at 8:37pm

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Sources

1. Portland startup VendScreen raises $12M (oregonlive.com) [edit]
2. VendScreen Closes $15.4M Funding (oregonlive.com) [edit]