Digg icon reddit icon Stumbleupon icon
Print Email     Print Edition Stories

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Maine’s CashStar collects nearly $1M

By Galen Moore

CashStar Inc. has rung up close to $1 million in financing, according to one of the startup’s backers.

The South Portland, Maine-based company, which makes online gift cards, received $472,000 from the Maine Technology Institute , a state-funded nonprofit grant corporation, according to the institute’s website.

The funds were matched by CashStar’s sister company, California-based Coupons Inc., according to a report published in MaineBiz online.

The company makes a web-based software platform that allows retail customers to create branded digital gift cards as part of promotional programs. The company was incubated by Coupons Inc. and uses the company’s secure print barcode technology, according to its website.

Co-founders David Douglas Stone and Steven Boal both have financial services backgrounds, according to their bios  on the company’s website. Boal founded Coupons Inc. in 1998 after serving as vice president of business development for Integral Development Corp., a California-based financial software company. Stone was an executive at American Express and worked with Intel Capital’s mobile commerce team.

 

Digg icon reddit icon Stumbleupon icon
Contact Editor Latest News

Comments (1)

Please Login/Register to post comments.

Posted by: mlorenw@g... / Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 - 2:14 pm EDT
UH, sounds like GiftZip.com., which came out before. Suspicious.

On the MHT blog now

Despite World Series, local algorithm helps jobless New Yorkers

NPR's Morning Edition reports on job counseling efforts at the state of New York's Department of Labor, and finds it's using an algorithm developed by Burning Glass Technologies, which is based in Quincy Market. Burning Glass develops algorithms that parse resume information and try to match job seekers with companies that will actually hire them. The job seeker in the story, a publishing i...

Read More

Most Popular Stories
EmailedViewed
Stay Informed
Check which newsletter you'd like to receive.
TechFlash (Daily)
FinanceFlash (Daily)
BioFlash (Daily)
GreenFlash (Weekly)
Startup Report (Weekly)
Breaking news, MHT events, local announcements
RSS feeds
Your email:

Affiliate publications: ACBJ.com, Boston Business Journal, Bizjournals.com, Portfolio.com, Wired.com

Web Site Developed by Neptune Web, Inc.

Use of, registration on, this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement. Please read our Privacy Policy (updated) A publishing partner with Portfolio