• Stamp.it

  Led · Equity · Mar 2013

  Stamp.it is a mobile platform and smartphone app that enables independent retailers to run customer loyalty schemes using a digital and physical "loyalty card" model. Consumers are served via a physical Stamp.it loyalty card or the Stamp.it smartphone app, which they present to participating retailers. Retailers access the underlying platform via a subscription and use a Stamp.it-compatible device (currently an iPad, which the company can optionally supply) to scan QR codes through a retailer app. The platform handles loyalty tracking and offers and provides analytics to measure campaign success. The product is positioned to lower barriers for SMEs that lack resources to build their own loyalty systems. Competitors named in the article include Footfall123 and Stampfeet in London and Belly Card internationally. The company has received early funding from Mark Pearson’s Markco Media.

• Last Second Tickets

  Led · Equity · Nov 2012

  Last Second Tickets operates a marketplace that matches unsold live-event tickets with consumers and corporate buyers to reduce empty-venue inefficiencies. The company sells discounted last-minute tickets via a consumer-facing site and a corporate loyalty offering, including white-label programmes. Corporate clients named in the article include Tesco, Mercedes‑Benz and Philips, and the company recently won a two-year exclusive contract to provide FunFinder for telco Orange. Founded three years ago, the London-based business employs 17 full-time staff and operates out of Markco Media’s London office. It plans to use new capital to build its technology team to automate processes and to boost marketing spend in order to scale the business. Last Second Tickets is a UK-based mobile-targeting service that connects promoters, producers and venues with consumers to sell unsold tickets for live events. The platform works directly with promoters and venues to secure substantial discounts and prizes across gigs, festivals, clubs, theatre, comedy, cinema, sports, days out and family attractions. It targets consumers to fill events and also offers promoters and database owners an additional service to engage new audiences and drive attendance to capacity. The company recently raised seed funding; the amount was not disclosed. The funding was provided by Charlotte Street Capital, an investor that deploys up to £250,000 into early-stage European technology businesses.

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