Clinkle

7 results about this entity

Period: 28 Jun 2013 - 26 Nov 2014

Clinkle entices students with vending machine full of free cash

Much derided mobile payments startup Clinkle has unveiled its customer acquisition strategy: bribing students with $20 bills from a vending machine stuffed with cash.

Much-hyped Clinkle underwhelms at launch

Stealth mobile wallet startup Clinkle, which snaffled up close to $30 million in VC funds with a promise to disrupt payments forever, has launched its much-hyped product to hoots of derision from industry observers.

With nothing to do, Clinkle COO leaves

Former Netflix executive Barry McCarthy has quit his job as COO of Clinkle after less than six months in the job at the mysterious payments startup.

Clinkle experiences growth pains as 25% of staff shown pink slips

Payments start-up Clinkle appears to be experiencing severe growth pains as it lays off staff and restructures its operations in the wake of a recent $25 million funding round.

Clinkle names former Netflix exec Barry McCarthy COO

As it gears up for launch, mobile payments start-up Clinkle has hired former Netflix CFO Barry McCarthy as its chief operating officer.

Branson takes a punt on stealth start-up Clinkle

Mobile payments start-up Clinkle has secured fresh investment from Virgin mogul Richard Branson, and announced that it has signed up 100,000 prospective users ahead of its roll-out to US college campuses later this year.

College start-up Clinkle raises $25m for payments app

Mobile payments start-up Clinkle has raised $25 million in a seed funding round joined by some of Silicon Valley's biggest names, including PayPal founder Peter Thiel and Intuit.