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Pointy gets your store online, automatically. It's simple and quick to set up. All you need is a barcode scanner.
Overview
Location
Ireland, Dublin City, Dublin
Employees
51-200
Total raised
$18M
Founded date
2013
Investors 2
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| Draper Associates | draper.vc |
Funding Rounds 2
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| Sep 21, 2017 | Funding round | $6M |
Mentions in press and media 25
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| Jan 16, 2020 | Google acquires Irish retail tech startup Pointy | Google has acquired Pointy, a startup that helps physical retailers with showcasing their products online. Pointy has been a partner of Google for years, for the search engine’s “See what’s in store” section that is shown on business profil... |
| Jan 15, 2020 | Google acquires Irish startup Pointy to find what local retailers are selling | For long, Google has been working closely with brick-and-mortal retailers. Now, it looks like the company has extended the same functionality with a new acquisition. Well, Google has acquired Pointly, an Irish startup that has built both ha... |
| Jan 15, 2020 | Dublin-based Pointy sold to Google for an alleged $160 million | Pointy, the Dublin-based e-Commerce B2B SaaS platform, has been acquired by Google for an officially undisclosed amount, though other outlets report the sum at around $160 million. This is Pointy founder and CEO Mark Cummins’ second acquisi... |
| Jan 14, 2020 | Google’s Appetite This Week Explained | 17 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn In two back-to-back acquisitions, Alphabet’s Google is clearly showing an appetite for user-friendly startups. Subscribe to the Crunchbase Daily Within the same 24 hours, Google has acquired Dublin’... |
| Jan 14, 2020 | Google’s Appetite This Week Explained | 15 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn In two back-to-back acquisitions, Alphabet’s Google is clearly showing an appetite for user-friendly startups. Subscribe to the Crunchbase Daily Within the same 24 hours, Google has acquired Dublin’... |
| Jan 14, 2020 | Google acquires Pointy to help local retailers compete against Amazon | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today! Google has acquired Dublin-based Pointy, which de... |
| Jan 14, 2020 | Pointy To Be Acquired By Google | Dublin startup Pointy has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Google. The deal is expected to close in the coming weeks. Dubliner Mark Cummins and Charles Bibby from Essex started the business in 2014. They’d met while doing post-gr... |
| Jan 14, 2020 | Google acquires Pointy, a startup to help brick-and-mortar retailers list products online, for $163M | Google has been on a long-term mission to build inroads into the world of e-commerce by working more closely with brick-and-mortar retailers, and now it looks like it plans to extend that work a little further. The search giant is acquiring... |
| Jul 12, 2018 | Polaris Partners Leads $12M Series B for Pointy | Pointy has raised a fresh round of funding to accelerate its aim of helping retailers compete against the e-commerce giants. The $12 million Series B round was led by Polaris Partners with Vulcan Capital participating. Pointy’s total fundin... |
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FAQ about Pointy
When was Pointy founded?
Pointy was founded in 2013.
How much funding has Pointy raised?
Pointy has raised $18M in total across 2 funding rounds.
What funding rounds has Pointy raised?
Parsers VC lists 2 funding rounds of Pointy, among them a funding round of $6M on Sep 21, 2017.
Who has invested in Pointy?
Parsers VC lists 2 investors of Pointy, among them Draper Associates.
What has the press written about Pointy?
Parsers VC has collected 25 articles mentioning Pointy, among them “Google acquires Irish retail tech startup Pointy” (Jan 16, 2020) and “Google acquires Irish startup Pointy to find what local retailers are selling” (Jan 15, 2020).
Is Pointy still active?
Yes, Pointy is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Feb 5, 2020.