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SparkBase is a gift card and loyalty software platform that enables businesses to reward their customers in real time for monetary and non-monetary behavior across channels. Whether customers are making a purchase in a store or online, opening a marketing email or engaging through social media, the SparkBase engine enables business to reward customer whenever and wherever they engage with their brand. SparkBase has been powering loyalty and gift card transactions since 2004 and works with more than 100 resellers, agencies and technology partners to bring our loyalty and gift card platform to thousands of businesses in 8 countries.
Overview
Location
United States, Ohio, Cleveland
Employees
11-50
Phone
+1 216-867-0877
Total raised
$3M
Founded date
2004
Funding Rounds 1
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Mentions in press and media 7
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| Jul 22, 2011 | SparkBase’s Paycloud Aims To Bring Loyalty Cards To Mobile Phones | There are plenty of companies that are trying to digitize the loyalty card space. Punchd, which was just acquired by Google, lets customers accrue digital versions of buy-10-get-1-free cards. PlacePop also offers a similar application. Now ... |
| Jun 19, 2011 | Naratte's Zoosh enables NFC with just a speaker and microphone | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more. Zoosh, a new technology developed by Sunnyvale startup Naratte, aims to deliver all the benefits of NFC (near-field communication) with... |
| Jun 19, 2011 | Naratte's Zoosh enables NFC with just a speaker and microphone | Zoosh, a new technology developed by Sunnyvale startup Naratte, aims to deliver all the benefits of NFC (near-field communication) with any device that has a speaker and microphone. Instead of relying on NFC chips, Zoosh uses ultrasound to ... |
| Jun 11, 2011 | SparkBase Raises over $3M in Series A Funding | SparkBase, a Cleveland, Ohio-based provider of white-label reward program and gift card processing to ISOs and acquirers in the financial services industry, has raised over $3m in a Series A funding. Investors include the North Coast Angel ... |
| Mar 2, 2011 | North Coast Angels near $8M close for second fund | “We’ve been as active as anyone in getting deals done in Northeast Ohio,” Rankin said. Armed with a heftier second fund, North Coast plans to make larger initial and follow-on investments this time around — about $250,000 for initial invest... |
| North Coast Angels near $8M close for second fund | Northeast Ohio’s largest angel investor group, North Coast Angel Fund, is nearing an $8 million close on its second fund. After securing $4 million in grant commitments from Ohio’s Third Frontier program, North Coast expects to close the pr... |
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FAQ about SparkBase
When was SparkBase founded?
SparkBase was founded in 2004.
How much funding has SparkBase raised?
SparkBase has raised $3M in total across 1 funding round.
What has the press written about SparkBase?
Parsers VC has collected 7 articles mentioning SparkBase, among them “SparkBase’s Paycloud Aims To Bring Loyalty Cards To Mobile Phones” (Jul 22, 2011) and “Naratte's Zoosh enables NFC with just a speaker and microphone” (Jun 19, 2011).
Is SparkBase still active?
SparkBase is probably closed: its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Apr 4, 2025.