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Plastic Jungle Closes on $10 Million in Financing to Accelerate Growth

November 18, 2010 | Written by:

Jafco Ventures Leads Investment in Gift Card Exchange; Company on Track to Transact in More than $10 Million in Gift Card Value in 2010 SAN JOSE, Calif. — November 18, 2010 – Plastic Jungle, the web’s largest secured gift card exchange, today announced that it has closed on $10 million in Series C financing. Jafco … Read more

Game On! Turn Gift Cards Into Game Points

May 4, 2010 | Written by:

Earlier today, we announced the launch of a new virtual currency exchange with Offerpal Media (the leader in virtual currency payment alternatives).  You can now trade in gift cards for purchasing power within thousands of the Web’s top online games, virtual worlds and social networks on Offerpal’s new site, GamePoints.com (currently in beta – congrats … Read more

Future of Money (and a bit about our Present)

April 26, 2010 | Written by:

I had the opportunity to attend and present at the Future of Money & Technology Summit today in San Francisco.  There has been a lot of innovation regarding how money moves over the past few years.  Certainly well known is the growth of PayPal.  I used to work there (as well as eBay) and saw … Read more