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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

Plastic Jungle Names Bruce Bower CEO, Gary Briggs Chairman

September 9, 2010 | Written by:

SAN JOSE, Calif. – September 9, 2010 – Plastic Jungle, the Web’s leading gift card exchange, announced today that Bruce Bower will become the company’s new Chief Executive Officer, following the tenure of Gary Briggs who will transition to Chairman of the Board of Directors, effective October 1. “Bruce, who has served as president since … Read more

Welcome, thanks and thanks

March 19, 2010 | Written by:

A very exciting day for our young company.  We closed our second round of financing, raising $7.4 million in a B round.  The whole “A round, B round” lingo is more of a start-up way of saying that you are graduating through grade school on your way to higher education. In that vein, we’ve learned … Read more