Poynt - About the company
Poynt is an acquired company based in Palo Alto (United States), founded in 2013 by Osama Bedier. It operates as a POS software and hardware solutions for offline retailers. Poynt has raised $128M in funding from investors like Elavon, National Australia Bank and Oak HC/FT. The company has 159 active competitors, including 8 funded and 18 that have exited. Its top competitors include companies like Square, Lightspeed and Ezetap.
Company Details
Poynt offers POS software and hardware solutions for offline retailers. The company offers payment terminal that combines an Android-based tablet with a hardware docking station and includes support for payment technologies, including traditional magnetic stripe cards, EMV, NFC, Bluetooth, QR codes and beacon technology. It offers multiple products such as Poynt Smart Terminal & Poynt 5 for payment checkouts, Poynt HQ for business management, etc. Also offers apps such as eThor for connecting Poynt to POS, Homebase for employee time management, Apptizer for integrating customer order, etc.
- Website
- www.poynt.com/
- Email ID
- *****@poynt.com
Key Metrics
Founded Year
2013
Location
Palo Alto, United States
Stage
Acquired
Total Funding
$128M in 3 rounds
Latest Funding Round
Ranked
4th among 159 active competitors
Employee Count
51 - 200 as on Jul 01, 2024
Exit Details
Acquired by GoDaddy (Dec 15, 2020)
Poynt's acquisition details
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Poynt's funding and investors
Poynt has raised a total funding of $128M over 3 rounds. Its first funding round was on Oct 29, 2014. Its latest funding round was a Series C round on Nov 13, 2018 for $*****. 8 investors participated in its latest round. Poynt has 11 institutional investors.
Here is the list of recent funding rounds of Poynt:
Date of Funding | Funding Amount | Round Name | Post-Money Valuation | Revenue Multiple | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
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Nov 13, 2018 | 5448025 | Series C | 1959268 | 5425892 | 9799392 | 4963564 |
Oct 22, 2015 | 6842626 | Series B | 7513497 | 7307397 | 9062453 | |
Oct 29, 2014 | 7756687 | Series A | 7809678 | 1708454 |
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Poynt's founders and board of directors
Founder? Claim ProfileThe founders of Poynt is Osama Bedier. Osama Bedier is the CEO of Poynt.
Here are the details of Poynt's key team members:
- Osama Bedier: Founder & CEO of Poynt. They serve on the board of 1 company.
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Poynt's employee count trend
Poynt has 51 - 200 employees as of Jul 24. Here is Poynt's employee count trend over the years:
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Poynt's Competitors and alternates
Top competitors of Poynt include Square, Lightspeed and Ezetap. Here is the list of Top 10 competitors of Poynt, ranked by Tracxn score:
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Rank | Company Details | Short Description | Total Funding | Investors | Tracxn Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1st | Square 2009, San Francisco (United States), Public | Provider of integrated point of sale and business management solutions | $520M | 85/100 | |
2nd | Lightspeed 2005, Montreal (Canada), Public | Provider of point of sale and payment platform for businesses | $292M | 79/100 | |
3rd | Cloud-based mPOS software and hardware solutions for businesses | $66.4M | 72/100 | ||
4th | Poynt 2013, Palo Alto (United States), Acquired | POS software and hardware solutions for offline retailers | $128M | 64/100 | |
5th | Manufacturer of retail interior fixtures lighting technology and service systems | - | 61/100 | ||
6th | Provider of POS solutions for retail businesses | - | - | 59/100 | |
7th | Kasir Pintar 2017, Surabaya (Indonesia), Unfunded | Cloud-based mPOS software solutions for offline retailers | - | - | 53/100 |
8th | Provider of integrated POS management software solutions for retail businesses | - | 53/100 | ||
9th | Digital signage software solution | $3.06M | 50/100 | ||
10th | Wireless mPOS device for microtransactions | $8.78M | 50/100 |
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Poynt's Investments and acquisitions
Poynt has made no investments or acquisitions yet.
Reports related to Poynt
Here is the latest report on Poynt's sector:
News related to Poynt
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GoDaddy buys payments processor Poynt for $320 million to fill out commerce offeringZDNet•Dec 15, 2020•Poynt, GoDaddy, About Amazon, Horizons Ventures and 2 others
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BitPay Launches In-Store Crypto Payments With New POS PartnershipCoinDesk•Feb 11, 2020•BitPay, Poynt
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Future Group to launch new PoS system with payment tech firm LivQuikBusiness Standard•Jul 31, 2019•Future Group, Poynt, Quikwallet
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Poynt Raises $100 Million in Series C Funding RoundBusiness Wire•Nov 13, 2018•Poynt, Elavon, National Australia Bank
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