Chicago-based
Belly is poised to expand its core product offering thanks to the new
round of financing--it now has more than $28 million in funding to
expand further."In the past 18 months, we've watched Belly scale quickly
and have seen through our test with this network the value Belly can
provide to 7-Eleven," said Raja Doddala, vice president of portfolio
management for 7 Ventures, LLC. "By becoming an investor, 7-Eleven can
learn how successful digital-loyalty networks drive consumer traffic and
engagement offline.Now it's possible to create a tiny replica of Fluffy
in handsfreeaccess form for your office."
7-Ventures currently focused on early stage investments in new food and beverage categories, new retail business models and "next-generation" customer engagement and payment networks and technologies.Belly enables merchants of all sizes to digitally connect with their customers through a completely customized rewards program tailored to the personality of each business. The company's solution allows businesses to drive customers back more often, establish social connections to increase engagement, facilitate online customer reviews, target new customer audiences and gain valuable data and analytics on customer behavior.
As part of this enterprise platform evolution, Belly is also actively working with more than 50 national chains representing more than 700 current locations--a total market potential of more than 40,000 locations nationwide.Belly provides the entire technology platform, including the in-store tablet, marketing materials and backend support and analytics combined with a software tool that gives merchants the ability to conduct targeted email campaigns, integrate Belly with their social media and mobile marketing efforts, and obtain detailed analytics.
"While we're impressed with the adoption of Belly's core product of customer loyalty, it's the depth of the consumer interaction Belly fosters that most excites us," said Tom Grossi, partner at NEA. "Belly's in-store tablets are becoming a gateway for its merchants to initiate lasting connections with their customers, gaining valuable feedback while enhancing those relationships in between visits."
Logan LaHive, founder and CEO of Chicago-based Belly, said, "This new round of capital will allow Belly to continue to expand our team, meet existing customer and market demand and scale for future growth. We view this round as validation for what we've built but remain fully aware of all that we still need to accomplish."7-Ventures is focused on learning about new business and product development such as Belly
"Part of business development is to learn about new products, new retail models and new technologies that help improve retail traffic and engagement," Doddala told Fortune. "And a lot of that innovation is coming from startups."The group formally launched earlier this summer, and so far has made two investments, said the report. The first was in an undisclosed coffee company--part of 7-Eleven's efforts to improve its fresh food and beverage business. Belly is the second.
"Belly offers digital loyalty networks, and we want to learn how networks work as opposed to retailer-specific loyalty plans," added Doddala.7-Ventures does not yet have formal parameters around how much money it can invest per year, or on a target number of deals. It also does not seem to have major expectations on returns. "Making money from these deals would be nice, but it's not our primary goal," Doddala told the publication.
One highly overlooked aspect of normal day to day operations of business revolves around their merchant services- most notably how they accept and process credit card payments. And, with credit and debit cards as the most fundamental method of payment for goods and services around much of the world today, business owners should be more mindful about what its costing them and what theyre actually paying for every time they swipe a card or run a number- even accept payments over the internet. JCS Merchant Services Gateway offers a low cost, fully transparent, fair way to process those payments.
Many merchant services today charge fees in places where in the past were common,The term 'beststeelearring control' means the token that identifies a user is read from within a pocket or handbag. but today theres no reason for them. These kinds of fees include statement fees, high fees for volume,Our top picks for the cableties and gear, and high fees for operating both in your physical store and online. Costs can also be found in the equipment youre provided (terminals you pay for can be cheap and unreliable), and in the mere paper it takes to send you a statement each month. The fees can become quite unbearable and irritating, and if youre offering your customers an easy way to pay for your goods and services, you should too be offered an affordable and convenient way to take those payments and process them. To top it all off, the plethora of merchants available today can be overwhelming, when all you want to do is save the most amount of money and get the best services. Why does it have to be so hard and expensive? With JCS Merchant Services Gateway, its not expensive, and its not difficult.You must not use the stonecarving without being trained. After all, ultimately its your money. You should be keeping it.
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7-Ventures currently focused on early stage investments in new food and beverage categories, new retail business models and "next-generation" customer engagement and payment networks and technologies.Belly enables merchants of all sizes to digitally connect with their customers through a completely customized rewards program tailored to the personality of each business. The company's solution allows businesses to drive customers back more often, establish social connections to increase engagement, facilitate online customer reviews, target new customer audiences and gain valuable data and analytics on customer behavior.
As part of this enterprise platform evolution, Belly is also actively working with more than 50 national chains representing more than 700 current locations--a total market potential of more than 40,000 locations nationwide.Belly provides the entire technology platform, including the in-store tablet, marketing materials and backend support and analytics combined with a software tool that gives merchants the ability to conduct targeted email campaigns, integrate Belly with their social media and mobile marketing efforts, and obtain detailed analytics.
"While we're impressed with the adoption of Belly's core product of customer loyalty, it's the depth of the consumer interaction Belly fosters that most excites us," said Tom Grossi, partner at NEA. "Belly's in-store tablets are becoming a gateway for its merchants to initiate lasting connections with their customers, gaining valuable feedback while enhancing those relationships in between visits."
Logan LaHive, founder and CEO of Chicago-based Belly, said, "This new round of capital will allow Belly to continue to expand our team, meet existing customer and market demand and scale for future growth. We view this round as validation for what we've built but remain fully aware of all that we still need to accomplish."7-Ventures is focused on learning about new business and product development such as Belly
"Part of business development is to learn about new products, new retail models and new technologies that help improve retail traffic and engagement," Doddala told Fortune. "And a lot of that innovation is coming from startups."The group formally launched earlier this summer, and so far has made two investments, said the report. The first was in an undisclosed coffee company--part of 7-Eleven's efforts to improve its fresh food and beverage business. Belly is the second.
"Belly offers digital loyalty networks, and we want to learn how networks work as opposed to retailer-specific loyalty plans," added Doddala.7-Ventures does not yet have formal parameters around how much money it can invest per year, or on a target number of deals. It also does not seem to have major expectations on returns. "Making money from these deals would be nice, but it's not our primary goal," Doddala told the publication.
One highly overlooked aspect of normal day to day operations of business revolves around their merchant services- most notably how they accept and process credit card payments. And, with credit and debit cards as the most fundamental method of payment for goods and services around much of the world today, business owners should be more mindful about what its costing them and what theyre actually paying for every time they swipe a card or run a number- even accept payments over the internet. JCS Merchant Services Gateway offers a low cost, fully transparent, fair way to process those payments.
Many merchant services today charge fees in places where in the past were common,The term 'beststeelearring control' means the token that identifies a user is read from within a pocket or handbag. but today theres no reason for them. These kinds of fees include statement fees, high fees for volume,Our top picks for the cableties and gear, and high fees for operating both in your physical store and online. Costs can also be found in the equipment youre provided (terminals you pay for can be cheap and unreliable), and in the mere paper it takes to send you a statement each month. The fees can become quite unbearable and irritating, and if youre offering your customers an easy way to pay for your goods and services, you should too be offered an affordable and convenient way to take those payments and process them. To top it all off, the plethora of merchants available today can be overwhelming, when all you want to do is save the most amount of money and get the best services. Why does it have to be so hard and expensive? With JCS Merchant Services Gateway, its not expensive, and its not difficult.You must not use the stonecarving without being trained. After all, ultimately its your money. You should be keeping it.
JCS Merchant Services offer many benefits, from installation to implementation. Our flexible pricing options are the most affordable for any business- whether your volume of transactions (swipes) is high, or low, it doesnt matter. Our gateway fees are very low. Our services are fully compatible in your brick and mortar, and online.Most modern headlight designs include petprotectivefilm. We provide a free GeeBo mobile card swiper that works with Android or iPad devices, for those on the go. And best of all, we offer a free evaluation of your current services, so we can show you where those extra and unnecessary fees come from and how much you can save if you dont have those fees. We provide services that work with your business as it changes- in growth in terms of sheer volume, and of course in multiple locations should you expand.
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