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SCVNGR Launches LevelUp, A Daily Deals Service For Philadelphia and Boston Residents

Amit Chowdhry | March 14, 2011 | 560 views | 1 Comment
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SCVNGR is launching a daily deals service called LevelUp. LevelUp is currently in pilot mode as it is providing deals only in Boston and Philadelphia as of right now. SCNVGR is aiming to compete with local daily deal websites like Groupon and LivingSocial. SCVNGR will offer a series of three deals to customers as they try out each business. SCNVGR is waiving the fee to businesses for the first deal to encourage them to try it out.

SCVNGR Raises $15 Million With $100 Million Valuation

Amit Chowdhry | January 4, 2011 | 559 views | Add a Comment
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Geo-location service SCVNGR has raised $15 million in funding with a $100 million valuation. The funding in SCVNGR was led by Balderton Capital. There was also participation from Google Ventures and Highland Capital Partners. Balderton partner Barry Maloney will be joining the board of directors at SCVNGR. This round of funding puts SCVNGR’s total funding close to $20 million. Right off the bat, people believe that SCVNGR competes with Foursquare and Facebook Places. But SCVNGR has more of a focus on gaming and challenges like trivia. Local venues can customize the games on SCVNGR. [TechCrunch]

Yelp Now Offering Coupons For Mobile Check-Ins

Amit Chowdhry | November 23, 2010 | 923 views | Add a Comment
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Foursquare was one of the first companies to offer incentives for checking in to venue partners. SCVNGR and Facebook copied off of Foursquare’s business model and now Yelp is jumping on board too. Yelp is now offering business owners “Check-in Offers” to venues.

SCVNGR Now Has Access To Google Places API

Amit Chowdhry | November 2, 2010 | 735 views | Add a Comment
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Geo-location check-in service SCVNGR struggles to compete against Foursquare and Gowalla, but they have stepped up their location database with Google Places API integration. Google Ventures is an investor in SCVNGR.

National Geographic and Geo-Location Service SCVNGR Announce Partnership

Amit Chowdhry | October 2, 2010 | 712 views | Add a Comment
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National Geographic has announced a partnership with location-based social gaming company SCVNGR. National Geographic will be putting challenges and treks built into SCVNGR across multiple several of their branded properties. The properties include the National Geographic Channel, National Geographic Maps, National Geographic Museum and Kids Entertainment groups.

Location-Based Game Company SCVNGR Raises $4 Million From Google Ventures and Highland Capital

Amit Chowdhry | December 24, 2009 | 2,016 views | Add a Comment
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SCVNGR is a location-based game platform company that works with mobile devices. Google Ventures and Highland Capital have both invested $4 million into SCVNGR.  Google Ventures partner Rich Miner will be joining the SCVNGR board of directors.  SCVNGR will be cash-flow positive with over $1 million in revenue.

SCVNGR focuses on a niche gaming platform.  The niche is that they make location-based scavenger hunts for companies, schools, and organizations.  Many schools use the location-based gaming platform for campus orientation.  Major companies use it for team building.  SCVNGR has about 40 employees.  The company is led by 21 year old Seth Priebatsch.

Clients include Duke University, MIT, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, the city of Rochester in New York, Yale University, MetLife, and HSBC.  SCVNGR can be used using SMS on any phone, mobile web, or through free Android and iPhone applications.

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