Flipswap
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| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Founded | Rockville, Maryland (November 2004) |
| Founder | Andrew Berman |
| Headquarters | , United States |
Area served | Worldwide) |
| Website | flipswap.com |
Flipswap Inc. was a company [1] headquartered in Torrance, California.
Flipswap acquired mobile phones in order to resell them or recycle them in an environmentally friendly manner through various free and eco-friendly services. Flipswap partners with a wide array of retailers, e-tailers, device manufacturers and websites. Flipswap offered trade-in services for instant store credit at more than 6,000 participating retail locations
In 2008 Flipswap raised $14M in series B funding from RRE Ventures and NGEN Partners [2]
In February 2011, AT&T began offering Flipswap services through all its corporate retail locations [3]
In 2012, FlipSwap was acquired by eRecyclingCorps.[4]
References[]
- ^ http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m5072/is_31_29/ai_n19492685 Los Angeles Business Journal July 30, 2007
- ^ "Flipswap takes on $14M to buy your junky old cell phone". 2008-11-12.
- ^ "Nexus404 - die App zum Handeln". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-03-29.
- ^ "ERecyclingCorps Acquires Flipswap Inc. To Expand Wireless Device Trade-In Solution".
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Categories:
- Mobile phone recycling
- Recycling organizations
- Telecommunications companies of the United States
- Companies based in Los Angeles County, California
- Reuse