Flipswap takes on $14M to buy your junky old cell phone
If you’re anything like the average Silicon Valley entrepreneur, right now you’ve got an iPhone in your pocket and a pile of old Blackberries in a drawer somewhere. But hopefully, with the help of recycling and resale companies like Flipswap, we’ll no longer keep old phones hanging around or worse, throw them in the trash.
Flipswap just raised $14 million for its business plan of letting you trade in or recycle your old phone as you’re… Continue Reading
ReCellular dials up $15M for cell phone recycling
Don’t throw away that used mobile phone just yet — chances are ReCellular, a Dexter, Mich.-based phone recycling firm, can help find it a new home. One of the world’s leading cell phone recyclers, it has just raised $15 million in first round funding from Investor Growth Capital.
ReCellular plans on using the proceeds to ramp up its revenue growth, which, at an 8-year average of 25 percent, is already nothing to sneeze at, and to… Continue Reading
Want the latest gadget? TechForward offers cash in exchange for yesterday’s toy
TechForward, one of several companies that sees opportunity in the market for reused consumer electronics, believes its guaranteed buyback plans are just the thing for people always lusting after the latest in high tech consumer electronics.
Like fellow startups Flipswap, Turtle Wings and Second Rotation, TechForward is touting the concept of “Ownership 2.0″ — the idea that you should be able to donate, sell or trade-in a gadget you no longer want. Unlike its rivals, however,… Continue Reading