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The founder of notorious failed startup Clinkle is reportedly coming back with a blockchain project
During the heydey of Clinkle, it raised $30 million before ever launching a product. The idea was t…
Rob Price
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Clinkle, the once-hot payment app that raised $30 million and nearly went bust, is pivoting again
When he was 20 years old a few years ago, Lucas Duplan, then a Stanford student, announced that his…
Maya Kosoff
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Inside Stanford's Billion-Dollar Fraternities, Where Famous And Successful Tech Founders Get Their Start
Stanford University's Sigma Nu fraternity house, where Clinkle started and Instagram's Kevin Systro…
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Clinkle, A Buzzy Payments Startup That Hasn't Even Launched Yet, Has Laid Off 25% Of Its Staff
"Some young people are leaving, and some very reasoned executives are joining," he said. "It's reas…
Jillian D'Onfro
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A bunch of Clinkle employees just left and the startup apparently tried to sell itself to Apple
Clinkle has been one disaster after another. A few years ago Duplan, who was then 20, announced his…
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31 Employees Have Left Clinkle - The Stealth Startup That Raised $25 Million - And 2 Of Them Have Brutal Parting Words
"The man really has no right to be in the position he is in," the pair write on Quora. "He hurts hi…
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A Lot Of People Have Already Left Clinkle, A Buzzy Payment App That Still Hasn't Launched
In June, 20-something Lucas Duplan announced a $25 million fundraise. It was the largest seed round…
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An Intern Hacked Clinkle And Found This Unflattering Photo Of Its Founder
Now, despite the fact that the app hasn't launched yet, Clinkle has been hacked. A group of hackers…
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Here's A Leaked Video Of The $25 Million Payments App Called Clinkle
Here's a leaked video of the app from Clinkle, the buzzy startup that's only buzzy because it raise…
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The 21-Year-Old Who Raised The Largest Seed Round In Silicon Valley History Teases His Mystery Startup With A Strange Ad
Duplan still isn't ready to reveal to the world what his payment startup actually does, or how it's…
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Troubled Mobile Payments Startup Clinkle Is Giving Away Free Cash In Vending Machines
University of California, Berkeley students have been tweeting selfies from the company's "Treat Bo…
Taylor Lorenz
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$30 Million And Three Years Later, Mysterious Payments App Clinkle Finally Launches
After Apple announced its mobile payments system, Apple Pay, Clinkle told Business Insider that it'…
Karyne Levy
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The Adult Supervision Clinkle Hired To Be Its COO Leaves After 5 Months
Part of the reason Duplan made hiring mistakes may be because he had a lot of money to play with. A…
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A Boozy Bus Party Is $30 Million Clinkle's Most Cringeworthy Layoff Story Yet
In September, after Clinkle had signed up more than 100,000 people interested in testing its app, D…
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Clinkle Execs Explain What The Mysterious Payment App That Raised $30 Million Actually Does: 'It's Venmo'
"We're actually very strongly going after the ramen college kids," Kettler writes on Product Hunt. …
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Here's What Clinkle, The Mysterious Payment App That Raised $30 Million, Has To Say About Apple Pay
"The news from Apple today does not come as a surprise - we've been anticipating for a long time," …
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A Top Executive Joined Payment Startup Clinkle, Then Quit 24 Hours Later - Here's What He Saw That Scared Him Away
According to this person, Chang decided to join Clinkle just after Thanksgiving. But when he accept…
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The Best Answer An Older Person Can Give When Asked About His Or Her 22-Year-Old Boss
But McCarthy doesn't seem the least bit fazed. In fact, when AllThingsD's Jason Del Rey asked McCar…
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The Best Answer An Older Person Can Give When Asked About His Or Her 22-Year-Old Boss
But McCarthy doesn't seem the least bit fazed. In fact, when AllThingsD's Jason Del Ray asked McCar…
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21-Year-Old Raises Largest Seed Round In Silicon Valley History - $25 Million - For Mysterious Payments App
"Money is the cornerstone of society," Duplan agrees. "If we couldn't trade it, we'd all be farmers…