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Shopular (YC W12) — Deals, coupons & cash back for your favorite stores

Shopular is changing the way people use their mobile phones to shop. Available on iPhone and Android, the innovative mobile app notifies users of personalized sales and coupons when they are near a store or mall.

Shopular is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2012 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Deals, Coupons & Cash Back for your favorite stores. The founder listed is Tommy Sze Ngai Tsai (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, December 19, 2011).

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Shopular

New accelerator entry · 2011-12-19 · the record

Winter 2012
batch
11
people
Growth
stage
United States of America
region
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What the record says

BatchWinter 2012
Announced2011-12-19
StageGrowth
StatusAcquired
Team size11
IndustryConsumer
Sub-industryConsumer -> Home and Personal
SectorsE-Commerce, Retail
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada
BasedSan Francisco
HiringNo

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Shopular is changing the way people use their mobile phones to shop. Available on iPhone and Android, the innovative mobile app notifies users of personalized sales and coupons when they are near a store or mall. Shopular is the highest rated app in its category and ranked by Time Magazine among the 50 best iPhone apps of 2013. Shopular is founded by engineers from Google, Shopkick and Loopt . We are backed by Sequoia Capital and Y Combinator and headquartered in downtown Redwood City, minutes from Cal Train.

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