# gyft: Internet, Mountain View, United States

> gyft: Gyft is a mobile gift card app that allows customers to buy, store, send, and redeem gift cards conveniently from their mobile device.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/startup/gyft (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# gyft

Gyft is a mobile gift card app that allows customers to buy, store, send, and redeem gift cards conveniently from their mobile device.

Funding reported Last round: Series A

Internet Mountain View, United States

Company summary

- **Founded:** 2012 14 years old
- **Team:** 11 11 to 50 people
- **Funding reported:** $6.3M in dollars
- **Last round:** Series A Sept 2013

How sure we are

- ✓ **Listed** We know it exists and what it does
- 2 **Funding reported** A company dataset reports a raise
- 3 **Observed** A filing or a dated announcement confirms a round

No round for gyft has been confirmed by a filing or an announcement yet, so nothing here counts toward an investor's record. [How we decide](https://millionrounds.com/methodology)

## What company datasets say gyft raised

Funding, as reported

Reported in all **$6.3M** in dollars

Rounds **4**

Last round **Series A**

Last round date **Sept 2013**

Investors listed **13**

## Founders and team

From the SEC filings it signed: 2 on the team.

- **CJ MacDonald** Executive Officer, Director i
- **Vinny Lingham** Executive Officer, Director i

## On 3 portfolio pages

Investors who name them

- [Digital Currency Group](https://millionrounds.com/fund/digital-currency-group)
- [Three Thousand Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/three-thousand-capital)
- [J Heart Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/j-heart-ventures-2)

Each firm lists gyft on its own website. That is the firm's claim, a weaker thing than a round we watched, but a named source.

## How it ended, so far

Exit

Exit Buyer Price When

Acquired [First Data Corporation](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-data) $7.5M Jul 2014

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