It’s 2025, but business cards are still popular – just go to any conference or industry expo and you will end up with the pile. Likely to be lost soon after. But since smartphones have become our reservoirs of information and contacts, people are looking forward to understanding the digital alternatives to business cards.
BluntStart out of Melbourne, bet the trend will end When it started in 2017 as a hobby projectDigital Business Card App with QR-Code Vagit. Today, the company is working with a gold bag: now it has more than 2.5 million users – both individual consumers and 500,000 companies in the United States, Canada, the UK and Australia.
Behind this progress, Startup has now increased a funding round of a $ 25 million series under the Touring Capital. The returning Blackbird Ventures and Square PEG Capital also participated in the round, as new investor Hub Spot Ventures also did.
“[The Blinq’s QR] It was an easy, personal way to share who you are, and it worked well among iPhone users. But it was not until the end of 2019, when most Android devices were trapped on QR scanning, and the adoption began to increase, “Blank CEO and founder, Geravid Web, told Tech Crunch.” Then the Kovade Aa-KiR codes joined the mainstream, focusing on the focus of the bills on personally more intentions and deleting meetings and starting hygiene. “
Since then, the B2C2B has taken the path. The app allows users to create several custom digital business cards and connect contacts with their use. The app can automatically capture the details by using the QR codes, email signatures, NFC, short links, or video call backgrounds and can be compatible with the CRM system such as HubSpot or Sales Force.
The web said that Billon is used by individuals, small businesses and global businesses, and 80 % of its customer base is located in the US. His team has supported five employees living in Melbourne in Sydney, Melbourne, New York, and San Francisco to support the product’s development and market efforts.
“Whenever someone uses balloon, they introduce it to a new, and in addition, we see the maximum use of active users as long as they are on the platform,” said the web. “It operates built -in viral organic growth and reduces the cost of acquiring our customers. On the business aspect, companies pay every set. Since more employees adopt products, teams grow physically, which generates extension revenue over time.”
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Blan Cue competes with numerous companies that provide similar digital business card services, including MobileFor, for, for, for,. BrPalFor, for, for, for,. WaveAnd Wax. Of course, the app also has to compete with social networking platforms such as LinkedIn, Landing Pages, and Lankry.
But the web feels that blinking is more suitable for enhancing the relationship, and provides more ways to follow users and engage with new contacts.
Web looks more than just one closing point. “They are our wedding. Because when you are a reliable tool at the moment, you have the right to start a relationship. We are focused on the first need to turn the impression into a real pace-from the profits of the context to the smart methods for the mindset.