LEXINGTON, Mass.—Cartera Commerce, the leading provider of card-linked marketing solutions, today announced it has been named an AlwaysOn Global 250 Top Private Company winner for 2011. The AlwaysOn Global 250 represent the top emerging companies in the global Silicon Valley that are demonstrating significant market traction and pursuing game-changing technologies in digital media, mobile, social media, cloud, and SaaS computing.
Cartera was named alongside Coupons.com, eHarmony, Facebook, Gilt Groupe, Glam Media, Groupon, One King’s Lane, Twitter, and Yelp among others.
The AlwaysOn Global 250 were nominated by investors, bankers, journalists and industry insiders from across the globe who looked for companies taking old notions of doing things and forging solutions that will lead to industry shake-up and huge value-creation opportunities. The AlwaysOn Global 250 winners were selected from among thousands of domestic and international technology companies.
“It is a tremendous honor for Cartera to be recognized for our clear market leadership, rapid revenue growth and product innovation in card-linked advertising,” said Tom Beecher. “Powering shopping programs for 4 of the 5 largest card issuers, 3 of the 4 largest U.S. airlines, and more than 60,000 merchants, Cartera has made the vision of card-linked advertising a reality.”
A full list of all the AlwaysOn Global 250 winners can be found on the AlwaysOn website.
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About Cartera Commerce
Cartera Commerce is the leading provider of card-linked marketing solutions that increase revenue and drive incremental sales for retailers, banks, card issuers and loyalty programs. With a robust transaction marketing platform and a world-class network of national, regional, local and online merchant partners, Cartera Commerce powers personalized online and in-store shopping programs across multiple digital marketing channels including web, mobile, online banking statements, email, social media and browser apps. Cartera’s performance advertising network now integrates more than 60,000 merchant partners and reaches more than 150 million consumers. Industry leaders including four of the five largest card issuers and three of the four largest airlines in the U.S. rely on Cartera to build loyal, profitable customer relationships. Cartera was rebranded from Mall Networks in August 2010 and merged with Vesdia in January 2011. The company is headquartered in Lexington, Mass. For more information, visit www.cartera.com.