- Google plans to acquire Irish retail tech start-up Pointy for an undisclosed amount.
- The deal is expected to close in the coming weeks.
- Pointy has raised $19 million so far in venture capital.
Alphabet’s Google on Tuesday said it plans to acquire Pointy, an Irish retail start-up that helps traditional brick and mortar retailers list inventory online, for an undisclosed amount.
The deal is expected to close in the coming weeks, Google said in a press release.
Retailers use Pointy’s software to automatically track store inventory. That information is then displayed on Google’s “see what’s in store” section, and on a Pointy page, so customers can find specific items that are in-stock near them.
“Over the past several years we’ve developed a very close partnership with Google,” Pointy founders Marks Cummins and Charles Bibby said in a release. “It became clear that we shared the same vision of how technology can improve local retail businesses.”
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Pointy has raised $19 million so far in venture capital, the company disclosed in July 2018.
“By joining forces, we will be able to help people discover local stores and products on a much larger scale,” the Pointy founders wrote. “We think this is the right way to accomplish what we set out to do – to bring the world’s retailers online and give them the tools they need to thrive.”
Source: CNBC