Startup with tipping app raises $1.65 million

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By Nancy Dahlberg
A Fort Lauderdale startup that created a digital tipping app for the salon and spa industries announced Wednesday that it has closed a $1.65 million funding round, bringing its total funding to $3.15 million.
DirectTIPS, the parent company of Tippy, recently completed a successful beta and will now expand nationwide, supported by its new funding. The funding was led by Doug Von Allmen, founder of Beauty Alliance (now SalonCentric) and The Lehigh Valley Angel Investors’ Group. Other investors include Pat Parenty, former president of L’Oréal’s Professional Products Division, and Michael Caron, a private investor.
“The last 12 months have been spent building and testing our new POS agnostic product that allows for nationwide scalability,” said Tippy CEO David Tashjian, who founded the company with CIO Terry McKim. “We’ve seen a tremendous response from the industry, and intend to be a leader in both increasing tips and educating salon professionals as to the additional benefits generated from use of our platform.”
Tippy launched in early December and is already operating in 60 salons, the company said. The Tippy mobile app is now available in the app stores, and the salon-based customer facing terminal is available at www.meettippy.com.

(L-R): CEO of Tippy David Tashjian and Founder and CIO of Tippy Terry McKimFollow @ndahlberg on Twitter and send news tips to [email protected].

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I am a writer and editor with extensive media experience and a passion for journalism and serving the community. Most of my career has been spent with the Miami Herald in business news, and my expertise is writing about tech and entrepreneurs. I love hosting this blog for Refresh Miami and we aim to be the go-to site for South Florida startup and tech news, features and views. Have news? Contact me at [email protected]. Thanks for reading!

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