Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Square Adds Richard Branson As Investor

San Francisco-based mobile payments firm Square has added Sir Richard Branson to its list of investors, the company and Branson said Tuesday. Square just close a $100M, Series C funding round led by Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers in June. Size of the new investment was not disclosed. Square operates a service which allows anyone to accept credit card payments on their mobile device, through a free credit card scanning device. More information »