So, this is weird. Earlier today, if you visited Square's hiring page on Jobvite, there were two unusual job listings, one for "Chirply — Potential Acquisition" and another for "SeatMe — Potential Acquisition."
If those were accurate statements, well, that's a pretty strange way to announce a pair of pending deals. But before you start sending out those congratulatory tweets and emails, I should note that a source with knowledge of the matter told me that Square is not pursuing an acquisition of those companies at this time. (A company spokesperson declined to comment.)
So how did their names end up as "potential acquisitions" on a Jobvite page? Well, probably the same way they would have shown up if there really were talks — someone, somewhere in the company, screwed up. Regardless of the reason, that screwup has been corrected — after I reached out to Square, the listings disappeared. (You can see them in the screenshot below.)
As for what those startups do, Chirply is a crowdsourced card design site (at least, that's what it did when I wrote about it two years ago — the current website is one of those cryptic beta pages.) And SeatMe is a reservation startup trying to take on OpenTable. (I emailed both companies for comment and will update if I hear back.)
It doesn't seem totally out there to believe Square might be vaguely interested in these companies, particularly as talent acquisitions. But that's a long way from having serious talks.
Thanks to Amin Issa for the tip.
Square is making commerce easy for everyone. Starting with a free credit card reader for the iPhone, iPad, and Android devices, Square Reader allows anyone to accept credit cards anywhere, anytime, for a low transaction rate of 2.75 percent per swipe, with no hidden fees. Square Register serves as a full point-of-sale system for businesses to accept payments, manage items, and share menu and location information. Square Wallet, available in the US, is the most seamless way to pay,...
Chirply is a platform for crowd-sourcing & crowd-curating design. Chirply's mission is to build engagement, stickiness, and virality through crowd-sourcing design. Initially the company focused on the launch of a marketplace for crowd-sourced design for paper goods - an industry that hasn't been disrupted since the advent of the printing press. Chirply then launched a B2B platform for crowd-sourced design for brands to help engage users and use design to make daily products inspiring.
SeatMe provides a reservations and guest management system for restaurants. SeatMe's complete restaurant ERB solution handles guest, floor, book and waitlist management and provides a variety of promotional tools. The SeatMe restaurant portal handles both reservations and special occasion event ticketing for guests.
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