- Location Headquarters
- San Francisco, CA
- Website
- http://www.squareup.com/
- Keywords
- mobile finance
Company Profile
In February 2009, Jim McKelvey wasn’t able to sell a piece of his <a href="http://www.thirddegreeglassfactory.com/">glass art</a> because he couldn’t accept a credit card as payment. Even though a majority of payments has moved to plastic cards, accepting payments from cards is still difficult, requiring long applications, expensive hardware, and an overly complex experience. Square was born a few days later right next to the old <a href="http://www.ustreas.gov/offices/management/curator/exhibitions/mintbldgs/sanfrancisco.shtml">San Francisco US Mint</a>
Today the Square team is focused on bringing immediacy, transparency, and approachability to the world of payments: an inherently social interaction each of us participates in daily. We’re starting with a limited beta and rolling out to everyone in early 2010.
Square is backed by <a href="http://www.khoslaventures.com/">Khosla Ventures</a> and a <a href="http://twitter.com/square/angels">team of angels</a>.
Square, Inc. has offices in San Francisco (Product & Engineering), Saint Louis (Operations), and New York City (Risk & Partnerships).