san francisco-based startup fivestars has turned a lot of skeptics into believers since launching out of tech accelerator y combinator three years ago. on thursday, the customer loyalty company–which sells software to replace those traditional paper punch cards–announced a $26 million series b funding round led by menlo ventures, bringing its total capital raised to more than $42 million.

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