“the fivestars platform includes its own payment product, integration with other point-of-sale systems, marketing automation that delivers personalized messages to customers and a broader network of 60 million shoppers, allowing for cross-promotion across different fivestars businesses.

the startup is announcing today that it has raised $52.5 million in new funding, combining a series d equity round as well as debt and bringing its total funding to $145.5 million. the round was led by salt partners, with participation from lightspeed venture partners, dcm ventures, menlo ventures and harbourvest partners.”

see the full article by anthony ha on techcrunch: small business payments and marketing startup fivestars raises $52.5m.