Lisnr

The door to Over-the-Rhine tech startup Lisnr's old Court Street office was a nightmare. The locks were always being serviced, but they never seemed to work.

Founders: Rodney Williams, Chris Ostoich, Josh Glick CEO: Eric Allen Launched: 2012. Headquarters: Cincinnati Funding: $30 million. Valuation: $66.7 million ...

A Cincinnati tech startup that has developed a method to transmit data using ultrasonic tones is partnering with Equinox Payments to roll that out for mobile ...

Businesses are increasingly discovering that their mobile app is one of the best things that ever happened to their business. Providing an excellent source of ...

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Cincinnati tech startup Lisnr is one of nine companies that will participate in retail giant Target's international accelerator program this year.

Retail-based giant Target has announced participants in some of its accelerator programs. Making the cut in METRO Target Retail Accelerator, Certified by ...

OAKLAND, Calif., May 17, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- LISNR today announces that they were named to CNBC's Disruptor 50 list—2019 edition. In their seventh year ...

PHOENIX & CHICAGO (PRWEB) August 08, 2019 -- PHOENIX & CHICAGO – Aug. 8, 2019 – The Mobile Payments Conference announced today its expanded ...

LISNR Co-Founder Chris Ostoich talks with PYMNTS about what retailers must do to drum up more interest in and loyalty to their mobile apps.

CINCINNATI (Cincinnati Business Courier) - A Cincinnati startup has again made CNBC's list of the 50 companies whose innovations are changing the world.

Visa and Billtrust said that JPMorgan Chase has joined the Visa and Billtrust Business Payments Network (BPN) to streamline B2B payments for commercial ...

Unlike Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, LISNR audio technology is not dependent on hardware or connectivity; it just needs sound to make a connection. The company says ...

Lessons can be learned from a cannabis industry lawsuit and Trulioo shares how cooperation and sharing data could help defeat digital criminals.

Digital Banking: Challenger banks are raising money to take on traditional banking competitors and FIs, and have a total of $2 billion from eager investors.

Amid the growing list of cybersecurity concerns businesses must keep on top of, payroll is a growing target for attackers both inside and outside the enterprise.

PYMNTS talks with Chris Ostoich, co-founder of LISNR, about how retailers like Target are using tech incubators to complete against rivals Amazon and ...

Imagine a world where your entry ticket to an event, or boarding pass for a flight, or your form of payment for a good or *service* is invisible data transferred by way ...

Equinox is the first terminal manufacturer to utilize LISNR's ultrasonic technology to securely process payments from shoppers anywhere in a store.

Rodney Williams, LISNR CEO, explains the company's data-over-audio technology, how they're disrupting several industries and what the potential security ...

Rodney Williams, co-founder and CEO of Cincinnati startup Lisnr, sat down with CNBC's "Make It" to talk about everything from leaving Procter & Gamble to ...

The technology company Lisnr has gone on the offensive in a privacy battle stemming from claims that it helped to eavesdrop on Colts fans. Lisnr, which was ...

Rodney Williams left a cushy corporate gig with a six-figure salary to build a start-up that sunk him six figures in debt. Now, that business, Lisnr, has raised ...

Younger consumers — reflecting larger trends — wanted weddings as unique as they are and Mayflower Venues shares how it steps up to the challenge.

CINCINNATI (Cincinnati Business Courier) - Cincinnati's startup ecosystem continues to grow, and we don't expect that to stop in 2019. Funds were raised this ...

Google's Trips app for travel planning was discontinued in favor of its reworked Search and Maps. The company is now trying to drive users to its Travel page.

Tech executives happily pay lip *service* to diversity, but precious few financially support underprivileged groups.

A fast-growing Cincinnati startup has raised another round of funding, on top of $14 million the company has already garnered.

Consumers still use their mobile phones to showroom inside brick-and-mortar stores. But Jake Engwerda of LISNR says smart retailers need to go well beyond ...

Unlike Bluetooth or Wi-Fi, LISNR just needs sound to make a connection, turning any speaker into a beacon that can deliver relevant info to the user.

FIs and FinTechs need look no further than the spike in mobile check fraud to see their instant payment future, Ingo CEO Drew Edwards told Karen Webster.

A Cincinnati financial tech startup that helps users secure low-dollar loans without having to resort to a payday lender moved its headquarters to Los Angeles.

The 2019 CNBC Disruptor 50 list comes at a moment of change for Silicon Valley, highlighted by the fact that an agricultural technology company, Indigo Ag, ...

Founders: Adam Neumann (CEO) and Miguel McKelvey. Launched: 2010. Headquarters: New York City Funding: $11+ billion. Valuation: $47 billion

Is the store register on its way out in favor of payments innovation? Target's recent register outage could provide incentive for new technologies.

Two years ago, when I started traveling to and studying startup ecosystems, I was fascinated by what cities would be “next.” I wanted to know where the talent ...

LISNR co-founder and CEO Rodney Williams has a simple explanation for what his start-up does: “we connect.” It's how the the 3-year-old company manages to ...

Entrepreneur, investor, philanthropist, innovator and multi-hyphenate, Monique Idlett-Mosley is well known within both entertainment and tech industries as a ...

Fast-growing Cincinnati company Lisnr was awarded tax incentives on Monday for a planned $6.9 million headquarters in Over-the-Rhine.

As soon as we stepped off-stage, Pepsi and Disney wanted to arrange calls and we got an offer to have dinner with a local Cincinnati investor, CincyTech, who ...

Visa has selected a Cincinnati startup to head an initiative to drive digital commerce and develop a new way to make mobile payments. Lisnr was one of three ...

The National Restaurant Association Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show is excited to announce the 14 Startup Alley exhibitors that will be in attendance at the 2019 ...

Birds encode data in their chirps. Now businesses are encoding data in sound waves, as a way to authenticate users, pair devices, and complete other tasks.

LISNR discusses how pay-by-sound technology could progress the often friction-filled effort to create true omnichannel retail consumer experiences at the POS.

A Washington, D.C. startup that helps brands and small businesses sell on Amazon is opening up shop in Cincinnati to take advantage of the e-commerce ...

The Aspen Institute has announced its 2019 Class of Henry Crown Fellows, including Combat Flip Flops' CEO, Matthew 'Griff' Griffin. The Henry Crown ...

Find out what the founders of Remodelmate want to do in five years for 1 million millennials buying their first home.

Cincinnati-based startup Everything But The House set out to build an empire selling second-hand goods via the internet, from Murano Glass vases to vintage ...

Credit Card News: Goldman Sachs' CEO said employees are testing the Apple Card app which will feature low interest rates and the feedback has been good ...

For the fourth consecutive year, Target is operating an accelerator for startups seeking to bring their products and services to market through t...

Local and state governments are stepping up to fund disruptive start-ups in a challenge to Silicon Valley's supremacy. The competition is also increasing ...

A Cincinnati family that has operated a local jewelry store for more than two decades is introducing a new retail concept to Hyde Park this summer.

Ticketmaster will soon be able to admit you to live events using nothing more than a discrete digital audio broadcast from your smartphone.

The Queen City ranked among seven of the best cities in the U.S. for start-ups, according to a new report from CNBC.

CincyTech has had plenty of big successes of late from its seed-capital investments. VIDEO.

A Cincinnati entrepreneur was invited to the White House to be honored during an event meant to promote American innovation and entrepreneurship.

Smart tone startup LISNR just raised a $10 million series B round led by Intel Capital to further advance the product as “a true protocol to connect devices across ...

NEW YORK, Feb. 6, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Hennessy, the world's best-selling Cognac, celebrates Black History Month with the launch of WE ARE – a powerful...

Dsam Partners Llp increased its stake in Live Nation Entertainment In (LYV) by 13.5% based on its latest 2019Q1 regulatory filing with the SEC. Dsam Partners ...

I was in debt, I had depleted my savings… I maxed out every credit card that I could.” From having a comfortable six-figure corporate job at Procter & Gamble to ...

Cities like San Francisco and New York are magnets for entrepreneurs, but the competition among start-ups is tough and everything is expensive. So where else ...

Analysis Here are 10 startups outside of Silicon Valley you should watch in 2018: Uptake, Pendo, Skuid, Lisnr, Duo Security, Cradlepoint, Lessonly, Qualtrics, ...

WhatsGood aims to connect customers with producers through an Instacart-like farm-to-table *service*.

Swipe to pay, EMV chip cards, QR codes and even near field communication (NFC) are about to be old news. LISNR has introduced Internet of Sound payment ...

An ArtsWave event taking place this weekend seeks to engage the tech community to solve some of the biggest problems arts groups face. The third annual ...

Point-of-sale terminal maker Equinox Payments announced an audible way to pay with the integration of LISNR ultrasonic technology. Phoenix-based Equinox ...

Founders have a role, too. They need to understand that a wingman needs the latitude to speak truth to power, and that they're driven by many of the same ...

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High-profile successful start-ups say attracting top talent has gotten easier. But for the average small business, finding great talent is still their No. 1 problem.

Partner Fund Management Lp increased its stake in Live Nation Entertainment In (LYV) by 443.92% based on its latest 2019Q1 regulatory filing with the SEC.

Lisnr's new "smart tones" technology purports to transmit data between devices, which could mean the end to long queues and impatient fans.

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Rodney Williams left a comfortable job at Procter & Gamble to launch LISNR, a software technology that transmits data over near ultrasonic sound waves.

Notable startup fundings for the week ending 5/18/19 featuring funding details for Trumid, Feather, Brave and much more…

Philadelphia Trust Company decreased its stake in Jp Morgan Chase & Co (JPM) by 51.94% based on its latest 2019Q1 regulatory filing with the SEC.

Rodney Williams has a strong opinion on cryptocurrency, as in “don't put your money in nothing you don't understand.” As Williams paces across the stage at ...

Founder: Brad Keywell (CEO) Launched: 2014. Headquarters: Chicago Funding: $258 million. Valuation: $2.3 billion (PitchBook) Key technologies: Artificial ...

Any venture-backed startup founder knows that choosing the right investor is just as important as building the right team. I've seen my fair share of great ...

Startup's software platform drives engagement between *content* creators and their audiences.

Just an intern when he joined the company, Rodney Williams was thrust to the front lines of cutting-edge marketing efforts – and saw that it was losing ground.

The stock of Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS) is a huge mover today! The stock increased 0.18% or $0.07 during the last trading session, reaching $39.4.

Founders: Noubar Afeyan, David Berry, Geoffrey von Maltzahn CEO: David Perry Launched: 2014. Headquarters: Boston Funding: $650 million. Valuation: $3.5 ...

The Cincinnati Business Courier announced the finalists today for its ninth annual Innovation & Technology Awards.

Voice Assistant News: Users of Vodafone in the U.K. can now make phone calls via Amazon Echo devices.

One of Greater Cincinnati's largest private companies was sold in July, and now its name is going away as well.

Local startup Lisnr, which launched two years ago on the Startup Bus to South by Southwest and hasn't looked back, is announcing a new senior management ...

Armed with audio-beacon and smart app engine technology, Cincinnati-based startup LISNR has capitalized on this extra limb by providing consumers with ...

ESSENCE, the number one media, technology and commerce company dedicated to Black women, announces addition of Square CEO Jack Dorsey to its first ...

In the past 10 years, “sponcon,” the business of getting paid to promote a company via your social media, has spread pandemic-like. Sponsored *content* may be ...

There were tons of activations this year that reflected black culture at SXSW, much more than we've seen in the past, but Culture House claims to have done ...

Founders: Adi Tatarko (CEO), Alon Cohen Launched: 2008. Headquarters: Palo Alto, California Funding: $613.6 million. Valuation: $4 billion (PitchBook)

Founder: Tony Atti (CEO) Launched: 2009. Headquarters: Durham, North Carolina Funding: $161 million. Valuation: $284 million (PitchBook) Key technologies: ...

Founder: Michael Rubin CEO: Doug Mack Launched: 2011. Headquarters: San Mateo, California Funding: $1.7 billion. Valuation: $4.5 billion (PitchBook)

CNBC reveals the 2018 Disruptor 50 list, identifying start-ups on the cutting edge of huge consumer, technology and business shifts — and already worth ...

The 2019 Class of Henry Crown Fellows pledge to take action through new leadership Ventures.

The sports stadium of the future will be more accessible and seamlessly integrated into surrounding transport infrastructure, resulting in increasingly frictionless ...

Founders: Anne Wojcicki (CEO), Linda Avey, Paul Cusenza Launched: 2006. Headquarters: Mountain View, California Funding: $790.7 million (PitchBook)

Founders: Jennifer Hyman (CEO) and Jenny Fleiss Launched: 2009. Headquarters: New York City Funding: $337 million. Valuation: $1 billion (PitchBook)

Founders: Mirza Cifric (CEO), George Church, Preston Estep, Jonathan Zhao Launched: 2014. Headquarters: Danvers, Massachusetts Funding: $50 million

A Blue Ash tech firm has landed Ohio tax credits and plans to nearly triple its 35-member workforce over the next three years.