Sean Beckner

  • Former AMC exec, FishNet Security founder join Front Flip board

    Loyalty marketing company Front Flip has added two local business executives, Peter Brown and Gary Fish, to its board of directors. The Leawood, Kan.-based startup announced the additions March 26, two months after Brown and Fish participated in Front Flip’s $3.7 million Series B round. Brown is the former chair, CEO and president of AMC…

  • Front Flip adds $3.7m to grow sales team, focus on mom-and-pop shops

    Customer loyalty marketing startup Front Flip, the maker of a virtual scratch-off app with the same name, announced today it closed a $3.7 million Series B round led by Jon Darbyshire of the Leawood, Kan.-based Archer Foundation. A number of other Kansas City area investors also participated in the round, including Peter Brown, former chairman,…

  • Front Flip takes its customer engagement platform nationwide

    Front Flip is ready to bring its virtual scratch cards to vendors across the country. The Overland Park, Kan.-based startup today announced the nationwide availability of its customer engagement platform, which is designed to help businesses attract, engage, reward and retain customers through the use of “scratch cards” on mobile phones. Following pilots in select…

  • Amidst rapid growth, Front Flip hopes success is in the cards

    One of the fastest growing startups in the Kansas City area is making a big bet that its cards can trump the competition. Front Flip, a customer engagement platform based in Overland Park, Kan., launched in the Kansas City market on Nov. 4 and already has about 300 businesses and nearly 40,000 individual users on…