Vivotech

What Vivotech does

ViVOtech was an end-to-end enabler of next-generation NFC (Near Field Communication) mobile payments, loyalty, and marketing solutions, founded in 2001 and headquartered in Redwood City, California. The company built software and integration infrastructure that allowed merchants, payment processors, mobile operators, and device OEMs to deploy contactless payments, loyalty programs, and proximity-based marketing at the point of sale. Its go-to-market relied on deeply embedded channel partnerships, evidenced by an investor roster spanning payment processors (First Data Corporation, NCR), mobile network operators (Singtel Innov8), financial institutions (Citi Ventures), device OEMs (Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions Venture Capital), and venture firms (Alloy Ventures, DFJ Element, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, NGP Capital, Miven Venture Partners, Gotham Ventures, EDBI).

The business model combined enterprise software licensing and platform integration revenue with what was likely a partnerships-driven distribution model, given the strategic investor profile. ViVOtech raised approximately $81.5 million in disclosed equity funding across at least seven transactions between 2003 and 2012, with First Data Corporation leading the largest 2007 round ($22.5 million) and a broader syndicate closing a $24 million round in mid-2011. Headcount was reported in the 51–100 range. The company operated in a private, for-profit structure with no public IPO filing disclosed.

The available data is incomplete: there is no operating signal after the 2012 transaction, no disclosed revenue or ARR, no named customer logos, no management roster, and no patent/certification record. Separately, a Vivotech.com domain is currently being listed for sale on the Atom/Webcraft marketplace for $92,500; that listing describes a digital-asset sale rather than operating activity and is not indicative of the payments company's status.

Name

Vivotech

Legal name

Vivotech

Website

https://vivotech.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

ViVOtech was a Redwood City-based NFC mobile payments, loyalty, and marketing solutions provider founded in 2001, serving merchants, payment processors, mobile operators, and OEMs through embedded channel partnerships across the contactless payments value chain.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Mobile Payments Software

NAICS

Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers (42343), Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing (3341)

SIC

Wholesale-Computers & Peripheral Equipment & Software (5045), Computer Peripheral Equipment, Nec (3577)

akta.pro primary industry

Card-Not-Present / eCommerce Acquirers (FSAMABAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Custom Application Development (Web/Mobile/Desktop) (BPAEAFAA)

Keywords

• NFC mobile payments
• Contactless payments
• Mobile loyalty solutions
• Payment software
• Marketing technology

Headquarters

HQ city

Redwood City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Vivotech is an end-to-end enabler of next-generation NFC mobile payments, loyalty, and marketing solutions. The company provides the software and infrastructure that allows merchants, financial institutions, and other partners to deploy contactless mobile payments at the point of sale and run integrated loyalty and marketing programs.

Product overview

This source represents a domain name marketplace listing for Vivotech.com rather than an actual Vivotech company product or service offering. The listed asset is a premium .com domain being sold for $92,500 (one-time purchase) or via lease-to-own at $2,180/month for 48 months with $8,800 down payment. The domain is positioned for tech, fintech, biotech, IoT, and retail technology startups seeking instant brand recognition.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• NFC mobile payments platform Software platform that enables next-generation NFC mobile payments at the point of sale, targeted at financial institutions, merchants, and payment processors.
• Mobile loyalty solutions Mobile loyalty program management solution that supports merchants and financial institutions in running loyalty initiatives tied to contactless payments.
• Mobile marketing solutions Mobile marketing solution enabling merchants and financial institutions to run targeted campaigns and engagement programs through NFC-enabled mobile interactions.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Verifone: Verifone is a leading global provider of payment terminals and integrated POS solutions, including NFC/contactless hardware and software. It is the closest direct competitor to ViVOtech's NFC payment terminal and merchant-facing stack.
• Ingenico (Worldline): Ingenico (now part of Worldline) is a major provider of contactless payment terminals and end-to-end payment acceptance solutions for merchants. It competes head-to-head with ViVOtech in the NFC hardware and acceptance layer.

Emerging players

• Stripe Terminal: Stripe Terminal offers contactless/NFC-enabled card readers and POS software for developers and modern merchants. It represents a more software-led, developer-first evolution of the NFC acceptance space where ViVOtech also played.
• PayRange: PayRange provides mobile payment and loyalty solutions for unattended retail (vending, amusement, etc.), overlapping with ViVOtech's NFC mobile payment and loyalty functionality in a narrower vertical.

Broad incumbents

• Clover Network: Clover, a First Data/Fiserv company, provides integrated POS hardware with NFC/contactless acceptance plus a merchant app marketplace. As a fellow First Data-adjacent platform, it represents the evolved form of the ecosystem ViVOtech was positioned within.
• Heartland Payment Systems: Heartland, a Global Payments company, provides payment processing, POS, and merchant services including NFC-enabled solutions. It is comparable as a payments ecosystem player in the same merchant channel as ViVOtech's investor network.
• Square (Block): Square (now Block) built an integrated contactless payment hardware and software platform for SMBs, including NFC acceptance via Square Reader. While broader in scope, it overlaps directly with ViVOtech's merchant-facing NFC enablement value proposition.
• PayPal Here / Zettle: PayPal's Zettle (formerly PayPal Here) offers NFC-enabled mobile card readers and integrated POS software for SMB merchants, overlapping with ViVOtech's acceptance-and-software bundle.

Others

• Google Pay: Google Pay is a platform-level NFC wallet enabling in-store contactless payments on Android. Like Apple Pay, it is comparable as the dominant ecosystem player in the category ViVOtech's technology was built to enable.
• Apple Pay: Apple Pay is a platform-level NFC wallet that fundamentally shaped the contactless payments ecosystem ViVOtech enabled. It is comparable as the defining ecosystem force in the same NFC payment category rather than as a direct competitor.

Market position

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds8 records

Investors14 records

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M&A

Investments

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