(Photo credit: Chicago - based firm Raise has secured $ 60 m in a series C funding round , featuring investments from Google and Intel . Raise , which offers customers the chance to buy and sell unwanted gift cards , will use the funding to focus on developing its own digital payment platform . Shoppers can buy cards from up to 3,000 retailers using the app , before paying either online or at a till , with an average saving of 12 % per transaction .
Chicago - based firm Raise has secured $ 60 m in a series C funding round , featuring investments from Google and Intel . Raise , which offers customers the chance to buy and sell unwanted gift cards , will use the funding to focus on developing its own digital payment platform . Shoppers can buy cards from up to 3,000 retailers using the app , before paying either online or at a till , with an average saving of 12 % per transaction .