Inc. Magazine, “500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America” – 2008, 2009, and 2010
Inc. Magazine, “500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America” – 2008, 2009, and 2010 Wednesday, August 24, 2011 SAN FRANCISCO  ̶  For the third year running, Inc. Magazine has named Cantaloupe Systems, Inc., one of the “500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America” in its annual listing. Cantaloupe Systems was the only vending technology provider on the Top-500 list.

Inc.’s September 2011 issue lists Cantaloupe Systems – the leading provider of wireless-enabled vending optimization monitoring, business intelligence and analytics to the $55 billion global vending industry – Number 331 among the nation’s fastest-growing private companies, with a growth rate of 1,001 percent between 2007 and 2010. The Inc. survey also ranked Cantaloupe Systems 22nd in the “Top Business Products & Services” category.

“We’re proud of this three-peat, proud to be the only vending technology company listed among the top 500 companies, and deeply grateful to our customers for embracing what Cantaloupe Systems brings to the vending industry – cloud-based optimization hardware and software that gives vending operators 21st century tools to improve efficiency, profitability and customer service in a challenging economic environment,” said Mandeep Arora, co-founder and CEO of Cantaloupe Systems. “We’re growing because our vending operator customers recognize the need to have the same technology at their disposal that’s driving success in all other retail sectors.”

The Inc. 500 is a hallmark of entrepreneurial success where future household names have often made their mark. The list celebrates innovation, hard work, and entrepreneurial leaders as identified by the most important metric of all – customer acceptance and company growth.

Cantaloupe Retail Optimization Platform™ – the innovation driving Cantaloupe Systems’ success

The Cantaloupe Retail Optimization Platform (CROP™) is the industry’s most complete and effective vending optimization platform. CROP harvests data from machines wirelessly throughout the day to drive maximum route and merchandising efficiencies and boost profitability. Applying business intelligence and analytics software to analyze inventory levels, cash in the machine and geographic considerations, CROP generates optimal delivery schedules and pick lists based on real-time, item-level sales data. This information enables warehouse personnel to load customized orders for each machine, giving drivers more time to focus on servicing their routes. CROP reconciles daily cash collection and captures spoilage and inventory variances. SeedSync™, CROP’s customizable integration tool, harmonizes all collected data with existing vending management or other software packages, ensuring company-wide information integrity.

About Cantaloupe Systems
San Francisco-based Cantaloupe Systems, Inc., is the fastest-growing, wireless-enabled vending solutions  provider. The company was founded in 2002 by engineers Mandeep Arora, a second-generation vending professional, and Anant Agrawal to provide automated merchandising and business intelligence technology to the $55 billion global vending industry. Installed in individual vending machines, the Cantaloupe Retail Optimization Platform (CROP)™ applies state of the art business intelligence and analytics to remotely-monitored real-time vending sales data to suggest optimized next-best-step business decisions. The result: vending operators know how to generate the greatest revenue and margin from each machine with optimized service efficiencies and the least operational cost. Operators using CROP and Seed® technologies average $35,000 in annual savings per route, can replenish 80 percent more machines per week and can reduce their carbon footprint by 40 percent through the elimination of unnecessary truck travel and smaller loads per truck.

Cantaloupe Systems is backed by Global Environment Fund of Chevy Chase, MD., and Foundation Capital of Menlo Park, CA.  For more information, please visit http://www.cantaloupesys.com.

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