Tabbedout Picks Up First Round Totaling $5.75 Million

Tabbedout, which aims to create a way to pay your restaurant bill on a smartphone rather than hand over your credit card, has raised $3.7 million in additional funding from New Enterprise Associates. The company’s first round now totals $5.75 million. Its payment platform is now being used in bars and restaurants in 20 states. The Austin, Texas-based company also announced MICROS, a point of sale vendor, will embed the software in its equipment.

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Another gadget you don’t really need. Will not work once you get it home. New model out in 4 weeks. Battery life is too short to be of any use.

— From the fact sheet for a fake product entitled Useless Plasticbox 1.2 (an actual empty plastic box) placed in L.A.-area Best Buy stores by an artist called Plastic Jesus