What is Powa Technologies?
{{Infobox company | name = Powa Technologies | founder = [[Dan Wagner]] | defunct = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | hq_location_city = [[Heron Tower]], [[Bishopsgate]], London | hq_location_country = United Kingdom | products = {{flatlist| * [[PowaTag]] * PowaPOS * PowaWeb }} | website = {{URL|http://www.powa.com/}} }} '''Powa Technologies''' was a technology company, based in [[United Kingdom|the United Kingdom]]. It is known for its commerce, mobile commerce and e-commerce services. The company’s flagship product was the mobile application ''PowaTag''. <ref>{{cite news|last=Strauss|first=Karsten|date=13 September 2013|title=The Secret Technology That Attracted $76 Million and Could Eat Amazon's Lunch|newspaper=Forbes|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/karstenstrauss/2013/09/13/the-secret-technology-that-attracted-76-million-and-could-eat-amazons-lunch/|access-date=3 March 2014}}</ref> In February 2016, investment company Wellington Management appointed professional services firm Deloitte as administrators of Powa Technologies. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35860814|title=Powa: The start-up that fell to earth – BBC News|website=BBC News|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-03-21}}</ref> ==History== Powa was founded in 2007 by British businessman [[Dan Warner|Dan Wagner]]. The company got the largest Series A funding round for a technology start-up at the time, collecting $76 million in August 2013.<ref>{{cite news|last=Lunden|first=Ingrid|date=20 August 2014|title=Powa Technologies Picks Up A $76M Series A Investment To Take Its Mobile Payment And E-Commerce Platform Large|newspaper=TechCrunch|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/08/20/powa-technologies-picks-up-a-76m-series-a-investment-to-take-its-mobile-payment-and-e-commerce-platform-large/|access-date=8 October 2014}}</ref> The investment attracted the attention of [[David Cameron]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Burn-Callandar|first=Rebecca|date=21 August 2013|title=Powa to create 250 UK jobs after major cash injection|newspaper=Telegraph|url=htt