This is something that’s been bothering me for a while.  If you weren’t aware, there is a local startup located here in Clovis, CA called PlasticJungle. They are a small company filling a big void right now: gift cards. But what they do is allow you to buy/sell discounted gift cards.

Everyone wins right?  Well yeah, but not the central valley.  Recently it was announced by PlasticJungle that they’ve secured a round of Venture Capital funding which would allow them to grow and expand their services. The problem is they’re packing up and moving to the bay area.

There goes the quick glimmer of hope for any Fresno developers hoping to work for a hot local startup.

Is it wrong to be upset?  No I don’t believe so.  The central valley is so niche itself that when something does make it big here we tend to applaud it and put it in the spotlight. But at the same time a big congrats to PlasticJungle for their continued success.

Maybe this is just another feint echo from a guy hoping that boom of startups does finally hit the valley one day.