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Whistle Express Car Wash
Whistle Express turned 16 regional car-wash brands into one operating system. Then a $385 million deal more than doubled its footprint - and made the humble wash tunnel a revealing lesson in subscription retail.
Rinsed
Rinsed is a New York-based vertical SaaS company that builds a customer relationship management (CRM) platform purpose-built for the car wash industry. It plugs into a wash's existing point-of-sale hardware and helps operators grow and retain unlimited-wash membership subscriptions through automated email and text marketing, online sign-ups, churn-reduction tools, salesperson coaching, and business analytics. Founded in 2019 and backed by Founders Fund, Bedrock Capital, VMG Technology and Y Combinator, Rinsed serves more than 3,000 car washes across the U.S. and Canada.
Yoshi Mobility
Yoshi Mobility is a Nashville-based automotive services company that brings car care to the vehicle instead of making the vehicle come to the shop. What began in 2015 as on-demand, at-home gasoline delivery has grown into a full suite of mobile services: preventative maintenance and tire work, AI-assisted virtual vehicle inspections, and mobile EV charging. Backed by General Motors Ventures, Bridgestone Americas, and ExxonMobil, the company serves fleets, rideshare and car-sharing platforms like Uber and Turo, and Fortune 100 customers across all 50 states.