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The Software Behind the Turnstile
Gladstone spent four decades becoming part of the furniture in British leisure centres. Now it is rebuilding the machinery in the cloud - while the bookings, payments and front-desk queues keep moving.
OnceHub spent 15 years killing calendar ping-pong. Now it wants to answer the phone.
The bootstrapped scheduler escaped the booking-link commodity trap by moving upstream into qualification and downstream into follow-through. Its next test is whether one set of rules can make the web form, chatbot and telephone behave like the same receptionist.
Colavo Ground
Colavo Ground is a Seoul-founded software company behind ColavoSalon, a free mobile-first CRM and booking platform for independent beauty professionals and salons. It bundles online booking, an appointment calendar, automated multi-channel reminders, loyalty and package tools, staff commissions and sales analytics into one app, aiming to cut no-shows and improve client retention. Colavo says it is used by well over 100,000 beauty pros across dozens of countries, and has raised roughly $3.77M, with a Series A round in 2021.
Xola
Xola is a San Francisco-based SaaS platform that provides enterprise-grade booking, marketing, and operations software for tour operators and activity providers. Founded in 2011, Xola helps over 1,200 businesses in the tours and activities industry manage reservations, process payments, automate marketing, and grow their operations — all from a single cloud-based platform. With integrations across Google, Groupon, Expedia, TripAdvisor, and 75+ other apps, Xola brings enterprise-caliber tools to an industry that has historically been underserved by technology.