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ClearCourse Bought the Software Behind Britain’s Small Businesses - Then Put Payments Inside It
The quiet systems running a marina, a garage or a golf club are hard to replace and easy to overlook. ClearCourse has spent eight years buying those niche operators, joining their workflows to payments, and betting that useful beats fashionable.
The $47 Billion Back Office You Use Without Knowing It
Xplor Technologies stitched together the software behind gyms, golf clubs, parks, preschools and plumbers. Now it is betting an eight-figure sum that AI can turn a sprawling portfolio into one quietly useful machine.
How Three Salesmen Turned Door Knocks Into a $25 Million Bug Business
Three former door-to-door sales managers built RIDD by treating bug spray like a subscription - and automating the busywork away. In four years they went from 6,000 customers to 30,000.
Breezeworks
Breezeworks is a San Francisco-based software company that builds mobile-first business management tools for independent service professionals - plumbers, electricians, HVAC techs, cleaners, landscapers and other on-the-go contractors. Its app bundles scheduling, dispatching, customer management, automated reminders, GPS team tracking, custom invoicing and integrated payments (via Square and Breezeworks Payments, with QuickBooks sync) so a solo operator or small crew can run the entire back office from a smartphone. Founded in 2012 and backed by Obvious Ventures and a roster of notable tech investors, Breezeworks aims to keep small service businesses independent and efficient.
Stellar
Stellar is a Dallas-based, technology-driven marketplace that connects property managers and homeowners with vetted local tradespeople to get home maintenance and repairs done right. Founded in 2016 as IFM Restoration and rebranded to Stellar in 2022, the company pairs software, AI and a network of thousands of contractors to resolve maintenance at scale, initially for the single-family rental industry and increasingly for homeowners across the U.S. Sun Belt. It serves major single-family rental operators and books repair appointments for homeowners across 30-plus markets.
Duranta
Duranta is a Seattle-based software company building AI-powered tools for landscapers and lawn care professionals. Its flagship model, AIdan, automatically measures property details from imagery and turns them into estimates and proposals, wrapped in a suite that includes landscape design, invoicing and a CRM. Founded by the team that previously built Aurora Solar, Duranta raised a $7 million seed round in July 2025 to help outdoor-service businesses spend less time on site visits and more time closing work.
Roofr
Roofr is an all-in-one sales and operations platform built for roofing contractors. Founded by a third-generation roofer, it turns satellite imagery into accurate roof measurement reports in hours, then layers on instant estimates, branded proposals, a purpose-built CRM, material ordering, invoicing, and payments - so roofers can run the whole job, from first knock to final invoice, in one place. More than 12,000 roofing companies use it.