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Ekho puts the DMV behind the Buy button
Buying a motorcycle online is easy until somebody has to finish the sale. Ekho is making that somebody software, while keeping dealers in the deal.
NCM Associates and the profitable art of comparing notes
A dealership can drown in reports and still miss the point. NCM Associates pairs financial benchmarks with noncompeting peers, then sells the training and software to help turn a revealing comparison into a better-run business.
Next Level Sports knows who picks up on race day
A Kawasaki race-team assignment grew into a business spanning press launches, creative work and global analytics. The connecting thread is knowing the sport well enough to handle the unglamorous details.
GKDI makes Japan feel at home in America
A sauce label, a boat dashboard, a machine built for splashing around. GK Design International makes the case that understanding a customer’s culture belongs inside the design brief.
BRP Built a $8.4 Billion Playground. Then It Had to Decide Which Rides Were Worth Keeping
The maker of Ski-Doo, Sea-Doo and Can-Am learned an expensive lesson about wandering beyond its core. Its reset shows how a heritage manufacturer can prune a portfolio without putting nostalgia in charge.
The Warranty Company You’ve Probably Bought From Without Knowing It
Safe-Guard sits behind the dealership finance desk, turning flat tires, cracked glass and repair anxiety into a white-label business used by more than 12,000 dealers. Its real product is not a warranty - it is the machinery that makes dozens of protection programs feel like one brand’s own.
Race Winning Brands
Race Winning Brands has spent less than a decade assembling some of the oldest names under the hood. The result is a quietly expansive performance-parts company that can follow horsepower from the piston to the pavement.
Clerq
Clerq is a New York-based fintech building an account-to-account (A2A) bank payments platform for high-ticket transactions. It lets merchants - starting with automotive and powersports dealerships - accept low-cost, guaranteed payments pulled directly from a customer's bank account, with card-like ease and no chargeback, fraud, or funding risk. Founded in 2022 by former Citadel and JP Morgan investors Truett Dwyer and Ben Markowitz, Clerq raised a $12M Series A led by 645 Ventures in October 2025, bringing total funding to roughly $21M.
TaoTao USA (Tao Motor)
TaoTao USA, Inc. is the United States distribution arm of Tao Motor, one of the world's largest makers of affordable powersports vehicles. From its Carrollton, Texas headquarters it supplies a coast-to-coast dealer network with ATVs, dirt bikes, scooters, go-karts, UTVs, golf carts, mini bikes and electric vehicles built by parent company Taotao Vehicles Company, Ltd., a Chinese manufacturer operating since 1985. The pitch is simple: get families onto trails, tracks and back yards on dependable machines that don't cost a fortune.