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myKaarma and the Price of Being Kept Waiting
An oil change, a missing coupon, and an unanswered phone helped shape myKaarma. Its wager: the awkward gaps between repairs matter almost as much as the repairs themselves.
Kenect and the money hiding in a missed call
A review request became a conversation. Kenect built that conversation into a dealership platform for service appointments, payments and reputation - with a surprisingly ordinary idea at its heart: answer the customer.
Affinitiv and the sale that never ends
The car leaves the lot. The business does not. Affinitiv turns the years between purchases into a series of service appointments, useful reminders, and reasons to come back.
The Startup That Turned 73 Million Ignored Recall Letters Into a Money Machine
A Marine-turned-car-dealer got stuck with 42 recall notices and no phone numbers. His fix became a platform that has booked over a million VINs and turned the auto industry's most-ignored paperwork into a service department growth engine.
Beeline Connect, Inc.
Beeline Connect is a Los Gatos, California SaaS company that links bicycle riders, independent bike shops, and bicycle brands through a single platform for service scheduling, warranty management, dealer locators, and last-mile fulfillment, helping direct-to-consumer bike brands route deliveries and services through local retailers instead of building their own logistics networks.
Toma
Toma builds AI voice agents that answer the phone for U.S. car dealerships, booking service appointments, fielding parts requests, and saving BDC teams hundreds of hours a week. Founded by Monik Pamecha and Anthony Krivonos in early 2024, the company has raised a $17M Series A from Andreessen Horowitz and is approaching eight-figure ARR with more than 100 dealership customers.