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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.
CashierLive and the Trouble with a Simple Sale
A pharmacy counter has to remember far more than the price. CashierLive builds its business around the small complications that a simple register leaves behind.
The Text Message That Wants to Be a Checkout Counter
Solutions by Text spent years making lender texts safe enough for lawyers. Now it wants the same message thread to collect the money - without another app, another login or another unanswered phone call.
Everyware
Everyware is an Austin, Texas-based payments and customer-engagement company that lets businesses collect money and communicate with customers over text message. Founded in 2015 by Larry "Austin" Talley and Scott Orlinsky, its Pay By Text platform turns a mobile phone number into a payment method - customers receive an invoice by text or email and pay by replying, without downloading an app or logging in. Everyware combines two-way SMS messaging, online and in-person payments, recurring billing, and identity-verification tools for merchants in healthcare, travel, automotive, nonprofit, retail, and utilities.
Vital Interaction
Vital Interaction is an Austin, Texas healthcare technology company that blends patient data, business intelligence, and workflow automation to help medical practices communicate with patients across text, voice, and email. Founded in 2009, its platform automates appointment reminders, recalls, reactivations, referrals, and surveys so practices can cut no-shows, close care gaps, and re-engage patients. The company says it serves more than 13,000 providers and delivers over 40 million personalized messages a year to more than 5 million patients, and in early 2024 it raised a $15 million Series A led by Next Coast Ventures.