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Practice by Numbers is an all-in-one dental practice management platform serving 1,300 customers across 2,000 locations, built by Rohit Garg starting in 2015 while working full-time at Philips Healthcare. The company grew from $2M in 2021 to $16.5M in 2026 entirely through word-of-mouth with zero paid acquisition and zero outside funding, achieving 24% EBITDA margins. The bootstrapped, profitable company sits on $2B in untouched payment GMV and is positioned to reach $100M in revenue within 10 years.

Handwrytten is a bootstrapped SaaS business that uses 200 custom-built robots in Phoenix to send 350,000 handwritten notes per month on behalf of customers. Founded in 2012 by David Wachs after he sold his text message marketing company, it has grown to nearly $10.5M ARR with zero outside investment over 12 years. The business combines physical CapEx as a competitive moat with integrations to major platforms and SEO-driven marketing to reach 40,000 organic clicks monthly.

Featherless.ai grew from a pricing experiment into a $3.6M ARR business serving 10,000 customers in under two years without paid marketing. By focusing on open source LLM inference and supporting 6,700 models (versus competitors' 100), they help startups cut their OpenAI and Anthropic bills in half. A $20M Series A in December 2025 provided the infrastructure capacity needed to scale their operations.

Gather AI is a physical AI company using autonomous drones and computer vision to track warehouse inventory in real time. Founded by roboticist Sankalp Arora, the company has grown to $15M ARR with 30-40 customers paying an average of $500K per year and 170% net revenue retention through a land-and-expand model where customers expand from 5 to 100 facilities within three years.

Golf Genius is a tournament management and handicapping platform for golf clubs that reached $53M ARR while remaining profitable for eight years without taking venture capital. Founder Mike Zisman self-funded $10M as founder debt, completed 10 acquisitions, and structured the company with 50% of employees in Cluj, Romania to maintain 20% EBITDA margins. A 2019 USGA handicapping contract transformed the business from a niche tool into infrastructure for global golf, accelerating growth from $1M to $53M ARR in the second eight-year period.

PestShare is an on-demand pest control platform embedded directly into property management software, charging apartment residents $5 a month. Founded in 2019 and bootstrapped initially, the company achieved $10M ARR by 2025 and closed a $28M Series A at a $100M valuation, growing from $1M (2022) to $5M (2024) to $10M (2025) by embedding into lease agreements rather than selling direct to residents.

1Mind is an AI platform that replaces traditional sales roles (SDRs, AEs, sales engineers) with custom AI agents. The startup hit $1 million in contracted revenue in three months and achieved 211% net dollar retention in its first year, with 600% YoY growth and an eight-figure pipeline. Founded by three-time entrepreneur Amanda Kahlow (previously CEO of 6sense), 1Mind uses flat subscription pricing ($100k-$400k) and maintains 80-90% SaaS margins while sourcing 78% of its pipeline through its own AI agent.

SafeBooks AI is an agentic data automation platform for CFO offices built by Ahikam Kaufman, veteran fintech executive who previously sold Check to Intuit for nearly $400 million. The company has achieved $1.5M ARR with 15 paying enterprise customers by charging $125,000 ACVs and landed a $300,000 engagement in their first year, backed by a $15M seed round.

Flossy is a verticalized AI receptionist for dental practices that automates patient booking and engagement. After Miles Beckett pivoted from a struggling dental discount plan (funded with $15M Series A and $3M seed round), he made aggressive team cuts and rebuilt around voice AI, achieving explosive product-market fit with 60-70% month-over-month growth and $4M ARR.

Flip is a verticalized AI voice assistant that automates customer service calls for transportation, retail, and healthcare brands. After their Cornell ridesharing app was banned, founders Brian Schiff and Sam pivoted to voice AI and now serve over 250 enterprise companies, automating up to 90% of routine support calls. The company recently raised $20M Series A at a $100M valuation with 3X year-over-year growth and maintains 75% gross margins using a $1.50-per-call usage-based pricing model.

Kadence is a workplace operations SaaS platform that helps enterprises coordinate people and spaces for hybrid work. After pivoting from a dying wireless charging hardware startup during the pandemic, Dan Bladen built Kadence to serve over 600 enterprise customers including Nasdaq, Revolut, and Boeing, achieving $15M ARR. The company shifted from SMB to enterprise focus, implemented seat-based pricing, and replaced SEO with high-ticket dinners for customer acquisition.

Buildern is a construction management SaaS that scaled to $2M in revenue with just $500K raised and 95% of growth from SEO-driven inbound. Founded by Hmayak Tigranyan in 2021, the company serves around 300 customers and generates roughly $160K in monthly revenue with $40K in monthly profit. The platform helps residential and commercial builders manage finances and workflows while maintaining profitability and avoiding paid acquisition channels.

FormPiper is a SaaS business built by a 20-year veteran in pet retail who identified problems in the retail space and built solutions. The founder brings deep domain expertise from operating 4 retail pet locations and founding complementary businesses in marketing and financing.

Castocity is a podcast monetization platform founded by Tony, an experienced growth strategist who has worked with 10,000+ small businesses and Fortune 500 companies including ADP, Ford, and AutoNation. The product aims to help podcast hosts and guests generate revenue by applying enterprise-level growth strategies to the podcasting space.

MotoRefi is a mission-driven fintech startup founded by Kevin Bennett, an experienced CEO with over 10 years of startup leadership experience. The company focuses on revolutionizing consumers' financial relationships with their cars through refinancing solutions. Limited details are available about the company's current traction, revenue, or growth channels.

Premise Data is a San Francisco-based SaaS platform founded by Maury Blackman that helps high-impact institutions and companies track and understand ground truth data. The company operates a software platform focused on transparency and data comprehension for mission-driven organizations.

Vived Learning is a company focused on 3D learning solutions led by President Tom, who brings experience from healthcare, marketing, and technology sectors. The company aims to improve learning outcomes by finding new ways to engage learners through 3D technology.

Rokt is an e-commerce SaaS platform founded in 2012 by Bruce Buchanan that uses real-time data and decisioning to optimize checkout experiences for each customer. The company helps e-commerce partners achieve up to 2x profitability while building customer loyalty and engagement. Bruce's insight came from his decade leading Jetstar Airlines, where he learned the power of personalized customer journeys.

BatchProducts is a portfolio of 5 SaaS platforms focused on data and lead generation tools for various industries. Limited information is available about their traction, revenue, or growth channels.