PHX Ventures

This is a huge week for AudiencePlus and the Owned Media movement as we announce three major milestones: First, we've successfully secured $7.3M in financing with Emergence Capital, High Alpha, and PHX Ventures taking the lead. Also, a huge thanks to Dan Wright and Jon Runyan for coming in as angel investors. And a massive thanks to our customers and community for validating our mission. Over the past several months we've been heads down, talking to our audience and zeroing in on our product roadmap. What we’ve learned is that, although we’ve punched above our weight as a small team (10> FTEs), our messaging and positioning hasn’t effectively conveyed what our audience and customers needed. Today, we're excited to unveil the next evolution of Owned Media, which we’re calling “Audience Marketing.” The positioning, messaging, and most importantly the product is all being built in order to help marketing teams build better relationships with the audiences that they serve. (You can check out the brand new website for more details) And finally, we couldn’t be more excited to announce Colin Fleming, CMO of ServiceNow and the genius behind Salesforce+ will be joining AudiencePlus's strategic advisory board. Colin built Salesforce+ into one of the most successful marketing functions at Salesforce, adding $600 million in new pipeline in 2023. He will be a welcomed asset in helping us pioneer in a new stage at AudiencePlus so that our customers can find the same level of success! See more here: https://lnkd.in/eGJD_-g3

Organizational culture is the backbone of company success. Nectar's new product is the next step in building a winning culture platform that drives growth, innovation, and excellence.

[NEW PRODUCT EXPANSION] equipifi brings you BNPL 2.0, now with pre-purchase BNPL! 📣📣📣📣 Plan Your Purchase gives account holders access to the funds they need from their financial institution before they go shopping. Together with equipifi's flagship post-purchase debit card BNPL product, Split Your Payments, financial institutions can offer account holders purchase financing on-the-go. 🏌♂️No credit check 🏌♂️No need to apply 🏌♂️No manual intervention from the FI Just smart, personalized, pre-qualified offers for your eligible account holders, already in their banking app. "There are many moments in an account holder's lifetime when timely access to small loans make a big difference," said Bryce Deeney, co-founder and CEO of equipifi. "By streamlining the loan acceptance process and positioning it in the digital banking experience, Plan Your Purchase helps financial institutions give account holders access to cash flow they already qualify for wherever and whenever they need it." "The success of our post purchase BNPL solution has shown us that flexible financing is a service our members want, and want from us," said Robert Thompson, Chief Lending Officer at Eagle Community Credit Union. "Plan Your Purchase helps us further anticipate their budgeting and purchasing needs, and show them we care." 👉 Check out Pre-Purchase BNPL: https://lnkd.in/g9g7puqK 👉 Read the Press Release: https://lnkd.in/g3ejitXu #buynowpaylater #bnpl #productlaunch #creditunions #creditunion #banking #payments #debit #fintech #jackhenry #affirm

Transforming the shopping experience with innovative 'Buy Now, Pay Later' SaaS solutions!

Last podcast episode of Season Two of the PHX Founders Podcast is now live! We ended the season with Clate Mask, CEO and Co-Founder of Keap. Clate has been a pillar in the software community for decades and has built one of the most well-known companies to come out of AZ, @keap. Gregg sat down with Clate to talk about his journey and evolution as a leader. It's a fantastic episode and one you won't want to skip. Full episode in comments. Thanks to all of the founders who made S2 pf the podcast a success! Bryce Deeney, Anthony Kennada, Rachel Mertensmeyer, Elizabeth Furst, and Cindy Jordan.

New week, new pod drop 🎤 When Rachel Mertensmeyer started working on a solution to the headache that is patient payments in healthcare, she knew she had a tall mountain to climb. And climbing is always easier when you have a partner on the adventure, which is why she sought out a co-founder for the journey. It wasn't long until she met Elizabeth Furst, and the two of them make a great team. Together, they're taking on one of the biggest problems in healthcare with Rivia Health. In this interview PHX Founders interview, Gregg uncovers how this dynamic duo met, how they're overcoming all the startup challenges with humor and grace, and how they've built a company that's scaling FAST. Episode in comments 👇

New podcast drop 🎤 In this week's PHX Founders episode, Gregg talks with Bryce Deeney, founder and CEO of equipifi. Gregg loves to uncover how founders find their way to starting software companies, and what experiences they have in their past that led them here. Bryce got his chops at the poker table. ♣ He played millions of hands, which taught him a TON about risk, opportunity costs, how to act quickly, and how to make calculated decisions. Episode link in comments 👇 #saas #phx #founders

NEW FEATURE ANNOUNCEMENT 💥 Introducing Nominations! How does it work? 1. Create your nomination award. 2. Accept nominations from employees. 3. Pick the best award winner(s). 4. Celebrate winners (and nominees.) 5. Repeat as often as you like. Interested in learning more? We'd love to chat!

NEW PHX FOUNDERS EPISODE 🎙 😃 Gregg Scoresby interviewed Cindy Jordan, founder and CEO of Pyx Health, and learned a lot about one of the worst epidemics in our country -- loneliness. Did you know it impacts more than 40M Americans? Statistically, you know someone who's suffering from loneliness, probably many people. And an Arizona company is doing something about it. Cindy and her growing team at Pyx Health are addressing this massive problem head on, helping millions of people get the support they need. Full episode in the comments 👇