EnvisionNOW
“Can a decades-old salon/spa POS become the embedded-finance and AI backbone for the beauty industry under PatientNow's umbrella?”
Founded2001
HQOrlando, Florida, United States
Latest roundBuyout/LBO (acquired by PatientNow)
IndustryVertical SaaS / Salon & Spa Management
The story
Started in 2001 as Envision, a vertical POS/scheduling suite for salons, spas, and studios. Acquired by PatientNow (a med-spa/aesthetics practice-management platform) and rebranded as EnvisionNow by PatientNow, becoming the salon/spa arm of a broader beauty-and-wellness software group. Recent product direction has moved beyond scheduling into embedded payments (integrated POS + text-to-pay + memberships + recurring billing) and AI-driven client engagement (Concierge).
Product timeline
2001
Founded as Envision, industry-specific scheduling and POS software for salons, spas, pet grooming, medical spas, and tattoo studios.· founding
2023
Blog content on integrated payments highlighting Envision's move to embed card processing into the salon POS.· banking
2024
Launched EnvisionNow Concierge — an AI-driven client engagement tool for personalized messaging, reminders, and lead nurturing.· pivot
2025
Rebranded/operated as 'EnvisionNow by PatientNow' — becomes an operating subsidiary of PatientNow, LLC.· acquisition
The stack
2 layers disclosed in EnvisionNOW’s embedded-finance stack
Payments / PSP
EnvisionNow Integrated Payments (self-branded)
Accounting
in the full report
Accounting gap: significant
4 more providers across 1 layer, with confidence-scored evidence and source URLs, are in the Embedded Finance Index report.