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GlossGenius

“Can a vertical SaaS platform for beauty and wellness professionals become the full financial operating system — payments, payroll, lending, and BNPL — for 2.5M US service businesses?”

HQNew York, NY, United States
Latest roundSeries C
IndustryVertical SaaS / Beauty & Wellness
The story

GlossGenius began as a scheduling and payment platform targeting independent beauty professionals (salons, spas, stylists). Over time it expanded from pure SaaS into embedded finance — adding flat-rate payment processing, instant payouts, embedded payroll, buy-now-pay-later for clients, and merchant financing — positioning itself as the financial operating system for 100,000+ US beauty and wellness businesses. The 2024-2025 period saw a deliberate push into health/medspa with HIPAA-compliant charting, expanding its addressable market beyond traditional beauty.

Last 12 months
2025-05
2025-05
2025-12
Product timeline
2017
GlossGenius launched as an all-in-one scheduling and payments platform for salon and spa professionals in the United States.· pivot
2022
Expanded embedded finance suite with Instant Payouts and same-business-day payouts for beauty professionals.· banking
2023
Launched GlossGenius Payroll with automated tax filing across all 50 states, powered by Salsa.· payroll
2024
Introduced Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) for clients of beauty/wellness businesses, allowing merchants to get paid upfront while clients pay over time.· lending
2025
Launched GlossGenius Financing offering small business loans and merchant cash advances up to $250,000; also launched AI Growth Analyst tool.· lending
2025
Introduced HIPAA-compliant EMR/Charting add-on for medspa and aesthetics providers, expanding into medical wellness vertical.· pivot
The stack
Payments / PSP
Stripe
Lending
GlossGenius Financing (small business loans)Merchant Cash Advances up to $250,000Buy Now Pay Later (client-facing BNPL)
Payroll
Salsa
Accounting gap: significant