“Can a gym management SaaS become the full financial operating system for independent fitness businesses by embedding payments, insurance, and bookkeeping into one vertical platform?”
PushPress was founded by a former gym owner (Dan Uyemura) who experienced firsthand the pain of opaque payment processing fees. The platform started as gym management SaaS and progressively layered in embedded finance: transparent Stripe-based payments, then embedded insurance (via Authentic Insurance), and most recently done-for-you bookkeeping (via Tight). The strategic arc is deepening financial infrastructure for a captive base of independent gym operators who lack finance expertise.
PushPress processes payments through Stripe Connect. Disclosed money-movement rails: ACH and SEPA.
PushPress's embedded insurance is provided by Authentic Insurance.
PushPress integrates with QuickBooks.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 5 layers in PushPress's stack: Payments / PSP (Stripe Connect); Money movement (ACH and SEPA); Insurance (Authentic Insurance); Unified APIs (Tight); Accounting (QuickBooks).
PushPress was founded by Dan Uyemura and is headquartered in Claymont, DE 19703, USA.
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