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Markets2026-07-28 · source-backed
Series D led by Lux Capital with Bessemer, Imaginary Ventures, L Catterton Growth, 2048 Ventures and StepStone, taking total past $125M. Dropping the category word from the name is the tell: a salon-and-spa vertical SaaS repositioning as an AI company at the Series D, not the seed. Watch for this across the vertical SaaS cohort raising in H2. (AlleyWatch)
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Zendesk uses SaaS / Shared entity: SaaS / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
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Bessemer invested in Genius AI / Shared entities / Shared topic / Earlier coverage
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Bessemer invested in Act Security / Shared entity: Bessemer / What happened next
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Zendesk uses SaaS
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Zendesk uses SaaS / Shared entity: SaaS / Earlier coverage
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