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A bootstrapped fintech platform that turns phones into point-of-sale systems, serving about 3,000 SMBs and doing about $5M in SaaS and net payments revenue.
about 3,000 SMBs in the US and Canada
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Max started in payments in 2014, built a payment-processing business for brick-and-mortar SMBs and later sold most of it before starting a SaaS business in 2020. The first SaaS product combined disconnected tools such as online ordering, gift cards and payments into one platform. In 2023 he saw a new opportunity: smartphones could accept NFC payments on Android and iOS, removing the need for very small businesses to spend $1,000 on payment equipment. CPOS’s new mobile product turns a phone into a point-of-sale system for entrepreneurs, with the company focused on the US and Canada and planning launches in Malaysia and Australia. The business works with about 3,000 SMBs in the US and Canada and is doing about $5M US in SaaS revenue and net payments revenue. It was bootstrapped until a recent venture-debt deal, with a lean field-sales culture and a founder who learned sales door to door. The product is a payments business, but the wedge is lower hardware friction for micro-SMBs.
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Join the Unicorn Club — $5/moCancel in one click · first payment refundable for 7 daysData credibility: Founder interview with Max, identified with CPOS. He reports about 3,000 SMBs in the US and Canada and about $5M US in combined SaaS and net payments revenue, and describes the business as bootstrapped until a recent venture-debt deal. The figures are founder-reported; the transcript does not split revenue streams or show financial statements.