Cents, a software and payments platform for laundromats and dry cleaners, acquired Insight Systems, a business-intelligence and reporting platform for the garment-care industry, for undisclosed terms. Insight Systems’ data-visualization, reporting, and dashboard tools, which can also pull from third-party POS systems, will fold into Cents’ platform to give operators a single view of their business. Co-founders Wash Respess and Joe Patalano join Cents, with Respess becoming GM of Dry Cleaning to lead a push into the sector through separate, specialized products. Cents’ $140M Series C in March, which it called the laundry industry’s largest single software investment, is bankrolling the expansion.
