About Kanupi
Kanupi makes software for auto repair shops that adds parts and tires lookup to the point-of-sale system a shop already uses. A user types the job once. Kanupi checks fitment from the vehicle's VIN and searches every connected supplier. It ranks the results by the shop's brands and margins, attaches labor and fills the cart. The result lands on the work order in the shop's POS, which still sends the invoice.
Kanupi's products are Parts & Labor, Bays, Smart Inspections, Marcus and Reserve. Marcus is the service advisor that runs under all of them. He answers customers by phone, web widget, text and email. Bays tracks part arrival times, technician skills and bay availability against the live schedule. Reserve tracks shop members, their tiers and the perks they are owed. The company is based in Lebanon, Oregon. The site quotes users in Idaho and California.
Funding Rounds (SEC Form D)
| First sale | Filed with SEC | Amount sold | Investors | Avg. check | Terms | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 2026 | Oct 22, 2026 | $449,997of $500K target | 5 | $89,999 | EquityRule 506(b) | Form D ↗ |
First sale is the date the first investor in the offering committed to invest. Companies must file Form D within 15 days of that date, so filing dates run later.
Why Investors Backed Kanupi
Kanupi sells software to auto repair shops that works inside the point-of-sale system they already use. It is not a POS itself. The shop's POS still runs the repair order and sends the invoice. Kanupi's case is that shops lose margin on tickets the owner never sees.
The problem it targets
Kanupi's case is that an owner cannot stand at the counter for every quote. Money then leaks out of tickets the owner never sees. The site names four such leaks. One is a part that does not fit: it comes back, a bay sits idle, and the margin on that job is gone. Another is labor that nobody added to the ticket.
What the product does
Smart Inspections lets a technician talk through an inspection into a phone at the lift. Kanupi turns the talk into a graded report, and the customer approves the quote from a phone. Owners set their standards in an Owner Playbook. It covers parts preferences, bay priorities, inspection thresholds and customer tone. Owners can edit it by talking to Marcus. Marcus flags suggested changes but asks first and never changes a standard on his own. Fitment uses the industry ACES catalog. Each shop's data trains only that shop's Marcus, not the underlying model or other shops.
Progress so far
The site quotes three users: a shop owner and a general manager in Idaho, and a multi-location operator in California. The shop owner says the team was moving around the system almost immediately. The general manager says the software needed little training. The operator says advisors could sit down and start working.
We wrote this summary from public statements by Kanupi and its investors. It is not investment advice.
Leadership Team
Executive officers and directors listed on Kanupi's Form D filed Oct 22, 2026.