East Lansing-based Enliven Software has big plans. In the next year, the two-year-old company plans to raise $3 million and grow by 70 percent.
“In this difficult economy we’re finding great opportunity. Our software is really helping companies save money,” says Enliven CEO Bunmi Akinyemiju.
New contracts with national companies are growing, including one with the City of Aspen, and another with Skyventure, a recreational skydiving company and CB/USA, which serves a nationwide network of 1,100 custom builders.
Already with 10 employees and three contractors, the company—specializing in e-invoicing and e-payment for small to mid-size businesses—expects to hire a number of employees. Akinyemiju says the electronic system reduces postage and paper expenditures, and reduces error.
Enliven was created when Akinyemiju and his partner John Gilkey, bought Seattle-based Fidesic in 2007 and moved it to East Lansing. Fidesic was founded in 2000 by ex-Microsoft employees with deep experience in the online payment space.
Enliven is housed in the Technology Innovation Center in East Lansing.
Source: Bunmi Akinyemiju, Enliven Software
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