Capacity, a St. Louis-based AI software company, has announced its acquisition of UK-based scheduling software business YouCanBookMe. WashU alumnus and Founder/CEO of Capacity David Karandish (BSCS ’05) currently serves on the Skandalaris National Council, where he helps to support and shape innovation and entrepreneurship at the Center and WashU. His previous startup, Answers.com, was acquired by a private equity company in 2014.
Read about Capacity’s acquisition of YouCanBookMe in the story from St. Louis Inno below.
Capacity, the St. Louis-based artificial intelligence-driven software company, has acquired a United Kingdom-based scheduling software business.
Led by serial entrepreneur and former Answers CEO David Karandish, Capacity has acquired YouCanBookMe, a Bedfordshire, U.K.-based provider of online scheduling software targeting small businesses. Terms of the deal, announced Tuesday, weren’t disclosed.
Founded in 2017 by Karandish and fellow entrepreneur Chris Sims, Capacity has developed an AI-enabled technology that’s designed to capture and collect an organization’s information from various sources to automate support for customers and employees.
Adding YouCanBookMe expands Capacity’s scheduling capabilities, letting users schedule meetings with customers from multiple calendars, officials said in a press release. It also allows customized booking pages, accepts payments and automates tasks, such as sending notifications.
The combined company has over 19,000 customers worldwide, officials said in a press release.
“Teams waste way too much time trying to schedule meetings,” Karandish said in the release. “Together with YouCanBookMe, we want to make bookings simple, automated and connected across channels.”
Led by CEO Bridget Harris, YouCanBookMe was launched in 2011 and is privately held and self-funded, according to its website. With the acquisition, Harris assumes the role of strategic adviser, officials said.
“Businesses of all sizes are missing opportunities if scheduling is too difficult,” Harris said in a statement. “We share Capacity’s vision to help teams do their best work and know that businesses need a seamless, all-in-one system to engage with their customers. Scheduling is a crucial part of that, and we’re excited to be joining forces with this ambitious team.”
Eighteen full-time employees from YouCanBookMe have joined Capacity, bringing the company’s total headcount to over 200 working in locations around the world, according to a spokesperson. More than 50 of Capacity’s staff work from its headquarters at 6665 Delmar Blvd. in the Delmar Loop, the spokesperson said.
YouCanBookMe is Capacity’s ninth acquisition in recent years, with prior acquisitions including its October 2024 additions of Minneapolis-based Lucy, an enterprise search and knowledge management startup; Seattle-based Envision, a provider of AI and automated contact center solutions; and Santa Clara, California-based Linc, a provider of customer experience automation for retailers.
Capacity co-founders Karandish and Sims previously were executives and investors in Answers Corp., a question-and-answers website that reached a $900 million exit in 2014, as well as investors in other local startups, including St. Louis education startup Nerdy prior to its IPO.
Capacity has raised more than $85 million from investors since its launch in 2017, including $26 million in Series D funding that closed last fall. The company had announced it closed its Series C financing with $38 million in January 2022, following a $13.2 million Series B round in 2019 and an $8.4 million series A in 2018.
This story was written by Diana Barr and originally published by St. Louis Inno on February 5, 2025.