Lynkos is a company that offers specialized CRM and electronic transaction solutions for the financial services industry. Lynkos is a hosted solution that's available to financial services organizations through a software as a service licensing model. The company applies Agile development methods, as suggested by the Agile Manifesto. Through these methods, the company's in-house development team collaborates with a network of offsite developers in the design and development of new features. Background Lynkos was founded in 2009 by Federico Cella and Gabriel Colla. Both co-founders are part of the Endeavor network of entrepreneurs. Lynkos was the first company to be born within the Endeavor network by association of two pre-existing member entrepreneurs. Endeavor selected Lynkos to become part of a mentor program for startup fundraising in late 2009. The company is part of Microsoft BizSpark startup incubator. The company was a finalist in La Red Innova startup competition held at Madrid in 2010 and was featured in Killer Startups. At its initial phase, the project was called "SWAN" by its founders, standing for "System Without A Name". The "Lynkos" name came at a later stage, in reference to a system that links. Features Lynkos introduced the many-to-many concept to CRM applications. While providing generic CRM features such as prospect management, document storage, notes, reminders, partner management, tracks and campaign management, Lynkos enabled a two way data synchronization among product suppliers and intermediares in the financial services industry. This approach to CRM provided for a vertical integration in the financial services industry. Trade Mark The USPTO has given the LYNKOS trademark serial number of 77712916.
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