Next Coast-backed Arcade completed the acquisition of Upduo.

Next Coast-backed Arcade, a Dallas-based sales gamification platform, completed the acquisition of Upduo, a provider of a peer-to-peer coaching platform. Financial terms were not disclosed. "The success of any retail location starts and ends with the quality of its manager. We saw a clear opportunity to solve a massive pain point. How do you bottle the magic of your best sales leader and deploy it everywhere? By combining Arcade's strength in motivating frontline teams with Upduo's sophisticated AI coaching engine, we've created a platform that does exactly that. We are empowering every manager to become a top-tier coach," David Cherrie, Arcade Co-Founder and CEO.