Sysdyne Technologies
Private Equity Round in 2024
Sysdyne Technologies specializes in developing cloud-based solutions that optimize core business processes for the concrete industry. Its integrated products span sales, production, delivery management, and billing, featuring innovative dispatch systems, batch control, delivery tracking, paperless ticketing, customer collaboration platforms, and fleet diagnostics.
Aptean
Private Equity Round in 2024
Aptean is a provider of industry-focused, mission-critical enterprise software solutions, specializing in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for manufacturers and distributors. The company offers flexible deployment options, including cloud and on-premise systems, complemented by implementation services, ongoing technology updates, and comprehensive customer support, enabling businesses across diverse sectors to streamline processes, improve decision-making, and achieve sustainable growth.
Advantive
Private Equity Round in 2023
Advantive specializes in providing software solutions tailored for specialty manufacturers and wholesale distributors. Their platform offers comprehensive services including schedule optimization, quality management, sales order processing, inventory and fulfillment management, financial management, e-commerce integration, and reporting analytics. This enables clients to optimize complex processes, enhance operational visibility, and drive improved profitability and revenue growth.
Sedna is a developer of communication software specifically designed for the global trade industry, including sectors such as maritime, commodities, and logistics. The platform unifies messages, data, and documentation to streamline communication and reduce email volume. By fostering action-based communication, Sedna enhances collaboration and productivity among teams, allowing organizations to focus on critical tasks. The software connects various elements of an organization's ecosystem, providing strategic insights that enable faster decision-making and improved workflow management. Ultimately, Sedna empowers businesses to achieve greater efficiency and responsiveness in their operations.
SPARETECH
Series A in 2023
SPARETECH develops a collaboration platform for manufacturing companies. It digitizes spare part inventories, calculates true demand, compares parts from various suppliers, and sources appropriate parts within or outside production networks. The platform standardizes data sets for ERP systems, reducing inventory costs.
Quince, LLC, established in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, is a retailer specializing in affordable luxury apparel, accessories, and home goods. The company offers a wide range of products for men and women, including jewelry, clothing, and home textiles, all sourced directly from manufacturers using a just-in-time production model. This approach enables Quince to provide high-quality items at competitive prices while minimizing waste.
Choco
Venture Round in 2023
Choco operates a digital ordering platform that connects restaurants with suppliers to simplify ingredient procurement. The interface resembles consumer apps with a chat-style communication and a streamlined ordering list that makes sourcing ingredients efficient. The platform also supports distributors by automating order processes, enabling real-time order processing, ERP integrations, and an AI-driven marketing assistant to enhance customer engagement, sales, and inventory management, while reducing manual errors and food waste.
Choco
Venture Round in 2022
Choco operates a digital ordering platform that connects restaurants with suppliers to simplify ingredient procurement. The interface resembles consumer apps with a chat-style communication and a streamlined ordering list that makes sourcing ingredients efficient. The platform also supports distributors by automating order processes, enabling real-time order processing, ERP integrations, and an AI-driven marketing assistant to enhance customer engagement, sales, and inventory management, while reducing manual errors and food waste.
Modern Milkman
Series C in 2022
Modern Milkman is a grocery delivery service dedicated to reducing waste. It delivers fresh milk, groceries, and household products in returnable glass bottles, reusable containers, or recyclable packaging. The company aims to revolutionize consumer habits by promoting ethical shopping and convenience.
Aptean
Secondary Market in 2022
Aptean is a provider of industry-focused, mission-critical enterprise software solutions, specializing in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for manufacturers and distributors. The company offers flexible deployment options, including cloud and on-premise systems, complemented by implementation services, ongoing technology updates, and comprehensive customer support, enabling businesses across diverse sectors to streamline processes, improve decision-making, and achieve sustainable growth.
Expedock, Inc. is a technology company based in Palo Alto, California, specializing in freight document processing solutions for the logistics and freight forwarding sector. The company develops an AI-driven platform that automates the handling of essential shipping documents, such as airway bills, bills of lading, and invoices. By leveraging artificial intelligence and digital technology, Expedock's software streamlines the clearance of shipment paperwork, significantly reducing the need for manual data extraction and entry. This innovation not only enhances efficiency but also decreases turnaround times for logistics companies, facilitating smoother communication within the international cargo supply chain.
Afresh Technologies
Series B in 2022
Afresh Technologies designs AI-powered supply chain software for fresh groceries. The platform forecasts item-level demand for perishable goods and provides data-driven recommendations to optimize inventory and procurement, reduce waste, maximize freshness, and improve margin. It covers warehouse and store-level inventory, pricing, markdowns, and omnichannel visibility, enabling retailers to manage perishable categories across stores. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, Afresh serves grocers and wholesalers aiming to optimize perishables with machine learning, ingesting millions of data points to inform replenishment decisions and allocation across the distribution network.
TradeLink
Series A in 2022
TradeLink is a company that specializes in developing a digital platform for delivery and transportation information, aimed at connecting customers, vendors, and logistics service providers. The platform features an intelligent time and ramp booking system, automated planning and communication tools, and digital delivery notes, which facilitate efficient coordination among delivery partners. By streamlining these processes, TradeLink helps clients save time and reduce costs, while enhancing communication with all involved parties. Its innovative approach fosters a more effective system of delivery coordination, benefiting all stakeholders in the logistics ecosystem.
Shipium is a logistics and supply chain technology company that provides software solutions for modern shippers and logistics operators. Its platform offers delivery experience APIs, dashboards for fulfillment network performance, and shipping insights, integrating with warehouse inventory systems, carrier selection, label printing, and real-time tracking. Founded in 2019 and based in Seattle, Shipium works with third-party logistics providers and large retailers to optimize delivery performance and model future demand. By enabling fast, reliable shipping and accurate delivery date promises, the platform helps customers balance speed and cost, reduce shipping expenses, and extend competitive advantages through faster fulfillment and transparent tracking.
Choco operates a digital ordering platform that connects restaurants with suppliers to simplify ingredient procurement. The interface resembles consumer apps with a chat-style communication and a streamlined ordering list that makes sourcing ingredients efficient. The platform also supports distributors by automating order processes, enabling real-time order processing, ERP integrations, and an AI-driven marketing assistant to enhance customer engagement, sales, and inventory management, while reducing manual errors and food waste.
Container xChange
Venture Round in 2022
Container xChange is an online platform based in Hamburg, Germany, that facilitates the repositioning of shipping containers by connecting container owners with users. Founded in 2015, the platform serves as a neutral marketplace where participants can engage directly without the involvement of brokers. It allows users to utilize third-party ocean containers for their freight while offering their own containers to others, helping to reduce costs associated with empty repositioning. The platform enhances efficiency by streamlining logistics processes and simplifying contractual relationships. Key features include global visibility of container availability, automated transaction identification, and comprehensive online support for managing container logistics. Additionally, Container xChange provides tools for data management and integrated reporting, making it a valuable resource for various stakeholders in the shipping and logistics industry, including carriers and freight forwarders.
Inspectorio
Series B in 2022
Founded in Hong Kong in 2010, Inspectorio operates a mobile platform that guides inspectors throughout the inspection process. Its primary focus is on quality inspections for textile and clothing factories in Asia.
Logixboard
Series B in 2022
Founded in 2016, Logixboard is a Seattle-based company that develops cloud platforms for freight forwarders. Its software increases transparency and communication with customers, helping logistics service providers enhance sales and customer retention.
Project44
Private Equity Round in 2022
Project44 provides a cloud based visibility platform for shippers and third party logistics providers, unifying pricing, routing, scheduling, tracking, exceptions, digital documents and payments to deliver end to end shipment visibility across parcel, final mile, LTL, truckload, rail, intermodal and ocean. The platform digitizes the shipment lifecycle and automates key transportation processes to accelerate insights and action. It supports carrier performance analytics and integrates with multiple stakeholders to improve predictability, resilience and sustainability of supply chains. Serving more than 1,300 brands and handling over 1 billion shipments annually, Project44 operates from its Chicago headquarters with a global network of offices. The company is recognized as a market leader in visibility technology by industry analysts and peers.
Quince, LLC, established in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, is a retailer specializing in affordable luxury apparel, accessories, and home goods. The company offers a wide range of products for men and women, including jewelry, clothing, and home textiles, all sourced directly from manufacturers using a just-in-time production model. This approach enables Quince to provide high-quality items at competitive prices while minimizing waste.
Sedna is a developer of communication software specifically designed for the global trade industry, including sectors such as maritime, commodities, and logistics. The platform unifies messages, data, and documentation to streamline communication and reduce email volume. By fostering action-based communication, Sedna enhances collaboration and productivity among teams, allowing organizations to focus on critical tasks. The software connects various elements of an organization's ecosystem, providing strategic insights that enable faster decision-making and improved workflow management. Ultimately, Sedna empowers businesses to achieve greater efficiency and responsiveness in their operations.
Choco operates a digital ordering platform that connects restaurants with suppliers to simplify ingredient procurement. The interface resembles consumer apps with a chat-style communication and a streamlined ordering list that makes sourcing ingredients efficient. The platform also supports distributors by automating order processes, enabling real-time order processing, ERP integrations, and an AI-driven marketing assistant to enhance customer engagement, sales, and inventory management, while reducing manual errors and food waste.
PayCargo is a B2B online payments platform for the freight and cargo industries that automates invoicing, payments, and settlement. The platform offers electronic tools for payables, automated payments, receivables, and invoice management, enabling faster cargo releases by allowing vendors to be paid quickly and by providing credit card and financing options. It supports a large network of freight vendors, including ocean carriers and air cargo providers, and is headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida.
Modern Milkman
Series A in 2021
Modern Milkman is a grocery delivery service dedicated to reducing waste. It delivers fresh milk, groceries, and household products in returnable glass bottles, reusable containers, or recyclable packaging. The company aims to revolutionize consumer habits by promoting ethical shopping and convenience.
iFoodDS provides real-time traceability, quality, and food safety solutions for suppliers, processors, distributors, retailers, and operators in the perishable foods industry. Its platform enables consistent compliance with trading partner expectations, offers real-time supply chain visibility, and enhances brand reputation.
Project44
Series D in 2020
Project44 provides a cloud based visibility platform for shippers and third party logistics providers, unifying pricing, routing, scheduling, tracking, exceptions, digital documents and payments to deliver end to end shipment visibility across parcel, final mile, LTL, truckload, rail, intermodal and ocean. The platform digitizes the shipment lifecycle and automates key transportation processes to accelerate insights and action. It supports carrier performance analytics and integrates with multiple stakeholders to improve predictability, resilience and sustainability of supply chains. Serving more than 1,300 brands and handling over 1 billion shipments annually, Project44 operates from its Chicago headquarters with a global network of offices. The company is recognized as a market leader in visibility technology by industry analysts and peers.
CommerceHub
Venture Round in 2020
CommerceHub is a cloud-based e-commerce technology platform that enables retailers and brands to enhance their product offerings, promote and sell products across digital channels, and efficiently deliver products to customers. The platform integrates supply, demand, and delivery processes, allowing enterprise e-commerce businesses to increase revenues while improving customer satisfaction. CommerceHub connects over 9,000 brands and suppliers with leading retailers in North America, facilitating the exchange of product, pricing, inventory, and order data. Its notable clients include major retailers such as Walmart, JC Penney, QVC, Best Buy, and Walgreens. Headquartered in Albany, NY, CommerceHub also has an office in Seattle, WA, and expanded internationally by opening its first European office in London in 2015.
PayCargo is a B2B online payments platform for the freight and cargo industries that automates invoicing, payments, and settlement. The platform offers electronic tools for payables, automated payments, receivables, and invoice management, enabling faster cargo releases by allowing vendors to be paid quickly and by providing credit card and financing options. It supports a large network of freight vendors, including ocean carriers and air cargo providers, and is headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida.
Skupos Inc. is a technology company that provides a comprehensive platform for retailers, distributors, and brands, aimed at enhancing operational efficiency in the convenience store sector. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional location in Denver, Skupos offers tools that enable real-time monitoring of inventory, sales, and store performance. The platform facilitates automated purchasing and operational analytics, allowing c-store operators to make informed, data-driven decisions. By connecting independent businesses with brands and distributors, Skupos aims to streamline processes and create marketing opportunities, ultimately fostering a more lucrative and competitive retail environment.
Project44
Series C in 2018
Project44 provides a cloud based visibility platform for shippers and third party logistics providers, unifying pricing, routing, scheduling, tracking, exceptions, digital documents and payments to deliver end to end shipment visibility across parcel, final mile, LTL, truckload, rail, intermodal and ocean. The platform digitizes the shipment lifecycle and automates key transportation processes to accelerate insights and action. It supports carrier performance analytics and integrates with multiple stakeholders to improve predictability, resilience and sustainability of supply chains. Serving more than 1,300 brands and handling over 1 billion shipments annually, Project44 operates from its Chicago headquarters with a global network of offices. The company is recognized as a market leader in visibility technology by industry analysts and peers.
SMS Assist
Series C in 2015
SMS Assist is a facilities maintenance services provider that serves as a national integrator, linking client locations with local subcontractors to handle a broad range of services including electrical, plumbing, carpentry, mechanical repairs, cleaning, landscaping, snow removal, and parking lot maintenance. It uses a scalable cloud-based platform to connect client sites with subcontracted affiliates, enabling centralized management, transparency, and control. By consolidating maintenance across multiple locations, the company helps clients reduce facilities costs while maintaining or improving service quality and delivery speed. With more than 40,000 sites under contract, it delivers visibility and efficiency for multi-location organizations.
E2open
Acquisition in 2015
E2open is a cloud-based supply chain management platform that unifies networks, data, and applications to deliver an end-to-end solution for planning, executing, and optimizing the movement and sale of goods and services. The software supports channel shaping, business planning, logistics, global trade, manufacturing, and supply management, enabling customers to coordinate sourcing, production, and distribution across the supply chain. By integrating these functions on a single platform, it aims to improve visibility, collaboration, and operational efficiency for enterprises worldwide. The company serves customers across the Americas, Europe, and Asia Pacific, with the majority of revenue historically generated in the Americas.
Bionexo
Private Equity Round in 2012
Bionexo is a health tech company that provides digital solutions for managing healthcare processes. Through an ecosystem of cloud software and marketplace technology, it automates hospital purchasing and supply-chain activities, enabling e-commerce, B2B transactions, and business intelligence for health institutions. The integrated platform includes planning and inventory management to improve sourcing of critical care products while helping suppliers reach new customers. The company serves hospitals and suppliers across Latin America and Europe and is headquartered in Buenos Aires, Argentina, with offices in Brazil, Colombia, Spain, and Mexico.
B2B-Center
Private Equity Round in 2012
B2B-Center operates a prominent e-procurement marketplace in Russia, facilitating both the sale and purchase of products and services. This platform enhances sales channels for suppliers while improving sourcing and procurement efficiency for buyers. The marketplace handles daily contract values ranging from USD $70 million to $300 million, with an average transaction size of approximately USD $200,000. B2B-Center accounts for over 80% of the e-trade activity in the Russian business sector, serving a diverse clientele of more than 343,000 companies from nearly 100 countries. By providing a streamlined environment for buyers to evaluate supplier offers, B2B-Center plays a crucial role in connecting businesses and fostering growth in the procurement landscape.
Procuri
Venture Round in 2003
Procuri is an SAP company that specializes in on-demand supply management solutions and services. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Procuri offers a range of software and services including strategic sourcing, contract management, spend analysis, and supplier management, all delivered through a SaaS model. In addition to its core offerings, the company provides managed services, practice center support, and market intelligence services to enhance its clients' procurement processes.
Nistevo
Venture Round in 2003
Nistevo is a provider of collaborative logistics solutions, specializing in transportation management through its hosted software service. The company operates a web-based network that facilitates collaborative management of logistics services for a diverse range of participants, including retailers, manufacturers, third-party logistics providers, and carriers. With over 1,600 members, Nistevo's platform supports the planning, execution, settlement, and analysis of more than 2.8 million inbound and outbound shipments annually. By enabling users to work together within private and semi-private networks, Nistevo enhances efficiency and visibility in supply chain operations, allowing stakeholders to optimize their logistics processes effectively.
Acorn Systems
Series A in 2001
Acorn Systems Inc. specializes in profitability and cost management solutions, offering its services to a diverse range of industries, including financial services, retail, consumer products, manufacturing, distribution, logistics, and services. The company focuses on providing Enterprise Profit Optimization software, which helps organizations enhance their profit margins through effective cost management strategies. Additionally, Acorn Systems delivers tailored solutions for Microsoft Dynamics AX customers, enabling them to improve their financial performance and operational efficiency.
Xelus
Venture Round in 2000
Xelus is a global leader in service inventory management solutions, specializing in optimizing service operations for various sectors, including aviation, telecommunications, automotive, utilities, and high-tech industries. The company focuses on enhancing the management of service parts inventory alongside repair, maintenance, and overhaul operations, which are critical for delivering high-quality customer service. By streamlining these processes, Xelus helps businesses maximize profitability and return on investment, recognizing that effective service management directly impacts shareholder value. Additionally, Xelus offers enterprise service management and e-commerce services to further support organizations in achieving operational excellence.
SeeCommerce
Venture Round in 2000
SeeCommerce is a provider of supply chain performance management solutions that assists business managers and trading partners in enhancing their operational efficiency. The company offers an application designed to enable continuous management and improvement of business performance within complex supply chains. By leveraging its technology, SeeCommerce facilitates better oversight and optimization of supply chain activities, helping organizations achieve their performance goals more effectively.
Nistevo
Venture Round in 1999
Nistevo is a provider of collaborative logistics solutions, specializing in transportation management through its hosted software service. The company operates a web-based network that facilitates collaborative management of logistics services for a diverse range of participants, including retailers, manufacturers, third-party logistics providers, and carriers. With over 1,600 members, Nistevo's platform supports the planning, execution, settlement, and analysis of more than 2.8 million inbound and outbound shipments annually. By enabling users to work together within private and semi-private networks, Nistevo enhances efficiency and visibility in supply chain operations, allowing stakeholders to optimize their logistics processes effectively.
Click Commerce
Venture Round in 1999
Click Commerce, based near Portland, Oregon, has been delivering web-based enterprise solutions since 1996, with a focus on software for research administration and compliance since 2002. The company specializes in integrating complex research-related business processes through its eResearch Portal, which serves as a comprehensive electronic solution for research institutions. Click Commerce has a strong track record of successfully executing large-scale projects within prominent academic medical centers and hospitals. Its client base includes several leading institutions funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In addition to its research administration solutions, the company also provides supply and demand chain management software and consulting services, encompassing areas such as service parts planning, master data management, and contract management.