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Executive Vice President, General Manager and Managing Director - Retail Industry, US
Emmanuel Cassimatis
SAP Private Equity Director, Europe
Mark Crofton
Global VP and Head of Field Enablement
Monty Gray
Senior Vice President and Head of Corporate Development
Paul Harrington
Senior Director, Private Equity
Dietmar Hopp
Founder
Ram Jambunathan Ph.D
Senior Vice President, SAP and General Manager, SAP.iO
Joern Keller
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Simon Lee
Managing Director
Preetha Parthasarathy
Partner
Tom Payne
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Caitie Sullivan
Director of Internal Programs
Lior Weizman
Director, SAP.iO Rising Stars
Claus Wellenreuther
Founder
Maxwell Wessel
Executive Vice President and Chief Learning Officer
Past deals in Supply Chain Management
Shippeo
Venture Round in 2025
Shippeo is a technology company specializing in real-time transportation visibility for supply chains. Founded in 2014, it offers a platform that allows shippers, carriers, and 4PLs to track deliveries and communicate proactively with end customers. The platform integrates with various data sources, including transportation management systems and telematics products, to provide real-time location data and delivery tracking. With a proprietary algorithm, Shippeo calculates estimated arrival times, helping businesses lower transportation costs, enhance customer satisfaction, and promote sustainable operations. The company tracks over 40,000 deliveries monthly across Europe, serving notable clients such as Leroy Merlin, Saint-Gobain, and Faurecia, and connects with more than 600 carriers.
Shippeo
Series C in 2022
Shippeo is a technology company specializing in real-time transportation visibility for supply chains. Founded in 2014, it offers a platform that allows shippers, carriers, and 4PLs to track deliveries and communicate proactively with end customers. The platform integrates with various data sources, including transportation management systems and telematics products, to provide real-time location data and delivery tracking. With a proprietary algorithm, Shippeo calculates estimated arrival times, helping businesses lower transportation costs, enhance customer satisfaction, and promote sustainable operations. The company tracks over 40,000 deliveries monthly across Europe, serving notable clients such as Leroy Merlin, Saint-Gobain, and Faurecia, and connects with more than 600 carriers.
Taulia
Acquisition in 2022
Taulia, established in 2009, is a global FinTech company specializing in supply chain management and financing software. Headquartered in San Francisco with offices worldwide, Taulia offers AI-driven solutions for both buyers and suppliers. For buyers, Taulia provides dynamic discounting, supply chain finance, cash forecasting, invoice automation, and supplier management tools. For suppliers, it offers early payment, electronic invoicing, and self-service platforms. Taulia's cloud-based solutions enable businesses to transform every invoice into a revenue opportunity, streamline e-invoicing, and empower suppliers, ultimately enhancing working capital management. The company has a strategic alliance with KPMG.
Sedna
Series B in 2021
Sedna is comprised of two products - Stream and Pulse - providing a data-driven communication platform specifically designed to transform the shipping and supply chain industry. By effectively managing complexity, it streamlines processes and enhances efficiency. Through integrating with the existing ecosystem, Sedna enables decision-making and drives commercial success, building the foundation for our ultimate vision to make trade go faster.
Shippeo
Series C in 2021
Shippeo is a technology company specializing in real-time transportation visibility for supply chains. Founded in 2014, it offers a platform that allows shippers, carriers, and 4PLs to track deliveries and communicate proactively with end customers. The platform integrates with various data sources, including transportation management systems and telematics products, to provide real-time location data and delivery tracking. With a proprietary algorithm, Shippeo calculates estimated arrival times, helping businesses lower transportation costs, enhance customer satisfaction, and promote sustainable operations. The company tracks over 40,000 deliveries monthly across Europe, serving notable clients such as Leroy Merlin, Saint-Gobain, and Faurecia, and connects with more than 600 carriers.
Parcel Perform
Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Parcel Perform is a leading delivery experience platform that focuses on enhancing the logistics operations of e-commerce businesses. The platform provides a self-service tracking dashboard that allows merchants to monitor their global and local carriers efficiently. It offers a free tracking service for end consumers, enabling them to receive real-time updates on their shipments. Parcel Perform's scalable SaaS solution executes over 100 million parcel updates daily and integrates with more than 900 carriers, making it a valuable partner for brands, marketplaces, and carriers across various sectors worldwide. The company is also at the forefront of leveraging machine learning and artificial intelligence in e-commerce logistics, exemplified by its innovative 'Date of Arrival' prediction engine.
Saara
Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Saara is a technology company that specializes in helping e-commerce businesses enhance their financial and environmental sustainability. It offers an AI-driven software suite that automates and optimizes various aspects of order returns, including automated returns and exchanges, product labeling and classification, customer re-engagement through personalized product recommendations, and cost recovery. This enables businesses to reduce return rates, improve operational efficiency, and minimize waste, thereby promoting a more sustainable e-commerce ecosystem.
Flowlity
Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Flowlity is a provider of supply chain management software aimed at improving inventory management for businesses. Founded in 2018, the company addresses the significant losses associated with poor inventory practices by offering solutions that enhance resilience in supply chain planning. Utilizing a combination of artificial intelligence and optimization techniques, Flowlity's platform helps organizations manage stock levels and replenishment in real-time, allowing them to visualize order status and inventory levels effectively. Its innovative approach has been successfully implemented by notable clients, including Danone, La Redoute, Saint Gobain, and Camif, leading to an average reduction of 30% in inventory levels and 20% in shortages. By enabling companies to transition from a deterministic model to a more adaptable planning strategy, Flowlity aims to mitigate the uncertainties that often plague supply chains.
Scalue
Non Equity Assistance in 2020
SCALUE is a procurement analytics platform founded in 2018, based in Düsseldorf, Germany. The platform helps organizations identify potential savings and optimize their purchasing processes by enhancing procurement analytics and maximizing process efficiency. It offers features such as integrated eLearning, advanced ERP capabilities, and API connectivity, allowing seamless integration with existing IT infrastructure. SCALUE's use case-driven analytics approach supports companies in accelerating decision-making and improving their earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT), ultimately enabling clients to realize significant savings and boost revenue.
Winddle
Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Winddle, founded in 2015, is a collaborative platform aimed at simplifying supply chain management by enhancing visibility and coordination among suppliers, carriers, and other key players. The platform features advanced real-time tracking and collaboration tools that enable businesses to efficiently manage operations and anticipate challenges. Winddle offers comprehensive traceability features, allowing companies to monitor product origins and certifications, thereby improving transparency and compliance with regulatory requirements. This capability supports businesses in their commitment to sustainability and quality assurance. Trusted by over 8,000 professionals across sectors such as fashion, retail, and logistics, Winddle has been recognized as one of the most innovative supply chain solutions by SAP and received the 2021 European Start-up Award. The platform connects more than 4,500 supply chain professionals globally, facilitating effective coordination and optimization of supply chain flows.
Wise Systems
Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Wise Systems Inc. develops autonomous dispatch and routing software that enhances delivery efficiency for various industries, including food, beverage, courier, energy, and field service. Founded in 2014 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company leverages machine learning algorithms to optimize last-mile operations. Its platform includes tools such as Scheduler, which dynamically creates and dispatches optimized route plans; Dispatcher, which allows managers to monitor delivery progress and driver performance; and Customer Portal, enabling recipients to track their orders with real-time ETAs. Wise Systems also offers Smart Reservation Management, allowing customers to select their preferred delivery times. Clients typically experience significant benefits, including reductions in mileage and late deliveries, as well as increased fleet utilization. The software processes millions of data points to make real-time decisions, facilitating efficient transportation operations while reducing costs.
Versafleet
Non Equity Assistance in 2020
VersaFleet is a transport management platform that offers a cloud-hosted Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution aimed at automating logistics operations. The platform includes features such as route optimization, electronic proof-of-delivery, instant notifications, and real-time job status tracking. By streamlining these processes, VersaFleet enhances the efficiency of supply chains, particularly in the 'last mile' delivery segment. The platform supports over 2,000 drivers across more than 150 companies, including those servicing Fortune 500 brands, and automates more than 2 million tasks weekly, facilitating approximately 200 tasks every second. With a focus on simplicity and effectiveness, VersaFleet enables fleet operators to manage their logistics operations seamlessly.
Hacobu
Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Hacobu Co., Ltd., established in 2015 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, specializes in developing logistics applications and hardware. The company's core offering is MOVO, an integrated operation management system centered around in-vehicle terminals. MOVO connects carriers and shipping companies, streamlining delivery processes and providing tools to support shipping company management. By accumulating distribution data from various companies, Hacobu aims to optimize the entire physical distribution system, with the ultimate goal of enhancing logistics efficiency.
Queen of Raw
Non Equity Assistance in 2020
Queen of Raw, LLC is a New York City-based company that operates a digital platform aimed at connecting designers and textile manufacturers with surplus stock and sustainable fabrics. Founded in 2014, the company offers an online marketplace where designers can access low-cost inventory, including textiles and sewing machines, helping to address the issue of excess inventory in the supply chain. The platform is designed to enhance operational efficiency by allowing businesses to manage their surplus effectively, thereby preventing waste and promoting sustainability. Additionally, Queen of Raw provides software that leverages proprietary algorithms to measure and report on the environmental and economic impacts of inventory management, enabling clients to comply with regulatory standards while improving their financial performance.
ClearMetal
Series A in 2020
ClearMetal, Inc., based in San Francisco, California, specializes in artificial intelligence software for supply chain operations, focusing on transport and supply chain visibility solutions. Founded in 2014 by experts from Stanford University and leading technology companies, ClearMetal's platform leverages machine learning algorithms to enhance the accuracy and quality of ocean freight data. This cloud-based application consolidates and processes information from multiple sources, providing real-time insights into shipment status and enabling organizations to predict arrival times and manage exceptions effectively. By facilitating access to reliable data, ClearMetal aims to improve logistics efficiency and enhance customer experiences in supply chain management.
Spherity
Non Equity Assistance in 2019
Spherity GmbH, founded in 2017 and based in Berlin, Germany, specializes in developing decentralized applications that enhance interoperable supply chains and machine-to-machine (M2M) communication while ensuring data authenticity and privacy. By integrating Internet of Things (IoT) technology, blockchain, and modern cryptography, Spherity establishes secure data audit trails, facilitates asset management, and enables token streaming. The company also offers a customizable cloud identity wallet that supports secure, tamper-proof business transactions. This wallet is designed for lifecycle management of digital enterprises, allowing the transfer of ownership of identities and credentials and the administration of access control policies. Through these innovations, Spherity aims to improve authenticity and data exchange in complex business processes and value chains.
Scantrust
Non Equity Assistance in 2019
ScanTrust SA is a Swiss company that specializes in a cloud-based IoT platform aimed at enhancing product and packaging security through unique identifiers. Founded in 2014 and with operations in cities such as Shanghai, Singapore, and Bangkok, ScanTrust provides a suite of tools including a printer portal for packaging partners to integrate secure codes into their processes, and Scan-data, an online portal for real-time business intelligence and supply chain insights. Additionally, the platform enables product authentication and supply chain traceability using QR codes, which can be verified through mobile applications. By protecting brands and facilitating consumer engagement, ScanTrust helps companies navigate the complexities of selling physical products in a connected market.
Wakeo
Non Equity Assistance in 2019
Wakeo is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed to provide real-time visibility into B2B transport flows, including sea, air, and road logistics. The platform consolidates various transport partners into a single interface, allowing shippers and freight forwarders to track and trace shipments throughout the supply chain. By utilizing satellite data and connecting to GPS and IoT systems embedded in trucks, Wakeo enhances operational efficiency. The platform employs machine learning to dynamically adjust estimated arrival dates and notifies operational teams of potential delays, facilitating a proactive approach to supply chain management. This capability enables users to improve customer experiences and objectively assess performance metrics.
Revers.io
Non Equity Assistance in 2019
Revers.io is a Paris-based company established in 2009 that specializes in Software-as-a-Service solutions for reverse logistics. The platform offers a comprehensive after-sales management service tailored for e-sellers and marketplace merchants, facilitating return solutions across various distribution channels, including physical stores and e-commerce websites. Revers.io's system integrates multiple modules for managing returns, connecting with carriers, warehouses, suppliers, and repair services, thereby enhancing operational efficiency. With a focus on automating both physical and administrative processes, the platform aims to streamline the returns experience for both retailers and customers, ensuring full traceability of all returns. Revers.io has established itself as a leading provider in Europe, leveraging its expertise in reverse logistics and after-sales service to optimize costs and improve data accuracy for its clients.
Shippeo
Series A in 2017
Shippeo is a technology company specializing in real-time transportation visibility for supply chains. Founded in 2014, it offers a platform that allows shippers, carriers, and 4PLs to track deliveries and communicate proactively with end customers. The platform integrates with various data sources, including transportation management systems and telematics products, to provide real-time location data and delivery tracking. With a proprietary algorithm, Shippeo calculates estimated arrival times, helping businesses lower transportation costs, enhance customer satisfaction, and promote sustainable operations. The company tracks over 40,000 deliveries monthly across Europe, serving notable clients such as Leroy Merlin, Saint-Gobain, and Faurecia, and connects with more than 600 carriers.
ClearMetal
Series A in 2017
ClearMetal, Inc., based in San Francisco, California, specializes in artificial intelligence software for supply chain operations, focusing on transport and supply chain visibility solutions. Founded in 2014 by experts from Stanford University and leading technology companies, ClearMetal's platform leverages machine learning algorithms to enhance the accuracy and quality of ocean freight data. This cloud-based application consolidates and processes information from multiple sources, providing real-time insights into shipment status and enabling organizations to predict arrival times and manage exceptions effectively. By facilitating access to reliable data, ClearMetal aims to improve logistics efficiency and enhance customer experiences in supply chain management.
Simreka
Seed Round in 2017
Simreka is a technology company that specializes in enhancing the research and development processes for materials and chemical manufacturers. By utilizing advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning, Simreka's web software enables brands to conduct experiments and make data-driven decisions 100 times faster. The platform offers actionable insights and predictive simulations, facilitating the rapid discovery of new products while transforming supply chains to prioritize profitability, safety, and sustainability. Through its comprehensive data collection and collaboration features, Simreka supports materials manufacturers and brand owners in improving financial performance, reducing environmental impact, and mitigating brand risk.
SmartOps
Acquisition in 2013
SmartOps, is a provider of inventory and service-level optimization software solutions.
Ariba
Acquisition in 2012
Ariba, Inc. is the leading provider of collaborative business commerce solutions. Ariba combines industry-leading technology with the world’s largest web-based trading community to help companies discover, connect and collaborate with a global network of partners—all in a cloud-based environment. Using the Ariba® Commerce Cloud, businesses of all sizes can buy, sell and manage cash more efficiently and effectively. Over 800,000 companies around the globe use the Ariba Commerce Cloud to simplify inter-enterprise commerce and enhance results. The Ariba Network is the world’s largest trading partner community. Every two minutes, a business joins the Ariba Network. That’s one more potential buying or selling opportunity just waiting to be discovered capital. Right now, there are more than 1.7 million to discover, doing business in 190 countries around the world. Together with SAP Ariba is combining the best of both companies to fuel a whole new way of doing business in today's digital economy.
Crossgate
Acquisition in 2011
Crossgate is a provider of hosted B2B integration services.
SAF
Acquisition in 2009
SAF Simulation, Analysis and Forecasting AG, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the development, distribution, and maintenance of ordering and forecasting software for the trade, logistics, and industrial sectors primarily in Europe and North America. The company also provides services for automating and optimizing the replenishment planning for trading, industrial, and service companies. The company also offers SAF SuperForecast, a standard replenishment forecasting software for central forecast calculations; and SAF FirstTimeItems that offers forecasting for items for which no historical sales data exists. Its services include consulting, implementation, training, and supporting, as well as SAF Analytics, a portfolio of solutions for inventory management with the automated planning process. SAF Simulation, Analysis and Forecasting AG has a strategic partnership with SAP AG to integrate its software into SAP AG’s offerings. The company was founded in 1996 and is based in Tagerwilen, Switzerland.
Triversity
Acquisition in 2005
Triversity is the fastest growing international provider of customer-centric retail solutions. Triversity's portfolio of solutions enables retailers to transform the Customer Experience throughout the retail enterprise while dramatically improving their operating efficiencies. Retailers around the world have built their businesses around Triversity's market-leading solutions for Point-of-Sale/Point-of-Interaction (POS/POI), Loss Prevention, Retail CRM, Returns Management, Sales Audit, Inventory and Order Management and more. Triversity extends its offerings through partnerships with the industry's leading technology vendors, allowing the company to deliver complete sell-side solutions and services.
Requisite Technology
Venture Round in 2000
Requisite is a provider of Spend Data Visibility (SDV) technology that enables Spend Management and Master Data Management, initiatives that allow executives to identify significant cost savings across their companies. The company's technology and services help global manufacturing firms and other large organizations transform previously unusable data into consolidated, harmonized and searchable information visible across dispersed enterprises. The solution is uniquely engineered to make data visible, addressing the specific, more complex challenges of managing and finding strategic materials associated with discrete and process manufacturing. Established in 1993 and headquartered in Westminster, Colo., with operations in Toronto, London, and Walldorf, Germany, Requisite's tools and services are deployed in more than 15 countries. Requisite's solutions have been adopted by leading corporations including Reuters, Air Products, the UK's Royal Mail Group, BASF, Graybar, Union Bank of California and Marathon Ashland Petroleum among others. Requisite is partnered with leading providers of e-business applications and services including SAP, Atos Origin (Europe), Oracle, ICGC, and Mitsui (Japan). Requisite and Atos Origin, one of the largest international information technology (IT) services companies, provide product content solutions to large discrete and process manufacturing organizations. The two companies jointly provide global companies supplier enablement and content cleansing services, content management tools and technology, as well as large-scale integrated business outsourcing services in Atos Origin's four largest territories: France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Germany. A privately held company, Requisite Technology has attracted top tier venture capital investors. The company has received funding from Mohr, Davidow Ventures; Sequel Venture Partners; Trinity Ventures; Millennium Group; Bernard & Company; JPMorgan Partners; Liberty Venture Partners; Sumitomo Corporation; Corporate Express. SAP AG and Oracle Corporation are also significant investors.
Neoforma
Private Equity Round in 1999
Neoforma is a provider of supply chain management solutions tailored for the healthcare industry. The company offers a range of products, including Order Management, Contract Management, Data Management, and Materials Management solutions, which cater to hospitals and group purchasing organizations. Additionally, Neoforma provides market intelligence services, such as HPIS Market Intelligence and Pharmaceutical Market Intelligence, aimed at medical-surgical and pharmaceutical manufacturers working through distributors. By automating procurement and contract processes, Neoforma enhances control and accountability for both healthcare providers and suppliers, facilitating improved communication and strategic planning across organizational boundaries.
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