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aPriori Technologies
aPriori Technologies is a Concord, Massachusetts software company that turns 3D CAD designs into instant manufacturing cost, manufacturability, and carbon-footprint insights. Founded in 2003 out of University of Illinois research, its cloud Manufacturing Insights Platform - aP Design, aP Pro, and aP Generate - lets engineers, sourcing teams, and cost analysts simulate how a part will be built, what it should cost across regions, and how much CO2e it will emit, before tooling is ever cut. Manufacturers such as GE Aerospace, Carrier, Alstom, Flex, and Whirlpool use it to catch cost and design problems early and negotiate with suppliers from data rather than guesswork.
Procol
Procol is an AI-powered procurement platform that automates the full source-to-pay lifecycle - intake, strategic sourcing, eAuctions, supplier management, and spend analytics - for enterprise procurement and finance teams. Founded in 2018 by Gaurav Baheti and Sumit Mendiratta, the company pairs autonomous AI agents with white-glove service to help large enterprises cut procurement cycle times and unlock cost savings. Procol says it serves 200+ enterprises managing over $20B in spend, including IKEA, Hershey's, Havells, Emami, and the Tata Group.
Gaurav Baheti
Gaurav Baheti is the founder and CEO of Procol, a procurement and sourcing software company he started in 2018. A designer and engineer by training who once built user experiences at Google in New York, he now leads a roughly 120-person team building tools for intake, RFx, negotiations, supplier management and spend reporting. Procol powers procurement for enterprises across India, the Middle East and Southeast Asia, cumulatively managing billions of dollars in B2B spend, and is backed by Peak XV Surge, Blume Ventures, Beenext and others. A Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, Baheti wants to move procurement from a cost-cutting function into a source of strategic advantage.
Aavenir
Aavenir is a Texas-based enterprise software company that builds AI-powered source-to-pay and contract lifecycle management (CLM) applications natively on the ServiceNow platform. Founded in 2019 by Jesal Mehta, the company uses AI agents, machine learning, and natural language processing to automate contracting, sourcing, invoicing, vendor onboarding, and obligation management so procurement, legal, and finance teams can cut cycle times, reduce risk, and gain end-to-end visibility across the vendor and contract lifecycle.
LevaData
LevaData is an enterprise SaaS company that builds an AI-powered supply management platform for direct-materials procurement. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Pleasanton, California, its Cognitive Supply Management platform blends a company's bill of materials and sourcing objectives with real-time market data covering over a billion parts and tens of thousands of suppliers to recommend cost savings, flag risks, and speed up new product introduction. It counts manufacturers and OEMs among its customers and raised a $47M Series C in 2021 led by Banneker Partners.
Order.co
Order.co is a New York-based AI-powered spend efficiency platform that consolidates business purchasing, approvals, payments, and reporting into one system. Founded in 2016 as Negotiatus and rebranded to Order in 2022, it helps mid-market and enterprise companies cut costs through AI-driven sourcing, a 17,000+ vendor network, and accounts payable automation, overseeing more than half a billion dollars in annualized spend for customers like WeWork, SoulCycle, and Hugo Boss.
Dirk Morbitzer
Dirk Morbitzer is a senior executive and consultant with 25+ years of experience in renewable energy, solar, and cleantech. He is CEO of DIMOCO Inc., a boutique consulting firm specializing in solar and energy storage, and is a top 1% expert in the Energy Group at GLG (Gerson Lehrman Group). Previously CEO North America and Group CEO of AEROCOMPACT Group Holding AG, and before that Director of Strategic Sourcing at Sunrun for eight years, Morbitzer brings deep expertise in strategic sourcing, international supply chain management, M&A, and PE investment navigation across Europe, Asia, and North America.