Tradeshift

Tradeshift
Developer(s) Tradeshift
Operating system Cross-platform
Type Business
License ProprietarySpe
Website tradeshift.com

Tradeshift is a web based business network founded by Christian Lanng, Mikkel Hippe Brun and Gert Sylvest. The network was launched in May 2010, and used in more than 150 countries by February 2011.[1] The project has gained media attention in online magazines, including Wired[2] and Financial Times.[3]

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Background

The founders all have a background from the Danish public sector, where they created the world's first large scale peer-to-peer infrastructure for e-business. A project that was nominated for the European e-gov award in 2009[4]. The founders also had leading roles (Governing board member, Technical Director) in the European Commission project PEPPOL, which is aiming to enable cross-border electronic trade inside the European Union.

Team

The Tradeshift project has attracted a range of notable figures such as Morten Lund who is the Chairman of Tradeshift, Jon Bosak who co-created XML and is on the technical advisory board of Tradeshift, along with Marten Mickos, Stephan Glaenzer and Klaus Lovgreen as angel investors.

Funding

In October 2011, the company raised a funding of $17 million from ru-Net and Kite Ventures (both of which are Moscow-based investment firms) and Notion Capital.[5]

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References

  1. ^ Butcher, Mike (2011-02-17). "Tradeshift lights the touchpaper". TechCrunch. http://eu.techcrunch.com/2011/02/17/tradeshift-lights-the-touchpaper-integrates-paypal-into-its-free-invoicing-platform/. Retrieved 2011-04-05. 
  2. ^ Roth, Daniel (2010-02-22). "The Future of Money". Wired. http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/02/ff_futureofmoney. Retrieved 2010-03-25. 
  3. ^ Bradshaw, Tim (2011-05-16). "Tradeshift in $7m fundraising". FT. http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/cc388416-7da1-11e0-b418-00144feabdc0.html#axzz1MV2o6pch. Retrieved 2011-05-16. 
  4. ^ . "Award Finalists 2009". ePractice. http://www.epractice.eu/en/awardsfinalists2009. 
  5. ^ Robin Wauters, TechCrunch. "E-invoicing company Tradeshift raises $17 million at $137 million valuation." October 25, 2011. Retrieved December 19, 2011.

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