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Oversight Systems — TCV acquisition, spend compliance intro and sector musings
September 3, 2020 | Jason Busch
On Wednesday, Oversight Systems announced that TCV, a private equity firm, had acquired a majority stake in the provider of spend compliance solutions from Luminate, the previous investor. Oversight competes in the spend compliance market, a clever overlay that sits alongside — or on top of — source-to-pay process and data flows, primarily for indirect…
Afternoon Coffee: TCV acquires AI-spend management provider Oversight; Walmart to take on Amazon Prime; Ford cutting salaried jobs
September 2, 2020 | Sally Ehrmann
In today's headlines, AI-platform spend management specialist Oversight is acquired by TCV, a giant in technology investments. In other news, Walmart is launching a new subscription service offering same-day delivery on certain products and other perks. Also, Ford announces buyouts for salaried workers in an effort to restructure the company. Afternoon Coffee brings you the…
Supply chain risk specialist Veriforce acquires ComplyWorks
August 18, 2020 | Spend Matters Team
Supply chain risk specialist Veriforce announced in a press release Tuesday the acquisition of ComplyWorks, a Canadian compliance management solution provider.
5 Themes That Excite Me About Procurement & Finance Tech Venture Investing
July 16, 2020 | Jason Busch
I’ve spent over 20 years studying the procurement solutions and technology market. A tremendous amount has changed in this time. When I first wrote a column for Information Week about B2B negotiations and reverse auctions in early 1999 before meeting the founders of FreeMarkets — who convinced me to leave management consulting and join them…
Medpricer becomes Conductiv, launches new solution
July 2, 2020 | Andrew Karpie
Medpricer, a provider of complex services solutions, has changed names to Conductiv, which introduced the Conductiv Platform, an integrated suite for purchased services cost optimization. While the company has been operating in the healthcare industry and addressing the services procurement needs of hospitals and healthcare systems, its new branding appears to be less industry-specific.
Coupa acquires BELLIN, targeting treasury management (Part 1: BELLIN Analysis, Treasury Background, TMS Components & Procurement / AP Intersections)
June 12, 2020 | Jason Busch
The worlds of procurement and finance continue to collide. Earlier today, Coupa announced it had acquired BELLIN, one of the few independent treasury management providers in the market. BELLIN offers a full-featured treasury management system (TMS). TMS solutions typically include capabilities to support cash management, bank connectivity, cash/liquidity forecasting, risk management, accounting/compliance and payments. BELLIN…
Coupa acquires BELLIN to add treasury management and boost payments capabilities
June 12, 2020 | JP Morris
Coupa, the suite provider of business spend management solutions, has acquired BELLIN, a treasury management provider, in a deal that is part of effort by Coupa to build out bank connectivity for B2B payments, offer treasury depth of capabilities, and create accounts payable and procurement synergies. And it’s part of an industry trend to improve…
3 Deals Signal a Changing M&A Landscape in Procurement Technology and Solutions (Part 1: Coupa-ConnXus)
May 13, 2020 | Jason Busch
Despite coronavirus lockdown measures, the past couple of weeks have seen a flurry of deal announcements in the procurement technology and solutions world (which represent the M&A “re-start” of about a dozen material transactions that you’ll be hearing about for the rest of the year). Deal activity is not just financial engineering. It is form…
Analysis of Apttus-Conga deal — Background, transaction analysis and a bit of armchair speculation - [PRO Content]
May 8, 2020 | Nick Heinzmann and Spend Matters Analyst Team
Apttus made waves in the CLM market this week with an announcement of its intent to acquire Conga, merging the two firms under the Conga brand to create a hefty player for “configure, price, quote” (CPQ) software, CLM and document management with roughly $400 million in revenue. The deal is perhaps not the transaction one…
Coupa buys ConnXus: Product Background and Deal Rationale - [PRO Content]
May 4, 2020 | Nick Heinzmann
Coupa announced Monday it has acquired ConnXus, an Ohio-based provider of supplier relationship management and diversity solutions, for an undisclosed sum. The deal continues Coupa’s ongoing R&D investment augmented by its corporate development streak. Over the past 18 months the San Mateo, California-based S2P provider has acquired five firms, including another in the SRM space,…
Coupa acquires ConnXus, adding a wealth of supplier diversity capabilities
May 4, 2020 | JP Morris
In its second acquisition this year, Coupa has acquired the supplier diversity specialist ConnXus, according a Spend Matters interview Monday with Coupa, a suite provider of business spend management solutions. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Coupa said talks had been going on since 2019 and that the coronavirus disruption played no role…
The impact of COVID-19 on M&A and procurement technology investing (Part 2: Private Equity)
April 14, 2020 | Jason Busch
Outside of highly targeted or opportunistic investment interests, the technology and solution areas for procurement and finance have only garnered significant attention within the private equity community in recent years. But in less than half a decade, these firms have become a staple in M&A in the sector. And not only has private equity driven…

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