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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…
The Impact of COVID-19 on M&A and Procurement Technology Investing (Part 1: Introduction)
March 23, 2020 | Jason Busch
I’ve decided to open up new Spend Matters Nexus columns and research briefs for everyone, not just subscribers, in the next few weeks, as we’re all certainly in a crisis period with the COVID-19 outbreak. To help make my coverage of investing and M&A more digestible, these dispatches will be shorter than usual (some will…
Case study: How industry mergers required an energy firm to begin its supplier management transformation
March 12, 2020 | Spend Matters Brand Studio
When should companies consider acquiring the latest procurement technology? It seems like a simple question, but many businesses don’t always get to spend time considering the latest solutions, like in the area of supplier management — they’re more often compelled to do it when the market changes through a merger or acquisition, when their old…
DocuSign buys Seal Software: Why the CLM Market and Digital Platform Market May Never be the Same (Solution Overview and AI Competitive Analysis) - [PRO Content]
March 2, 2020 | Nick Heinzmann and Pierre Mitchell
Spend Matters reported last week that DocuSign, which offers its eponymous e-signature product and a CLM solution (formerly SpringCM), had entered a $188 million all-cash agreement to purchase AI and contract analytics specialist Seal Software. The transaction brings Seal’s capabilities for enterprise-wide contract discovery and analysis firmly into the wheelhouse of a growing CLM presence…
DocuSign-Seal Software transaction analysis (Part 1): Looking at DocuSign’s CLM assets (DocuSign, SpringCM, Seal)
February 28, 2020 | Pierre Mitchell and Jason Busch
Spend Matters recently predicted that DocuSign, the electronic signature specialist, would buy the AI-assisted contract analytics firm Seal Software (another reason that subscribers to our PRO research are ahead of the market). As the prediction noted in January, “we can’t help but think that DocuSign will be actively looking for inorganic growth options in 2020,…

Procurement Leaders moves its event to the fall as a coronavirus precaution : Loqualist said : Tough times for business. Entreprises have to be strong. Where can we find the exact new dates for t...

AI will shift our industry even more than the internet did 20 years ago. Here’s why. : Peter Smith said : "AI will shift our industry even more than the internet did 20 years ago" Nope. Don't think s...

The state of dynamic discounting in B2B payments : David Gustin said : Yes, because they do not offer an einvoicing or AP automation software. They are more a Treasury to...

The state of dynamic discounting in B2B payments : Robert Solomon said : Hasn't C2FO made an entire business based on taking gain share from dynamic discounting?...

5 Tips and Considerations for Your Next Spend Analysis RFP : Puneet Jain said : What is a typical spend threshold when a company should go for an RFP for sourcing indirect purchase...