2025 ProcureTech Cup Midseason Update

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Hi readers,

It’s that time of year again—time to reflect, gather with loved ones, and get excited for what’s ahead.

Whether you’re celebrating Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, or just taking a breather, I wish you a fulfilling holiday season.

3 quick updates before diving into this week’s content:

• 1️⃣ In March 2025, The ProcureTech Cup returns! The 2024 event was a hit, with 64 ProcureTech brands taking part. In a 2-week period, procurement professionals learned a ton about procurement technology and generated 800k+ impressions and 12k comments.
  
  “Demo spots” are full, but “Tournament Only” spots open in January. Have a favorite piece of tech you want to see in the tournament?
  
  Reply to this email and I’ll reach out to them in January.
  

• 2️⃣ Speaking of demos, my weekly show The Road to the ProcureTech Cup is halfway through the 2025 season. It’s the perfect time to catch up if you missed an episode! 🍿
  
  On average, 400+ unique viewers have tuned in to every episode so far…
  
  Links to every episode in today’s edition. 👇

• 3️⃣ Huge thanks to 2024 The Pure Procurement Newsletter partners Tonkean and Focal Point.
  
  I’ve raised my game this year and their support has been a key enabler.
  
  Gotta love brands who are committed to helping the entire ProcureTech ecosystem learn and grow. *tip of the hat*

On that note, onwards!

📰 In this week’s edition:

• 🏆 The Road to the ProcureTech Cup (14 ProcureTech Demos)

  • Procurement Analytics Solutions

  • Sourcing Solutions

  • P2P/S2P Solutions

  • Supplier Relationship Management Solutions

  • Intake & Orchestration Solutions

  • Master Data & Category Solutions

• 🎁 Another Gift for generous readers

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Tools that help procurement analyze and visualize spend data to uncover savings/value opportunities, monitor compliance, forecast demand, etc.

Anvil Analytical

Sievo

Tools to streamline and automate procurement’s “go to market” activities (RFX creation, coordination, analysis and award).

Aerchain

Keelvar

MarketDojo

Globality

Tools to support the day-to-day logistics of getting goods and services into your business at the transaction level, from requirement to supplier payment.

Airbase

Axya

Tools for streamlining and managing every type of interaction with supplier data (e.g. both internal or external data). Supplier data feeds back into Spend Analysis to complete the loop (as spend data without supplier data is fairly worthless…).

Canopy

Kodiak Hub

Tools that aim to “understand” user procurement intentions and requirements to direct them to the appropriate processes, systems and workflows, improving transparency and efficiency.

Focal Point

Opstream

Creactives

A solution to analyze, cleanse, enrich and govern your procurement master data across multiple back end ERP systems.

SaaS Rooms

A solution to analyze, provide insights and tracking for your Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) spend.

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