
SAP Ventures Backs Lavante: Despite Hiccups, the Supplier Management Gets a Vote of Support (Part 2)
Last week, Lavante raised a new $8 million funding round in an effort led by SAP Ventures (as background on Lavante and the funding round, please read our initial coverage of the news). We think the SAP Ventures connection is intr…

SAP Ventures Backs Lavante: Despite Hiccups, the Supplier Management Gets a Vote of Support (Part 1)
Spend Matters has spent quite a bit of time covering vendor happenings in the supplier information management (SIM) and related markets of late. Some providers in the sector, such as Aravo and Rollstream, appear to be winning a se…

Basware and Lavante: Where Invoicing, Supplier Management and Audit Recover Meet? (Part 3)
In the first two posts in this series looking at the recently announced relationship between Basware and Lavante (Part 1 and Part 2), I provided context behind the partnership announcement, including a 30,000 foot fly-by of the audit recovery market and how Lavante has introduced a solution originally designed to automate and improve upon traditional […]

Basware and Lavante: Where Invoicing, Supplier Management and Audit Recovery Meet? (Part 2)
In the first post highlighting the recently announced partnership between Basware and Lavante, I provided a bit of context behind the deal, given both vendors’ histories and target markets. In today’s post, I’ll provide a bit more color on the announcement, especially from the standpoint of Lavante’s roots in automating as much of the audit […]

Basware and Lavante: Where Invoicing, Supplier Management and Audit Recovery Meet? (Part 1)
Earlier in the month, Basware and Lavante announced a partnership that promises to more closely link the P2P, invoice management, supplier management and audit recovery areas. Basware, for those who are not familiar with this Finnish-based provider, is one of the largest — if not the largest — invoice automation / electronic invoice presentment payment […]