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How AI Procurement Platform Pivot Raised $70m

Procurementmag · · 461 words · By Georgia Collins
Enterprise Digital Transformation Venture Capital Funding AI Automation in Procurement
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The AI procurement platform Pivot has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round, bringing its total funding to $70 million. The company aims to use the capital to develop agentic AI capabilities to automate procurement lifecycles and integrate with enterprise financial systems.

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What happened

How AI Procurement Platform Pivot Raised $70m Pivot – an AI operating system for procurement – has raised US$40m in its latest funding round, taking its total amount raised since 2023 to US$70m.

Why it matters

The Series B funding round was led by Forestay Capital and Notion Capital, with participation from Greyhound and EcoVadis, as well as existing investors Hedosophia, Visionaries Club and Emblem.

Common ground

Built for enterprise complexity With its latest capital raised, Pivot will accelerate the development of its agentic AI capabilities, expanding into new markets and deepening its integrations with ERPs and financial systems across complex environments.

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The AI procurement platform Pivot has raised $40 million in a Series B funding round, bringing its total funding to $70 million. The company aims to use the capital to develop agentic AI capabilities to automate procurement lifecycles and integrate with enterprise financial systems.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 7 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Marc-Antoine Lacroix, Co-Founder of Pivot”
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Multiple independent sources (EU-Startups, Tracxn, and a third fintech report) confirm that Marc-Antoine Lacroix is a co-founder of Pivot.
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web search NEUTRAL — This funding lets us bring that approach to more customers, more markets, and more complex enterprise environments,” said Marc-Antoine Lacroix, co-founder, Pivot.
https://www.eu-startups.com/2026/05/paris-pivot-pockets-e34-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Pivot’s founders are Marc-Antoine Lacroix, former chief product officer of business banking startup Qonto, and Romain Libeau, who held the same role at employee benefits fintech Swile.
https://sifted.eu/articles/pivot-swile-qonto-5m-funding-news
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web search NEUTRAL — Marc-Antoine Lacroix: Co-Founder of Pivot.Romain Libeau is the current CEO of Pivot. They have also founded 1 company and are angel investors in 3 startups.
https://tracxn.com/d/companies/pivot/__mqPswPvaR-CBPaiL38ot1…
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Claim 2: “The Series B funding round was led by Forestay Capital and Notion Capital”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of search results for the Washington Wizards basketball team and contains no information about Pivot's Series B funding or Forestay/Notion Capital.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Washington Wizards are an American professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C. The Wizards compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southeast Division of …
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web search NEUTRAL — More 2025-26 Wizards Pages Roster & Stats Schedule & Results Transactions Game Log Splits Contracts Lineups On/Off Starting Lineups Depth Charts Referees On this page Roster Injury Report Assistant Co…
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 days ago · The latest Washington Wizards news, rumors, and free agency updates from the insider fans and analysts at Wiz of Awes.
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Claim 3: “Jessica Thomas, Partner at Notion Capital”
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The search results for 'Jessica Thomas' return information about Jessica Alba and general lists of famous Jessicas, with no mention of a Partner at Notion Capital.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jessica Marie Alba (/ ˈælbə / AL-bə; born April 28, 1981) is an American actress and businesswoman. She rose to prominence at age 19 for portraying Max Guevara, the lead character in the television se…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 20, 2025 · People How many celebrities named Jessica can you think of? The famous Jessicas below have many different professions, including notable actresses named Jessica, singers named Jessica, …
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web search NEUTRAL — 22M Followers, 7,605 Following, 5,337 Posts - Jessica Alba (@jessicaalba) on Instagram: "Founder of @honest, terrible speller, loyal friend, chingona. I play make believe for a living 🎭"
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Claim 4: “taking its total amount raised since 2023 to US$70m”
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Only Tech.eu mentions that the total funding raised since 2023 is $70 million.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "The Geographical Pivot of History" is an article submitted by Halford John Mackinder in 1904 to the Royal Geographical Society that advances his heartland theory. In this article, Mackinder extended …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — U.S. president Barack Obama's East Asia Strategy (2009–2017), also known as the Pivot to Asia, represented a significant shift in the foreign policy of the United States since the 2010s. It shifted th…
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Claim 5: “with participation from Greyhound and EcoVadis, as well as existing investors Hedosophia, Visionaries Club and Emblem”
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No evidence was found after searching for the participation of Greyhound, EcoVadis, Hedosophia, Visionaries Club, or Emblem in the funding round.
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Claim 6: “Deborah Pittet, Partner at Forestay Capital”
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The search results for 'Deborah' refer to biblical figures and do not mention a Deborah Pittet or Forestay Capital.
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web search NEUTRAL — According to the Book of Judges, Deborah (Hebrew: דְּבוֹרָה, Dəḇōrā) was a prophetess of Judaism, the fourth Judge of pre-monarchic Israel and the only female judge mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.
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web search NEUTRAL — Aug 15, 2024 · Deborah was the wife of Lappidoth and possibly a mother. Although some theologians think that when she’s called “a mother in Israel” (Judges 5:7) it’s describing her as a godly matriarc…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 11, 2025 · Deborah is one of the most influential women in the Bible. She is mainly known as a prophetess and a judge in Israel. Her story is primarily found in the Book of Judges, specifically in…
https://www.christianity.com/wiki/people/who-was-deborah-in-…
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Claim 7: “Pivot – an AI operating system for procurement – has raised US$40m in its latest funding round”
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Only Tech.eu reports the $40M funding round. TechCrunch reports a different, earlier figure of $21.6 million, and other results are irrelevant.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — U.S. president Barack Obama's East Asia Strategy (2009–2017), also known as the Pivot to Asia, represented a significant shift in the foreign policy of the United States since the 2010s. It shifted th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asian_foreign_policy_of_t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lean startup is a methodology for developing businesses and products that aims to shorten product development cycles and rapidly discover if a proposed business model is viable; this is achieved by ad…
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