主として企業向けに開発しているWeb ベースのパーソナルアシスタントツール（出張の際の交通機関/ホテルの予約、日程管理、等）の主要ベンダーである、Rearden Commerce, Inc. が＄１００Mに及ぶ巨額の投資をJP Morgan、American Expressなどから受けた。 SaaSビジネスの大きな可能性を見せる一方、人を介さず、ネット上のアプリケーションを使ってOn Demand業務を自動化、パーソナライズしていく市場の動向がうかがえる。
The OnDemand funding frenzy continues. Web-based personal assistant Rearden Commerce has closed a huge round with JPMorgan, AmEx, Oak, and Foundation Capital.
From the Press Release:
From the Press Release:
- Rearden Commerce, Inc., creator of the first web-based personal assistant and a leading choice of CFO's for managing spending on business services, today announced that it has secured $100 million in funding from investors including JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) and American Express (NYSE: AXP) with participation from Oak Investment Partners and Foundation Capital.
This funding will be devoted to supporting Rearden Commerce's rapid expansion and development plans due to the widespread adoption of its user-friendly, web-based personal assistant. The company's growth plans include dramatically expanding its B2B penetration and ultimately delivering the Rearden Personal Assistant™ to the consumer space. Additionally, the company plans to rapidly scale its on-demand platform, which supports its online personal assistant, with new merchants and third-party applications providers.
"Rearden Commerce has produced a game-changing platform that not only delivers applications that make procuring services much easier for people, but helps companies achieve significant savings," said Fred Harman, managing partner of Oak Investment Partners. "Through its broad strategic partnerships with American Express and JPMorgan Chase, the company is in a great position to dramatically expand its user base and further develop its growing ecosystem of merchants and third-party application providers."
In the past year and a half, Rearden Commerce has added more than 1,700 new companies representing more than one million contracted users. This roster includes such Fortune 500 companies as ConAgra Foods and Thomson as well as small/medium enterprises like C-COR, Diagnostic Health, and Symplified Technologies.
