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Ignite Procurement is proud to announce that Mersalg Gruppen has chosen its digital solution to ensure compliance with the Norwegian Transparency Act or Åpenhetlsoven.

Ignite's new interns are ready to start hitting the ground running: A blog introducing the new summer interns at Ignite, including a little about them. Four of Norway's best and brightest have chosen to spend their summer at Ignite's Oslo office.

Ignite Procurement, the five-year-old Nordic procurement software company, just raised $7.1 million Series A funding. The round was led by existing investors and included new investors. This brings the company's valuation to $28.4 million.

We are happy to inform you that the Norwegian scaleup Semine has joined forces with Ignite. Semine delivers an intelligent automation platform for accounts payable that changes the finance function with AI and Machine Learning. The partnership will create fully integrated platforms that will help companies get a line-item level detail of their spend data and thereby enable a whole new dimension for procurement optimization.

We are super honored and humbled that our very own CTO, Valdemar Edvard Sandal Rolfsen, has been named one of the top 10 emerging tech leaders in Norway by E24.no. And we are equally proud of our co-founders, Sigbjørn Nome and Børge Langedal, who were selected as the top ten founders of the year!

DFØ is hosting a conference on digital procurement in May 2022, where Karin Bigseth from Ålesund municipality, together with Ignite Procurement, will share their experiences on what it means to be digitally driven.

Our CEO, Sigbjørn Nome, and VP Sales, Kjetil Istad, were recently placed in an exciting article on Anbud365. The article covers how public sector organizations like the Ålesund kommune and Tolletaten are using our platform to make fact-based decisions, automate their procurement processes, emphasize a category-based purchasing model, and follow up with the suppliers to meet the sustainability goals.

We have some BIG news to share with you this week! Ignite Procurement has been named to Spend Matters' list of 50 Procurement Providers to Watch for 2021.

The best part about being a fast-growing organization is adding new and unique talent to your expanding team. This summer, Ignite added thirteen exceptional members to its deck of aces. Now we are 44 and counting!