SalesPatriot lands $5M for defence procurement modernisation and European expansion

SalesPatriot, a Polish-American
startup building a procurement platform for defence and aerospace components,
has raised $5 million in seed funding. The round was led by CRV, with
participation from Pear VC, Y Combinator, SV Angel, Liquid2, Uncorrelated Ventures,
and strategic angels including Paul Graham, Rich Miner, Mark Pincus, Steve
Blank, and Mati Staniszewski. This brings total funding to $6.3 million.

Founded in 2024 by engineers Nelson Ray, Benjamin Rhodes-Kropf, and Maciej Szymczyk, SalesPatriot addresses
limitations in legacy procurement systems by ingesting and structuring data
from government portals, ERPs, spreadsheets, and unstructured email. Its
dynamic workflows automate quote processing and order management, enabling
suppliers to process orders up to 7 times faster. The platform supports teams
handling over $200 million in annual Pentagon orders.

Nelson Ray (CEO) said the company aims to
establish itself as the primary system of record for defence procurement and,
over time, for other mission-critical supply chains as well.

Wars today are won with
logistics and supply chains as much as with new platforms. We’re building the
infrastructure to make sure the West is ready.

Within a year of founding,
SalesPatriot signed contracts with distributors including Jamaica Bearings
Group, AllClear Aerospace, and STATZ Corporation. For distributors and
manufacturers, the system provides faster access to contracts, fewer manual
errors, and higher throughput without additional headcount; for the DoD and its
suppliers, it improves speed, accuracy, and supply-chain resilience.

According to
Benjamin Rhodes-Kropf (CTO), the company was
designed from the outset to work within the complexities of defence procurement
by integrating AI, structured and unstructured data, and legacy systems.

Our workflows don’t force
users to change how they work – they remove the manual overhead. That’s why our
customers are already seeing 7x faster turnaround times and winning more
Pentagon business.

Looking ahead, SalesPatriot plans to deepen its
presence in defence, expand into commercial aviation, and enter procurement
markets in Europe and Asia, supporting a longer-term goal of becoming a trusted
infrastructure layer for mission-critical supply chains and transforming how
parts distributors and manufacturers buy and sell critical equipment.