What ReSourceful does

ReSourceful is a private, early-stage company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, founded in 2021. According to its firmographic profile, the company positions itself around enabling businesses to sustainably and profitably buy and sell byproducts, with the stated goal of designing waste out of supply chains. Its legal/operating identity on the company website is 'ReSourceful Technology Procurement,' and it lists 'Smart Tech Investments' as a related sub-brand, though the public website is essentially a placeholder landing page containing only a contact form, an email signup, and standard cookie/reCAPTCHA notices.

There is very limited commercial disclosure available. The company has no public pricing model, no documented customers or case studies, no management team bios, no proprietary technology description, and no revenue figures. Its only documented capital event is a $50,000 funding round in October 2021 led by TechRise Chicago, and headcount is reported in the 1-10 employee range. The company appears to be operating based on website availability, but there are no signals of product traction, scale, or follow-on funding.

A significant data quality issue affects the input: a partnerships block attributes to ReSourceful collaborations with TU Delft, Division Q, eFuelution, and WestlandInfra on a Dutch greenhouse horticulture energy transition project (SPROUT), which is geographically and sectorally inconsistent with the company's stated Chicago base and byproduct-supply-chain focus. These partnerships are treated here as likely misattributed data rather than verified ReSourceful relationships.

Name

ReSourceful

Legal name

ReSourceful Technology Procurement

Website

https://re-sourceful.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

ReSourceful is a private Chicago-based company founded in 2021 that aims to help businesses sustainably buy and sell byproducts, working to design waste out of supply chains. It operates with 1-10 employees and minimal public disclosure.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Technology Procurement Services

NAICS

Computer and Computer Peripheral Equipment and Software Merchant Wholesalers (423430)

SIC

Wholesale-Computers & Peripheral Equipment & Software (5045)

akta.pro primary industry

Procurement & Strategic Sourcing (BPAHAHAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

E-Procurement & Spend Analytics (BPAIAEAI), Procurement Systems Administration (ERP/P2P Tools Support) (BPAAAJAO)

Keywords

• Technology procurement
• IT sourcing services
• Tech investments
• Vendor procurement
• Technology procurement consulting

Headquarters

HQ city

Chicago

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Core offering

ReSourceful Technology Procurement operates as a technology procurement company that helps clients acquire and manage technology solutions. The company also offers a sub-brand called Smart Tech Investments, which is a brand or service related to technology investment activities. The public website functions primarily as an informational and email signup landing page.

Product overview

ReSourceful Technology Procurement operates as a technology procurement company with a sub-brand offering called Smart Tech Investments. The company website provides limited detail about its product portfolio, with the main site serving as an informational and email signup landing page.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ReSourceful Technology Procurement

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• TU Delft (Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTU Delft leads the SPROUT project as the primary research institution. The project develops Multi-Carrier Energy Hubs combining electricity, heat, hydrogen, and CO2 for greenhouse horticulture energy transition.
• Division QminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the SPROUT project focused on helping Dutch greenhouse horticulture transition from fossil fuel-based combined heat-and-power systems to renewable energy.
• eFuelutionminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the SPROUT project developing Multi-Carrier Energy Hubs for greenhouse energy transition while maintaining grid flexibility.
• WestlandInframinorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner in the SPROUT project contributing to energy infrastructure solutions for Dutch greenhouse horticulture sector.

Recent moves2 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Tropic: SaaS procurement and vendor-management platform targeting mid-market and enterprise buyers; directly comparable to a technology-procurement services model and a likely competitive reference point for ReSourceful.
• Vendr: SaaS procurement and spend-management platform; comparable to the 'ReSourceful Technology Procurement' legal/product positioning and the 'Smart Tech Investments' sub-brand as a technology-sourcing service.
• Rheaply: B2B asset-management and materials-exchange platform that helps organizations redeploy idle and surplus materials, directly paralleling ReSourceful's stated mission of designing waste out of supply chains via byproducts exchange.
• Material Bank: B2B marketplace for design and construction materials; a relevant peer to ReSourceful's byproducts exchange concept because it demonstrates the marketplace model for industrial/specification materials between organizations.

Emerging players

• Excess Materials Exchange: European B2B platform for industrial byproducts and waste-stream exchange; directly comparable to ReSourceful's byproducts/supply-chain waste-removal value proposition and an interesting geographic complement given ReSourceful's Dutch project exposure.
• Sievo: Procurement analytics and spend-intelligence platform; comparable as an adjacent technology-procurement capability and a relevant benchmark for ReSourceful's potential e-procurement / spend-analytics direction.
• Productiv: SaaS spend and procurement intelligence platform; an emerging competitor in the same technology-procurement category ReSourceful's branding implies it operates in.

Broad incumbents

• Circulate Capital: Circular-economy investment and ecosystem builder focused on preventing plastic waste in supply chains; relevant as a broader incumbent defining the circular-procurement category in which ReSourceful is attempting to compete.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat1 record

Key risks6 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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