Quyntess

What Quyntess does

Quyntess is a Rotterdam-headquartered software company founded in 2004 that provides cloud-based procure-to-pay and supply chain collaboration solutions for direct materials, with primary customers in European discrete manufacturing, consumer packaged goods, and logistics services. Its core offering is a multi-tenant collaboration platform built on open standards (UBL as the lingua franca) that connects buyers and suppliers through public APIs and integrates with ERP systems and global networks including Tradeshift (1.5 million companies, 190 countries), Peppol, Project44, and Adyen. The portfolio comprises a Supply Chain Collaboration App Suite of 13 modular applications covering EDI, order collaboration, supplier collaboration, logistics collaboration, inventory collaboration, forecast collaboration, carrier collaboration, service collaboration, planner workbench, and SCM dashboards, plus a global eInvoicing compliance layer spanning 50+ countries. The Q-Card sub-brand, launched in 2022 and powered by Adyen, issues virtual Mastercard and Visa payment cards for B2B tail-spend management, extending the platform into fintech.

The company sells primarily through direct enterprise field sales targeting procurement, supply chain, operations, and finance buyers, supplemented by the Tradeshift marketplace channel and implementation partners. Revenue is generated through annual SaaS subscriptions for the App Suite, professional services for implementation and onboarding, and transaction fees from Q-Card virtual card processing. Pricing is quote-based with both subscription and pay-per-use options and no upfront network investment required. Named enterprise customers include Marel, Danone, Stork, Lely, Vanderlande, VMI Group (a TKH Group N.V. subsidiary), GKN, Canon, Heijmans, and AVK, spanning food processing, dairy, industrial equipment, agricultural robotics, airport logistics, tire/rubber, aerospace, automotive, imaging, and construction.

In May 2026, Quyntess was acquired by PipeChain, forming a combined entity expected to generate approximately €22 million in sales with about €16 million in annual recurring revenue run rate, with an expanded geographic footprint across Benelux, Germany, France, and the United States. Leadership is anchored by CEO Rob van Ipenburg and Q-Card Commercial Director Jan Verbreuken. The company's strategic position rests on integration ecosystem breadth (Tradeshift + Peppol + Project44 + Adyen), open-standard architecture (UBL) that avoids sticky point-to-point EDI, and a 2.5 million supplier network that supports screening, multi-sourcing, and tariff-impact scenario analysis.

Name

Quyntess

Legal name

Quyntess B.V.

Website

https://quyntess.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2004

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Quyntess provides cloud-based procure-to-pay and supply chain collaboration software for direct materials in European discrete manufacturing, CPG, and logistics, built on UBL open standards and the Tradeshift Business Network, with a Q-Card fintech sub-brand for tail-spend virtual payments. Acquired by PipeChain in May 2026.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Supply Chain Management Software

NAICS

Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151), Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518)

SIC

Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373), Services-Computer Programming, Data Processing, Etc. (7370)

akta.pro primary industry

B2B/EDI & Supply Chain Process Automation Platforms (HDAEAHAK)

akta.pro secondary industry

B2B Marketplaces & Wholesale Platforms (BPAMAGAD)

Keywords

• Supply chain software
• Procure-to-pay solutions
• EDI integration
• Supplier collaboration
• Tail-spend management

Headquarters

HQ city

Rotterdam

HQ country

Netherlands

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Subscriptions: Annual subscription fees for access to the Quyntess App Suite on a multi-tenant cloud platform. Customers pay for the supply chain collaboration platform with modular apps that can be activated based on business priorities.
2. Q-Card Transaction Processing: Revenue from virtual payment card transactions. Q-Card issues one-time limited virtual Mastercards and Visa cards for each purchase. Processing powered by Adyen for card issuance and acquiring.
3. Professional Services: Implementation, onboarding, and consulting services including professional services, support services, and onboarding services to help customers connect to the platform and digitize supply chain processes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Quyntess provides a cloud-based, multi-enterprise supply chain collaboration platform built on Universal Business Language (UBL) open standards. It sells a modular App Suite of 13+ SCM applications covering EDI, procure-to-pay, supplier collaboration, visibility, logistics, inventory, and forecast collaboration, plus Q-Card virtual payment cards for B2B tail-spend management. The platform connects buyers, suppliers, and carriers across 190+ countries through integrations with the Tradeshift Business Network, Peppol, Project44, and Adyen.

Product overview

Quyntess offers a next-generation supply chain collaboration platform built around the Tradeshift Business Network. The core portfolio consists of EDI, Procure-to-Pay, Supplier Collaboration, and Visibility & Performance solutions, supplemented by a suite of 13 specialized apps including SCM Dashboard, Order Collaboration, Logistics Collaboration, Inventory Collaboration, Forecast Collaboration, Planner Workbench, Carrier Collaboration, and Service Collaboration apps. The platform also includes Q-Card, a virtual payment card solution (sub-brand) for tail-spend management. The architecture combines a multi-tenant business network with modular apps that can be activated to gradually digitize data and document exchange with external business partners across 190+ countries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Q-Card: A Dutch fintech label and virtual payment card application launched by Quyntess, enabling companies to provide employees with virtual Mastercard cards for purchasing products and services, targeting online B2B tail-spend categories. Based in Rotterdam, powered by Adyen.
• Quyntess Supply Chain Collaboration App Suite

Products and services

• Supply Chain Collaboration App Suite A suite of 13 comprehensive apps enabling collaboration across the entire supply chain, including order collaboration, product data management, maintenance and quality, and virtual payment cards. The suite leverages the Tradeshift Business Network for global connectivity.
• EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) Electronic Data Interchange solutions enabling digital transaction exchange between business partners. Quyntess helps set up EDI strategy for both outsourcing or in-house EDI focus.
• Procure-to-Pay End-to-end procure-to-pay solutions that extend control over spend and drive compliance. Covers global eInvoicing compliance in over 50 countries, enabling above-average accounts payable automation rates through tight P2P collaboration.
• Supplier Collaboration Modern collaboration capabilities embedded in business processes that simplify complex and fragmented data and document exchange with business partners. Creates responsive real-time communication networks with supply chain partners for faster exception management.
• Visibility & Performance Solutions providing real-time status views and dashboards. Efforts to onboard supply chain partners onto the multi-enterprise collaboration network immediately pay off through reduced manual data entry, maximized data reuse, automated expediting, and smoothened exception management.
• Q-Card Dutch fintech virtual payment card solution enabling companies to provide employees virtual payment cards through a uniform payment solution. Part of tail-spend management, allowing custom budgets and approval rules per user type for purchasing products and services. Powered by Adyen with Mastercard and Visa acceptance.
• Supplier Screening Quick supplier screening service leveraging the platform's network of over 2.5 million connections. Provides screening against connected supplier community for new supplier onboarding.

Quantifiable outcome

• 75-80% of purchase orders processed via EDI or vendor portal for Marel
• +7 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability3 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, supporting and minor.

• AdyencoreTechnology or Integration · 3 June 2022Adyen provides the financial technology infrastructure for Q-Card, the virtual payment card solution. Adyen facilitates the entire transaction flow including card issuance and acquiring. This partnership enables Q-Card to issue virtual Mastercards and Visa cards globally, powering the tail-spend management solution for B2B online purchases.
• TradeshiftcoreTechnology or IntegrationQuyntess leverages the Tradeshift Business Network as its core platform infrastructure. The platform provides access to 1.5M+ connected companies across 190 countries and processes over $500B in transaction value. Quyntess offers its SCM App Suite on the Tradeshift network, enabling buyers and suppliers to collaborate on orders, invoicing, logistics, and planning through the ecosystem.
• PeppolcoreTechnology or IntegrationQuyntess connects to the Peppol network using Universal Business Language (UBL) as the integration standard. Quyntess is a PEPPOL Certified Access Point Provider, enabling standardized electronic document exchange (e-invoicing, purchase orders) for cross-border B2B trade across the global Peppol network.
• Project44supportingTechnology or IntegrationQuyntess integrates with Project44 for real-time transportation visibility and carrier tracking data. The integration connects the two worlds of material and transportation logistics, enabling buyers, suppliers, and carriers to share real-time shipment data and automate freight processes.
• TKH Group N.V.minorOthersTKH Group N.V. (NYSE Euronext Amsterdam) is the parent company of VMI Group, a key Quyntess customer. VMI opted for the Quyntess Supply Chain Collaboration App Suite. TKH Group encompasses specialized business lines for Tire, Rubber, Can and Care products.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• PipeChain: Acquirer of Quyntess and direct competitor pre-acquisition. PipeChain provides cloud-based supply chain software for end-to-end procure-to-pay and digitalization, with strong overlap in European manufacturing customers and direct-materials P2P workflows.
• Tradeshift: Core platform partner and overlapping network operator. Tradeshift's Business Network underpins Quyntess's reach but also competes in B2B connectivity, e-invoicing, and supply chain finance for many of the same enterprise buyers and suppliers.
• Ivalua: Privately-held source-to-pay platform with a strong European installed base and a unified spend management suite. Competes with Quyntess on supplier collaboration, P2P, and tail-spend visibility for large industrial buyers.
• Zycus: AI-powered source-to-pay suite with procure-to-pay, supplier management, and invoice automation capabilities. Competes with Quyntess in mid-market and large enterprise P2P, particularly on AI-led automation narratives.
• Taulia: Supply chain finance and dynamic discounting platform embedded into P2P workflows. Compares to Quyntess's Q-Card fintech sub-brand by monetizing B2B payment flows on top of procurement collaboration data.

Broad incumbents

• SAP Ariba: Dominant enterprise P2P, supplier collaboration, and EDI suite within SAP's broader application portfolio. SAP Ariba is the primary incumbent Quyntess displaces in mid-market European manufacturers adopting open-standards alternatives.
• Coupa Software: Publicly-traded (formerly) business spend management platform covering direct and indirect procurement, invoicing, and supply chain collaboration. Competes head-to-head with Quyntess for enterprise tail-spend and P2P automation budgets.
• Jaggaer: Enterprise source-to-pay provider with strong European manufacturing and direct-materials presence. Jaggaer's supplier collaboration and procure-to-pay suite overlaps materially with Quyntess's core offerings.
• Basware: Nordic-headquartered AP automation, e-invoicing, and procurement finance provider with deep European enterprise footprint. Strong overlap with Quyntess's P2P and global e-invoicing compliance positioning across 50+ countries.

Emerging players

• Project44: Real-time transportation visibility platform integrated into Quyntess's Carrier Collaboration app. Competes for logistics-collaboration budgets and represents an adjacent SCM category relevant to Quyntess's multi-modal supply chain offering.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/quyntess
• Facebookfacebook.com/QuyntessSCM

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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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