Flywheel Dynamix Grabs $7 Million Seed

<p><strong>SAN FRANCISCO<&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cts&period;businesswire&period;com&sol;ct&sol;CT&quest;id&equals;smartlink&amp&semi;url&equals;http&percnt;3A&percnt;2F&percnt;2Fwww&period;flywl&period;com&amp&semi;esheet&equals;54155486&amp&semi;newsitemid&equals;20241120640384&amp&semi;lan&equals;en-US&amp&semi;anchor&equals;Flywheel&plus;Dynamix&plus;&percnt;28&percnt;26&percnt;238220&percnt;3BFlywl&percnt;26&percnt;238221&percnt;3B&percnt;29&amp&semi;index&equals;1&amp&semi;md5&equals;5993faf2cb67a86b9f58a3edb1a246d6" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"nofollow noopener" shape&equals;"rect">Flywheel Dynamix &lpar;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Flywl”&rpar;<&sol;a>&comma; the first buyer-centric cloud marketplace designed to simplify software acquisition for buyers and help sellers grow revenue faster&comma; has raised &dollar;7 million in seed funding&period; Storm Ventures&comma; Foster Ventures&comma; BeeNex&comma; FeBe&comma; and Teknos Ventures led the round&period; After operating in stealth mode since August&comma; Flywl is officially launching the first buyer module for its marketplace platform in the first week of December&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With over &dollar;100B forecasted to flow through cloud marketplaces by 2026 and an addressable market expected to exceed &dollar;150B by 2027&comma; Flywl represents a new way for companies to grow versus traditional Go-to-Market models&period; However&comma; the current landscape has deep inefficiencies&comma; including buyer-seller matching&comma; fragmented insights&comma; offer optimization&comma; and missing workflows across different marketplaces&period; While at AWS and as a second-time marketplace founder&comma; CEO Ankur Srivastava witnessed firsthand and manually solved many of these inefficiencies&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Flywl’s mission on the seller side is to help every business accelerate revenue with marketplaces through unmatched trust&comma; spend allocation intelligence&comma; and transaction efficiency&period; By providing more comprehensive and intelligent listings&comma; automated workflows&comma; and actionable insights&comma; Flywl integrates procurement&comma; helps buyers and sellers make better decisions&comma; and accelerates growth while enhancing quality engagement across all parties&period; It also provides a unified dashboard to manage spend and provides recommendations across AWS&comma; Azure&comma; and Google Cloud&period; Early buyer engagement with Fortune 500 leaders validates this problem with similar feedback from leading sellers in data and AI&comma; observability&comma; and workflow platforms&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We&&num;8217&semi;re incredibly excited about the opportunities this funding unlocks&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Ankur Srivastava&comma; Founder and CEO of Flywl&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Major enterprises allocate billions to SaaS tools&comma; yet no platform truly caters to the buyer&&num;8217&semi;s point of view&period; Flywl directly tackles both buyer and seller pain points&comma; enabling businesses to scale faster&comma; operate smarter&comma; and unlock new growth potential&period; This &dollar;7M seed round is instrumental in bringing our vision to life&comma; and we&&num;8217&semi;re thrilled to have such strong partners on this journey&period; We invite forward-thinking enterprises to join us in shaping the future of frictionless cloud commerce&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Cloud marketplaces represent an underutilized opportunity&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Arun Penmetsa&comma; Partner at Storm Ventures&period; &&num;8220&semi;Despite their volume potential&comma; the capacity to handle enterprise transactions efficiently has not been fully realized&comma; and there&&num;8217&semi;s a lack of analytics to drive informed buyer and seller decisions&period; Flywl is building a next-generation infrastructure for enterprises to transact more effectively on marketplaces&comma; providing a streamlined experience for buyers&period; Their long-term vision aligns with our belief that cloud marketplaces will continue to grow as a strong go-to-market channel&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Our investment in Flywl was driven by the exceptional founding team&comma; their unique approach to solving a critical problem&comma; and their focus on serving the buyer side of the equation&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said Priya Ramachandran&comma; Partner at Foster Ventures&period; &&num;8220&semi;Ankur and his team bring unparalleled and deep expertise in cloud-based marketplaces&period; They are addressing the hardest marketplace challenges with their ambitious roadmap and are ready to disrupt cloud-based marketplaces&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With this new capital&comma; Flywl will accelerate the product development of its Meta Marketplace Platform&comma; expand its R&amp&semi;D team&comma; and roll out the platform to initial customers&period; The company plans to double its product and engineering team within six months&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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