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October 7, 2021

Supply chain SaaS innovator ketteQ announced today that their second-round investment from industry veterans and influencers came in significantly oversubscribed.  Building on the critical state of the supply chain industry, the company has pivoted into hyper-growth mode with a platform that enables supply chain organizations to plan for, act on and optimize decision making.  

ketteQ, part of the Barkawi family of businesses, is set to rapidly scale the business through platform innovation, team expansion, formal strategic partnerships, and marketing. Karim Barkawi, founder of Barkawi Holding Group, stated “After being in the supply chain industry for over 30 years, ketteQ has created a truly innovative platform that is on track to transform and future-proof supply chains globally.  We are excited for a monumental Series A investing round in 2022.”

With decades of experience in supply chain process optimization, the team built ketteQ on Salesforce for strength in security, scalability, and configurability.  The solution delivers lightning-fast data integration from all sources for a 360-degree view of decision-grade data along with AI/ML-powered scenario planning tools to help organizations resolve supply chain issues before they even occur.

Selected as the solution of choice for some of the world’s most beloved Fortune 500 brands across North America and Asia Pacific, ketteQ has experienced 4x growth in revenues in 2021 and is planning for a 10x growth rate in 2022. Capitalizing on the tremendous urgency for solutions in the global supply chain market, industry experts are flocking to ketteQ to support their mission of revolutionizing Supply Chain planning, automation, and execution.  

In this morning’s board meeting of investors, ketteQ’s CEO Cy Smith shared “These are exciting times for ketteQ, and I am very grateful to our investors and thrilled for what this latest round of funding enables our teams to bring to the market.  We are hyper-focused on creating a paradigm shift in customer service and revenue growth rates for our global roster of clients.”  

About ketteQ

ketteQ is dedicated to building a new paradigm for Supply Chain planning and operations.  Built by experts in supply chain operations, finance, sales, and marketing, no one understands the business challenges better.  Built on Salesforce with strengths in security, scalability, and configurability, ketteQ offers supply chain organizations extended capabilities to fill in the gaps left by legacy systems. www.ketteq.com  For further information:  Please contact ketteQ at 470.795.9689, info@ketteq.com visit ketteQ.com.

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Nicole Taylor
Nicole Taylor
Sr. Director of Brand and Marketing Communications

As the Senior Director of Brand and Marketing Communications, Nicole has over 20 years of experience in building and growing brands. She has led marketing efforts across a wide range of industries, developing and executing data-driven strategies that significantly enhanced brand visibility and growth. Nicole’s expertise spans all aspects of brand development and communication, with a strong focus on collaboration, leveraging partnerships, and delivering measurable results. A graduate of the Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design from Georgia State University, she combines creative vision and strategic insight to drive impactful brand success.