The Tradeshift story

So three Danes walk into a garage...

It began with a dream.

In 2005, entrepreneurs Christian, Mikkel and Gert had a vision: to connect every business in the world. So when the Danish National IT & Telecom Agency asked them to create an e-invoice network, they saw an opportunity to create something bigger.

First, they built EasyTrade, the world’s first open-source trade platform.* (Did they blow a few minds and break some rules along the way? You bet they did.)

Then, the trio got to work again. This time, to realize their vision of an open business platform for the whole world, not just Europe. A platform that would transform the way businesses work together. From broken to efficient; from complicated to simple; from archaic to modern.

And so, Tradeshift was born.

*95% of Danish businesses still use it today.

Christian Lanng
Founder/CEO

"The difference between having all your suppliers connected, and just a tiny part, is the difference between night and day in running your business."

Mikkel Hippe Brun
SVP of APAC & Co-founder

"If you look at your supply chain as an arena to penny-pinch, as opposed to treating your suppliers as partners, you’ll miss a competitive advantage that allows you to be better, more productive and more efficient."

Gert Sylvest
CTO, Co-founder

"Marrying social technology with hard transactions will change the way the world thinks about business and finance, and allow us to bridge major digital divides."

Bigger team.
Same vision.

Tradeshift has grown to 200+ people with offices in 7 countries, but our focus hasn’t wavered. We still make business software that’s efficient, simple to use and built for change. We embody the same values we’ve had from the beginning.

We believe in:

Creating value over maximizing profit
Collaborating over micro-management
Sharing knowledge over siloed thinking
Empowering individuals over bureaucracy

A brief review.

Take a look at our history: from late nights in a garage to winning "Digital Disruptor".

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We're going to need a bigger shelf.

Tech Tour Growth 50: "Among Europe’s fastest growing pre-exit high-tech companies"
The Top 100 Cloud-based: "Enterprise Software Startups of 2015"
The Circulars' 2015: Digital Disruptor Award
Greatlist.com: "One of the Healthiest Companies to Work For in America 2014"
Best Business Start-up 2010: TechCrunch Europe
Sustania Top 100 - 2015: We're part of this year's sustainable #100solutions

Meet our leaders.

Christian Lanng

Co-founder & CEO

Mikkel Hippe Brun

Co-founder & SVP of APAC

Gert Sylvest

Co-founder & SVP of Global Network Strategy

Thijs Stalenhoef

SVP of Enterprise Product

Sarika Garg

SVP & GM of Network & Apps

Christian Hjorth

SVP of Enterprise Commercial

Maxim Rokhline

SVP of Financial Services

John Eng

SVP of Brand & Marketing

Rolf Njor Jensen

SVP of Engineering & Engineering Platform

Peter Van Pruissen

CFO

Lynn Feldman

VP of Global HR & People Operations

Anja Møller Eriksen

Chief of Staff & VP of Strategy & Process

Meet our board.

Christian Lanng

CEO Tradeshift

Noriaki Okubo

Managing Director at Scentan Ventures

Stephen Chandler

Managing Partner at Notion Capital

Ian Swycher

Anzen Private Equity

Edward Shenderovich

Founding Partner at Kite Ventures

Lone Fønss Schrøder

Independent

Matt Ocko

Co-Managing Partner at Data Collective

Meet our investors.

Learn how Tradeshift can help your enterprise.

Tradeshift takes your privacy seriously.
We encrypt all personal information when sent over the Internet, so that it cannot be read in transit by a third party.