The compliance platform to automate invoice processing globally
Our platform automates accounts payable, e-invoicing, compliance and clearance, generating significant efficiencies and cost savings for buyers and suppliers.
We work with large and mid-sized companies, ensuring their e-Invoicing compliance in 70 countries, including China. We're a registered Plateforme Dematerialization Partenaire (PDP) in France.
Recognised as the top Procure to Pay solution by Spend Matters, Tradeshift helps businesses Digitise, Automate, and Grow—delivering tangible value whether you are transforming or evolving your digital processes.
The Tradeshift story
Tradeshift was founded in 2010 to deal with European e-Invoicing compliance, and we've never stopped this being our core focus
It began with
compliance
Our founders developed an early e-Invoicing platform in 2010.
They also had leading roles in the EU PEPPOL project, influencing its development.
That was 16 years ago. Ironically, today the importance of compliance and clearance in e-Invoicing has never been as great or urgent.
We’ve continued to refine and develop our e-Invoicing compliance solutions.
In particular, we work with customers with complex and demanding global needs.
Tradeshift simplifies and automates everyday business interactions such as purchasing, invoicing, and payments by offering a centralised digital platform where businesses can connect, trade, pay, and get paid. All in one place.
Tradeshift connects businesses on a single cloud-based network, delivering compelling value propositions for both buyers and suppliers.
Gert Sylvest
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.
Gert Sylvest
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.
16 years on... The same vision
Tradeshift spans every corner of the globe. Our network is home to a thriving community of more than a million business users. And we count a number of the world’s most respected financial institutions, BPOs and technology companies as our partners.
We might be built for change, but our focus has never wavered. We build the technology that ensures every business has the access and tools they need to benefit fully from digital global trade.
We help businesses
Connect all of their suppliers and all of their source-to-pay processes on a single, networked platform.
Buy what they need faster and generate new revenue streams through modern B2B e-commerce.
Access fast, predictable working capital and embedded financial services to help them grow.
Our values
One team, one mission
No individual contributor can get us to our goals alone. We’re all on the same team, and we treat each other that way. We seek out opportunities to collaborate, regardless of with whom, when, or where.
Win for our customers first
When we listen to and take others’ wants and needs to heart, we gain a deeper understanding of who they are, and can create real value for them.
Never stop challenging the status quo
We continually challenge ourselves and others to be better; we challenge processes and systems that aren’t working; and most of all, we challenge the notion that anything should go without being challenged.
Awards
Spend Matters Solution Map 2023
Spend Matters Solution Map 2023
Spend Matters 50 Providers to Know
Spend Matters 50 Providers to Know
The Executive Team
Mike Cowles
Chief Executive Officer
Mike Cowles is Tradeshift’s Chief Executive Officer and joined the company in December 2024. Mike has an extensive background in Spend Management, Financial Solutions, Outsourced Services and Technology Consulting.
Mike has led strategy, execution, and communication for multiple companies and business units focused on revenue growth, expense management, and accountability to drive value creation.
For over 14 years, Mike held several senior leadership roles at Ariba and SAP including leading Ariba’s largest business unit. In this role, as SVP and General Manager North America, Mike led a team of more than 200 team members serving hundreds of enterprise customers.
Marcus Carr
Chief Financial Officer
Marcus joined Tradeshift in April of 2025 bringing almost 20 years of experience building and leading lean and effective accounting and FP&A functions in the tech space, hospitality and infrastructure. He also has extensive experience in M&A from both the buyer and seller perspective.
Outside of the office, Marcus enjoys coaching basketball and flag football and participating in all things sports with his family.
Ron Lugo
Chief Operating Officer
Ron Lugo is a seasoned SaaS and enterprise technology executive with over two decades of leadership experience driving growth and operational excellence at global organizations. He has held senior roles at industry leaders including SAP, Ariba, and PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he built a reputation for delivering results across revenue operations, customer success, and business transformation.
Ron joined Tradeshift in March 2025, bringing deep expertise in scaling global teams, leading complex go-to-market strategies, and aligning cross-functional execution with long-term business outcomes. Based in Atlanta, GA, he is known for his hands-on leadership style and passion for building purpose-driven, high-performing teams.
Raphael Bres
SVP, Chief Product & Technology Officer
Raphael (Raphy) Bres is Chief Product & Technology Officer at Tradeshift, responsible for driving strategy, innovation and transformative technology initiatives across Tradeshift’s complete portfolio of solutions. Raphy first joined Tradeshift in 2020 as Chief Product Officer. He rejoined the company in 2024 following a two year stint at Spiff where, as part of the leadership team, Raphy and his teams successfully established a strong Product Market position leading to Spiff’s acquisition by Salesforce in December 2023.
A proven product leader and renowned problem solver, Raphy’s 25 years of experience spans Enterprise Financial Applications and B2B SaaS Solutions. He has held senior leadership positions with a host of leading software companies including PeopleSoft/Oracle, Microsoft, Workday, and FinancialForce now Certinia which was acquired in July 2023 .
Originally from France, Raphy holds a Master of Sciences in Economics and a Master of Sciences in Information Systems from the University of Paris-Dauphine. Raphael began his career at Deloitte Financial Audit and ERP Consulting. Having spent a significant portion of his career working in San Francisco, he is now in the process of relocating back to Europe.
Jonathan Lagan
General Counsel
Jonathan is Tradeshift’s General Counsel responsible for corporate governance, risk management, compliance and all legal matters relating to the company and its dealings. He has worked as a banking and corporate lawyer for over twenty years, spending much of this time in leadership roles at UK publicly listed companies.
A sought-after advisor and respected figure in the legal industry, Jonathan spent 10 years as a legal director at retailer Tesco, earning the respect of his peers in navigating a wide range of complex legal challenges. Most recently, Jonathan was General Counsel at Aldermore Bank. Earlier in his career, he spent four years at Shearman & Sterling as a senior associate in its London office.
Originally from New Zealand, Jonathan is based in the United Kingdom. A keen sportsman, Jonathan loves skiing, riding horses, and track-driving, but spends the majority of his time chasing after his two sons and actively encouraging their support for the New Zealand rugby team.
Our Founder
Gert Sylvest
Co-Founder
Gert Sylvest is one of Tradeshift’s co-founders. He has extensive experience with digital, cloud based procure-to-pay and financing, large-scale public-to-private P2P infrastructures, cross-regional cloud deployments, blockchain and interoperability.
Previously, he was responsible for the technical design and implementation of the Danish (Easytrade/Nemhandel) and European (PEPPOL) peer-to-peer-based source-to-pay digital infrastructures, with Accenture and Avanade.
Gert holds a MSc in Information Technology and Music, specializing in real-time distributed collaboration systems. He is based in Denmark.
Our investors
