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SaaS platform providing B2B e-commerce and product content solutions for manufacturers and distributors, focused on digitizing operations and enriching.
KYKLO is a B2B e-commerce and product content solutions provider for manufacturers and distributors, based in Buffalo, New York, and Bangkok, Thailand. The company offers a SaaS platform that digitizes operations, enriches product data for online discovery, and generates sales-qualified leads within sectors like electrical, industrial, mechanical, and automation. KYKLO has raised $12.24 million in total funding and serves over 35 distributor customers, managing a catalog of more than 2.5 million SKUs. In June 2024, KYKLO was acquired by Epicor, further establishing its position as a global leader in B2B digital solutions. The organization was founded in 2015; founder names are not publicly available. Its business model centers on saaS platform offering plug-and-play e-commerce solutions, product content management, and training services to distributors and manufacturers.
KYKLO has raised $9.0M across 1 funding round.
KYKLO has raised $9.0M in total across 1 funding round.
KYKLO has raised $9.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $9.0M Seed in November 2020.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 1, 2020 | $9M Seed | Felicis Ventures, IA Ventures | Curie.bio, First Round Capital, Founder Collective, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Operator Partners, Susa Ventures, The Finger Group, Brian Distelburger, David Yaffe, Gokul Rajaram, Joshua Schachter, Pierre Valade, Wiley Cerilli, Jungle Ventures, SeedPlus, Wavemaker Partners | Announced |
KYKLO is a technology company that builds a B2B e-commerce and product information management (PIM) platform tailored for manufacturers and distributors in industrial sectors like electrical, automation, HVAC, and mechanical products.[1][3][4] It serves manufacturers seeking to generate sales-qualified leads and channel partners (distributors) needing quick-deployment online stores with enriched product content, solving the problem of digitizing offline industries reliant on paper catalogs and faxes by providing SEO-optimized portals, semantic search, and over 5.8 million SKUs across 1,400+ product types.[1][3][5] With 35+ distributor customers and rapid deployment (live in eight weeks), KYKLO drives more qualified traffic, higher conversions, and better product discovery; it was acquired by Epicor in June 2024, accelerating its growth in a post-COVID digital shift.[1][5]
Founded in 2015 in Buffalo, New York (with operations in Bangkok, Thailand), KYKLO emerged from founders' frustrations with the electrical and automation industry's resistance to digital transformation despite 40+ years of operation.[1][4] Co-founder and CTO Fabien Legouic, with 12 years at Schneider Electric as Business Development Director and Senior Marketing Manager, drew on his expertise in B2B marketing of industrial products and international projects to identify core issues like poor online product discovery.[4] After 1.5 years assembling experts in e-commerce, design, data, and software, they launched KYKLO as "Sales Operation Management" to digitize product info, deploy white-label e-shops, and train teams—early traction came from customers like IEC Supply, a specialty electrical distributor.[1][4] The name derives from Greek "KYKLOS" (circle of influence and Milky Way galaxy), symbolizing expanded reach and an interconnected ecosystem for manufacturers, distributors, and end-users.[4]
KYKLO rides the wave of B2B digital commerce acceleration, where industrial sectors lag consumer e-commerce but face saturated markets and post-COVID demands for online efficiency.[1][4] Its timing aligns with cloud-based PIM and composable commerce trends, empowering offline-heavy industries (electrical/HVAC) to compete via SEO and lead gen amid rising technical buyer expectations for self-service discovery.[3][5] Market forces like supply chain digitization and distributor-manufacturer channel friction favor KYKLO's universal catalog vision, influencing the ecosystem by onboarding partners faster and syndicating content to boost collective search rankings.[1][3] Post-Epicor acquisition, it amplifies Epicor's ERP dominance in manufacturing software.[1]
KYKLO's acquisition by Epicor positions it to expand its "KYKLO Galaxy" into the largest industry product catalog, integrating deeper with ERP/CRM for end-to-end channel automation.[1][4] Trends like AI-enhanced search, further B2B personalization, and global supply chain resilience will propel growth, especially as distributors prioritize no-code digital tools amid labor shortages. Its influence may evolve from niche disruptor to standard infrastructure, humanizing tech for technical buyers while scaling leads across millions of SKUs—ultimately transforming how industrial players "get online" and build lasting circles of influence.[1][3][4][5]
KYKLO has raised $9.0M in total across 1 funding round.
KYKLO's investors include Felicis Ventures, IA Ventures, Curie.Bio, First Round Capital, Founder Collective, Great Oaks Venture Capital, Operator Partners, Susa Ventures, The Finger Group, Brian Distelburger, David Yaffe, Gokul Rajaram.