PartnerSlate is a technology company.
PartnerSlate has raised $4.0M across 1 funding round.
PartnerSlate has raised $4.0M in total across 1 funding round.
PartnerSlate has raised $4.0M in total across 1 funding round.
PartnerSlate's investors include Supply Change Capital.
PartnerSlate is a San Francisco-based technology platform that operates as a digital marketplace connecting consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands—especially in food and beverage—with nearly 6,000 contract manufacturers (co-mans) and co-packers.[1][2][3][4] It streamlines project commercialization by enabling brands to list anonymized projects, receive targeted offers from qualified manufacturers based on criteria like category, volume, certifications, location, and capabilities, and facilitate communication, document sharing, and onboarding to cut search times from months to days.[1][3][4][6] Serving startups, established brands, and Fortune 500 companies alongside manufacturers seeking to fill capacity and accelerate sales, PartnerSlate addresses key pain points in the $200 billion food contract manufacturing industry, such as inefficient cold-calling and mismatched leads, with a blend of AI-matching, human advisors, and a comprehensive North American co-man database.[2][4][5][6] The company has supported over 2,000 brands, seen 3x project growth post-beta, raised $4 million in Seed VC funding, and maintains revenue under $5 million with a small team under 25 employees.[2][5][6]
PartnerSlate's idea emerged in 2015 when co-founder Matt Suggs, then in finance, dined with friends running a popular juice startup struggling to find reliable co-manufacturers, inspiring him to leave his job and build a better matching solution.[1][3] By 2020, Suggs had become a co-man search expert with relationships to hundreds of manufacturers; he teamed up with Vince Tseng, an investor in food startups with experience modernizing supply chains via data and technology.[3] They formally launched the company around 2021, evolving from Suggs' initial efforts into a full marketplace.[3][5] Key milestones include beta testing with thousands of startups and Fortune 500 clients, the 2023 launch of PartnerMatch—their precision-matching engine—and rapid adoption with hundreds of monthly projects.[4][5][6]
PartnerSlate rides the digitization wave in the trillion-dollar CPG sector, particularly the $200 billion food and beverage contract manufacturing space, where traditional inefficiencies like manual searches and global competition hinder scaling.[1][4][5] Its timing aligns with post-pandemic supply chain disruptions and rising demand for agile, tech-enabled production amid CPG innovation booms in health-focused, plant-based, and functional foods.[4] Market forces favoring it include brands' need for faster time-to-market and manufacturers' push to fill unused capacity, with PartnerSlate's platform boosting productivity, transparency, and competitiveness in a shift from analog to data-driven ecosystems.[1][4] By becoming the "digital hub and spoke," it influences the ecosystem by setting standards for matching precision, reducing waste, and enabling smaller brands to compete with giants, much like marketplaces transformed other verticals.[4][6]
PartnerSlate is poised for expansion with its $4 million funding fueling database growth, AI enhancements, and potential international reach beyond North America, targeting sustained 3x+ project momentum in a fragmenting CPG manufacturing landscape.[2][5] Trends like AI-optimized supply chains, sustainability certifications, and e-commerce-driven customization will shape its path, amplifying demand for its specialized matching amid ongoing industry consolidation.[4][5] Its influence could evolve into a full-stack CPG operations platform, further democratizing access and solidifying its role as the go-to hub for brands racing to scale production smarter and faster—echoing how it began as one juice company's pain point turned industry solution.[3][6]
PartnerSlate has raised $4.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $4.0M Seed in June 2023.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2023 | $4.0M Seed | Supply Change Capital |