From late-night copy machine frustration to corporate revolution: how deployed tackles the billions spent on enterprise procurement

About this episode

The episode discusses how Kayleigh Kuptz's frustration with enterprise procurement led to the creation of Deployed, a B2B SaaS platform that saves clients millions.

Standing at a copy machine at HSBC late one night, reviewing 50 statements of work that needed urgent attention, Kayleigh Kuptz had her lightbulb moment. "Technology should do this," she thought, "this should not be done by me." Four years later, that frustration has become Deployed—a B2B SaaS platform that's saving enterprise clients millions while transforming how corporations engage with service providers forever. Deployed is one the the increasingly successful portfolio companies of Angel Academe . If you'd like to find out more about investing alongside Angel Academe please visit SyndicateRoom . Investing in startups is risky. Don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest. This is a high-risk investment and you are unlikely to be protected if something goes wrong. Take 2 mins to learn more . Don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest. This is a high-risk investment and you are unlikely to be protected if something goes wrong. ⁠Take 2 mins to learn more⁠ .

Topics covered

• angel investing
• B2B SaaS
• enterprise procurement
• technology
• startups

Keywords

• copy machine
• statements of work
• technology
• Deployed
• Angel Academe
• SyndicateRoom
• high-risk investment

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Deployed

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