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Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Tailor Raises $14 Million in First Close of Series A to Power the Next Generation of Composable ERP
Round led by ANRI to support Tailor's growth in North America and Japan amid rising demand for agile enterprise systems SAN FRANCISCO, May 20, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tailor, the headless ERP platform that delivers composable architecture to SMBs and enterprises, announced it has raised $14 million USD in the first close of its Series A funding round. The investment was led by ANRI, one of Japan's leading early-stage venture capital firms, with participation from Spiral Capital. This funding milestone comes at a time when global supply chains remain volatile, operational complexity continues to rise, and enterprises are actively rethinking their core systems, according to Tailor CEO and Cofounder Yo Shibata. "Legacy ERP systems weren't designed for the pace or complexity of today's operations, and companies can no longer afford 18-month ERP rollouts," said Shibata. "We're excited to partner with ANRI and Spiral Capital on our mission to empower operators with a platform that adapts as fast as their business evolves." Tailor enables companies to move away from rigid, monolithic systems by embracing composable architecture: a modular approach where best-of-breed applications are integrated via APIs to create agile, scalable business systems tailored to each organization's needs. "Tailor represents a new category of business systems infrastructure: the speed of a startup with the rigor enterprise ops leaders require," said Junichiro Kono, General Partner at ANRI. "We're excited to support Yo and the Tailor team as they enable modern enterprises with modular, API-first and adaptable solutions." Tailor's headless architecture separates the data and logic layer from the UI, allowing operational teams to build, customize, and automate workflows across systems. Historically, businesses using monolithic legacy ERP systems would have to undergo re-architecting core systems to change workflows or integrate with new software. Tailor's headless and composable architecture enables companies to: Integrate or migrate to best-of-breed tools without re-architecting their ERP Automate cross-system workflows (for example, Tailor's inventory module syncs data across purchasing, fulfillment and accounting systems) Give developers and AI agents direct, programmatic access to ERP functions Deliver custom experiences across internal and customer-facing interfaces "For fast-growing retail brands managing inventory, fulfillment and omnichannel marketplaces, Tailor provides an attractive and future-ready alternative to point solutions and legacy ERPs," Shibata added. This latest funding enables Tailor to expand go-to-market efforts in North America while investing in product development and customer success in Japan. Tailor has already gained strong traction among mid-market and enterprise customers in both the U.S. and Japan. Tailor plans to raise $30 to $40 million USD in its Series A, and additional investors and strategic partners are expected to join in the coming months. About Tailor Tailor is the only headless ERP for modern mid-sized and enterprise businesses. Purpose-built for operators in retail, ecommerce, and supply chain, Tailor enables companies to automate workflows and quickly adapt to change. Tailor's composable architecture empowers companies to streamline operations with customizable modules for inventory, purchasing, fulfillment, finance, and omnichannel management. Tailor is backed by Y Combinator, Global Brain and ANRI. View source version on Contacts Abby Nitta, Marketing Manager, Tailorabby@ (414) 243-7013https:// Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Tailor Raises $14 Million in First Close of Series A to Power the Next Generation of Composable ERP
Round led by ANRI to support Tailor's growth in North America and Japan amid rising demand for agile enterprise systems SAN FRANCISCO, May 20, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tailor, the headless ERP platform that delivers composable architecture to SMBs and enterprises, announced it has raised $14 million USD in the first close of its Series A funding round. The investment was led by ANRI, one of Japan's leading early-stage venture capital firms, with participation from Spiral Capital. This funding milestone comes at a time when global supply chains remain volatile, operational complexity continues to rise, and enterprises are actively rethinking their core systems, according to Tailor CEO and Cofounder Yo Shibata. "Legacy ERP systems weren't designed for the pace or complexity of today's operations, and companies can no longer afford 18-month ERP rollouts," said Shibata. "We're excited to partner with ANRI and Spiral Capital on our mission to empower operators with a platform that adapts as fast as their business evolves." Tailor enables companies to move away from rigid, monolithic systems by embracing composable architecture: a modular approach where best-of-breed applications are integrated via APIs to create agile, scalable business systems tailored to each organization's needs. "Tailor represents a new category of business systems infrastructure: the speed of a startup with the rigor enterprise ops leaders require," said Junichiro Kono, General Partner at ANRI. "We're excited to support Yo and the Tailor team as they enable modern enterprises with modular, API-first and adaptable solutions." Tailor's headless architecture separates the data and logic layer from the UI, allowing operational teams to build, customize, and automate workflows across systems. Historically, businesses using monolithic legacy ERP systems would have to undergo re-architecting core systems to change workflows or integrate with new software. Tailor's headless and composable architecture enables companies to: Integrate or migrate to best-of-breed tools without re-architecting their ERP Automate cross-system workflows (for example, Tailor's inventory module syncs data across purchasing, fulfillment and accounting systems) Give developers and AI agents direct, programmatic access to ERP functions Deliver custom experiences across internal and customer-facing interfaces "For fast-growing retail brands managing inventory, fulfillment and omnichannel marketplaces, Tailor provides an attractive and future-ready alternative to point solutions and legacy ERPs," Shibata added. This latest funding enables Tailor to expand go-to-market efforts in North America while investing in product development and customer success in Japan. Tailor has already gained strong traction among mid-market and enterprise customers in both the U.S. and Japan. Tailor plans to raise $30 to $40 million USD in its Series A, and additional investors and strategic partners are expected to join in the coming months. About Tailor Tailor is the only headless ERP for modern mid-sized and enterprise businesses. Purpose-built for operators in retail, ecommerce, and supply chain, Tailor enables companies to automate workflows and quickly adapt to change. Tailor's composable architecture empowers companies to streamline operations with customizable modules for inventory, purchasing, fulfillment, finance, and omnichannel management. Tailor is backed by Y Combinator, Global Brain and ANRI. View source version on Contacts Abby Nitta, Marketing Manager, Tailorabby@ (414) 243-7013https:// Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Business Wire
20-05-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Tailor Raises $14 Million in First Close of Series A to Power the Next Generation of Composable ERP
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Tailor, the headless ERP platform that delivers composable architecture to SMBs and enterprises, announced it has raised $14 million USD in the first close of its Series A funding round. The investment was led by ANRI, one of Japan's leading early-stage venture capital firms, with participation from Spiral Capital. Tailor, the headless ERP platform that delivers composable architecture to SMBs and enterprises, announced it has raised $14 million USD in the first close of its Series A funding round. This funding milestone comes at a time when global supply chains remain volatile, operational complexity continues to rise, and enterprises are actively rethinking their core systems, according to Tailor CEO and Cofounder Yo Shibata. 'Legacy ERP systems weren't designed for the pace or complexity of today's operations, and companies can no longer afford 18-month ERP rollouts,' said Shibata. 'We're excited to partner with ANRI and Spiral Capital on our mission to empower operators with a platform that adapts as fast as their business evolves.' Tailor enables companies to move away from rigid, monolithic systems by embracing composable architecture: a modular approach where best-of-breed applications are integrated via APIs to create agile, scalable business systems tailored to each organization's needs. 'Tailor represents a new category of business systems infrastructure: the speed of a startup with the rigor enterprise ops leaders require,' said Junichiro Kono, General Partner at ANRI. 'We're excited to support Yo and the Tailor team as they enable modern enterprises with modular, API-first and adaptable solutions.' Tailor's headless architecture separates the data and logic layer from the UI, allowing operational teams to build, customize, and automate workflows across systems. Historically, businesses using monolithic legacy ERP systems would have to undergo re-architecting core systems to change workflows or integrate with new software. Tailor's headless and composable architecture enables companies to: Integrate or migrate to best-of-breed tools without re-architecting their ERP Automate cross-system workflows (for example, Tailor's inventory module syncs data across purchasing, fulfillment and accounting systems) Give developers and AI agents direct, programmatic access to ERP functions Deliver custom experiences across internal and customer-facing interfaces 'For fast-growing retail brands managing inventory, fulfillment and omnichannel marketplaces, Tailor provides an attractive and future-ready alternative to point solutions and legacy ERPs,' Shibata added. This latest funding enables Tailor to expand go-to-market efforts in North America while investing in product development and customer success in Japan. Tailor has already gained strong traction among mid-market and enterprise customers in both the U.S. and Japan. Tailor plans to raise $30 to $40 million USD in its Series A, and additional investors and strategic partners are expected to join in the coming months. About Tailor Tailor is the only headless ERP for modern mid-sized and enterprise businesses. Purpose-built for operators in retail, ecommerce, and supply chain, Tailor enables companies to automate workflows and quickly adapt to change. Tailor's composable architecture empowers companies to streamline operations with customizable modules for inventory, purchasing, fulfillment, finance, and omnichannel management. Tailor is backed by Y Combinator, Global Brain and ANRI.
Economic Times
14-05-2025
- Automotive
- Economic Times
Renesas-CG Power venture likely to roll out first chip by mid-2026, says Hidetoshi Shibata
Hidetoshi-Shibata-renesas Japanese semiconductor firm Renesas Electronics Corporation expects its chip assembly joint venture with Murugappa group's CG Power and Thailand's Stars Microelectronics to roll out its first chip from a pilot production line by mid-2026, its global CEO Hidetoshi Shibata told Rs 7,600-crore plant in Sanand is slated to start mass production in 2027, he said, adding that Renesas is also in talks with other potential Indian partners to expand its presence in the country at various levels, even as it is extremely bullish on its partnership with CG tensions following the Pahalgam terror attack caused some "near-term technical issues" that needed to be dealt with, but that hasn't deterred the company's push to double down in Gujarat, which is a border state, Shibata said on Tuesday."A country like India will not do anything detrimental to the prosperity of the country,' he said. 'There are some conflicts, but I do strongly believe India will not do anything above and beyond. (Do I) have a doubt about the prospect of the industries in a state like Gujarat? Absolutely not."The $10 billion Renesas—listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and a supplier to auto giants like Toyota Motor Corp and Honda Motor Co—counts India as a large market. It supplied the Chandrayaan-3 space mission with more than 30 radiation-hardened components and is a major player in the smart metering space in the country. Shibata spoke to ET ahead of Renesas' expansion of its Bengaluru and Noida centres to accommodate its growing R&D teams. '(This is the) first time three-nanometre chips will be designed in our country,' union electronics and information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said at the inauguration in has partnered with the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) to support local startups and academic institutions in VLSI (very large-scale integration) and embedded semiconductor said the country is growing electronics manufacturing at a rate of double-digit CAGR, which 'will create a lot of employment, demand, and self-reliant solutions.' Also, while developing the semiconductor industry in the country, 'we are working at all the parts of the value chain," he Renesas' priority remains the outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) facility in Sanand, Shibata did not rule out the possibility of establishing a fab in the country.'Everything is a possibility,' he said. 'But for now, I do see CG Power as a very like-minded partner... We are now focused on really ramping up the facilities that we are working on. The rest should follow that." When asked what India should do to further cement its position as a semiconductor manufacturing hub, Shibata highlighted the importance of intellectual property (IP). While India has made tremendous progress in terms of setting up shop in production, be it the front end or back end (design), it is now time to be more aggressive on design and intellectual property—both software and hardware, he said.'If you just produce those products, chances are you will be serving to companies from other parts of the world,' Shibata said. 'That's not interesting to a big country like India. You have to take control of the semiconductor and electronics value chain, end to end, and to do so, the upstream capabilities of intellectual properties will be crucial,' he also believed that with the emergence of generative AI and India not having the "baggage" from the conventional way of semiconductor design and usage, the country is well positioned to think more creatively about the design, usage and lifecycle management of semiconductor devices.'And that's what I'm trying to do…if we can find a great India partner." He said. 'I do look at CG Power as potentially one of them (partners).'Vaishnaw also stressed the need to develop intellectual properties (IPs) at the inauguration.'We are now going into developing our own IP,' the minister said. 'We have already taken a call to design 25 chipsets. Some of them are very critical chipsets—high value, low volume—but going into some of the major important systems. It may take two years or even three years to reach a good level of progress in that, but the journey must begin,' he for the Renesas' focus areas, Shibata said electric vehicles (EVs)—be it two-wheelers, three-wheelers or four-wheelers—and related infrastructure is one of the most promising areas. Industrial vehicles was also an interesting opportunity, he said.'But in longer term, I really wanted to contribute to India in elevating its electronics capabilities around healthcare,' Shibata said. 'So, hopefully, we will do a good job in drawing the healthcare electronics capabilities in India in a way that you can serve a growing need from the domestic market of India.'
Time of India
14-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
Renesas-CG Power venture likely to roll out first chip by mid-2026, says Hidetoshi Shibata
Live Events Japanese semiconductor firm Renesas Electronics Corporation expects its chip assembly joint venture with Murugappa group's CG Power and Thailand's Stars Microelectronics to roll out its first chip from a pilot production line by mid-2026, its global CEO Hidetoshi Shibata told Rs 7,600-crore plant in Sanand is slated to start mass production in 2027, he said, adding that Renesas is also in talks with other potential Indian partners to expand its presence in the country at various levels, even as it is extremely bullish on its partnership with CG tensions following the Pahalgam terror attack caused some "near-term technical issues" that needed to be dealt with, but that hasn't deterred the company's push to double down in Gujarat, which is a border state, Shibata said on Tuesday."A country like India will not do anything detrimental to the prosperity of the country,' he said. 'There are some conflicts, but I do strongly believe India will not do anything above and beyond. (Do I) have a doubt about the prospect of the industries in a state like Gujarat? Absolutely not."The $10 billion Renesas—listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange and a supplier to auto giants like Toyota Motor Corp and Honda Motor Co—counts India as a large market. It supplied the Chandrayaan-3 space mission with more than 30 radiation-hardened components and is a major player in the smart metering space in the spoke to ET ahead of Renesas' expansion of its Bengaluru and Noida centres to accommodate its growing R&D teams.'(This is the) first time three-nanometre chips will be designed in our country,' union electronics and information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said at the inauguration in has partnered with the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) to support local startups and academic institutions in VLSI (very large-scale integration) and embedded semiconductor said the country is growing electronics manufacturing at a rate of double-digit CAGR, which 'will create a lot of employment, demand, and self-reliant solutions.' Also, while developing the semiconductor industry in the country, 'we are working at all the parts of the value chain," he Renesas' priority remains the outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) facility in Sanand, Shibata did not rule out the possibility of establishing a fab in the country.'Everything is a possibility,' he said. 'But for now, I do see CG Power as a very like-minded partner... We are now focused on really ramping up the facilities that we are working on. The rest should follow that."When asked what India should do to further cement its position as a semiconductor manufacturing hub, Shibata highlighted the importance of intellectual property (IP).While India has made tremendous progress in terms of setting up shop in production, be it the front end or back end (design), it is now time to be more aggressive on design and intellectual property—both software and hardware, he said.'If you just produce those products, chances are you will be serving to companies from other parts of the world,' Shibata said. 'That's not interesting to a big country like India. You have to take control of the semiconductor and electronics value chain, end to end, and to do so, the upstream capabilities of intellectual properties will be crucial,' he also believed that with the emergence of generative AI and India not having the "baggage" from the conventional way of semiconductor design and usage, the country is well positioned to think more creatively about the design, usage and lifecycle management of semiconductor devices.'And that's what I'm trying to do…if we can find a great India partner." He said. 'I do look at CG Power as potentially one of them (partners).'Vaishnaw also stressed the need to develop intellectual properties (IPs) at the inauguration.'We are now going into developing our own IP,' the minister said. 'We have already taken a call to design 25 chipsets. Some of them are very critical chipsets—high value, low volume—but going into some of the major important systems. It may take two years or even three years to reach a good level of progress in that, but the journey must begin,' he for the Renesas' focus areas, Shibata said electric vehicles (EVs)—be it two-wheelers, three-wheelers or four-wheelers—and related infrastructure is one of the most promising areas. Industrial vehicles was also an interesting opportunity, he said.'But in longer term, I really wanted to contribute to India in elevating its electronics capabilities around healthcare,' Shibata said. 'So, hopefully, we will do a good job in drawing the healthcare electronics capabilities in India in a way that you can serve a growing need from the domestic market of India.'
