# Taking EDI from 90 Days to 90 Seconds

At Orderful, we've never cared about legacy expectations or the way things have always been done. From day one, our aim has been to make trading EDI faster and easier today than it was yesterday.

## The Future of EDI is Future-Proof

### The problem
Most services sell you EDI connections on a one-by-one basis because keeping you on the hook is how they make money. When you need a new partner or requirements change, you wait in line as they start over again.

### The solution
Not Orderful. We're building technology that unlocks instant, always-current connectivity to every partner for any transaction type.

## Founded to Improve Data Trading for the World

### Timeline

2017|Where we started
#### Orderful is born
In 2017, after a decade of first-hand experience dealing with challenges of EDI, Erik Kiser, our founder, began crafting the tool he had always envisioned — a platform that brings supply chains together making EDI integration universally accessible for the world.

2017|Our HQ
#### San Francisco

2018|Product launch
#### Released world's first API for EDI
Orderful launched the world's first modern API for EDI, revolutionizing how businesses integrate with trading partners.

2019|Our investors
#### Initialized Capital

2019|Raised in seed funding
$2,000,000

2020|Series A
#### Raised $10,000,000 series A from a16z
Andreessen Horowitz led our Series A to accelerate growth and expand our platform capabilities.

2021|Product expansion
#### Completed our product buildout supporting all North American X12 requirements
Full support for all major EDI transaction sets used across North American supply chains.

2022|Our investors
#### Raised $20,000,000 series B from GLP Capital

2023|Recognition
#### Recognized as the fastest growing EDI network in the world
Industry recognition for our rapid network expansion and customer growth.

2024|Global expansion
#### Released global support for EDI with complete EDIFACT support
Expanding beyond North America with full EDIFACT support for global trading.

## Leadership

### Led by Builders with Decades of Combined Experience in the EDI and Software Industries.

**Erik Kiser**  
  
**Piers MacDonald**  
  
**Ashwath Kirthy Vasan**  
  
**Sam Gorman**

## Our Mission is Supported by the Best in the Business.

**Anorak Ventures**  
Anorak Ventures is a seed-stage venture firm started in 2016 with offices in Los Angeles and San Francisco. We invest in pre-seed and seed stage rounds and dilute alongside founders, helping find smart capital for every stage of company growth.

**a16z**  
Andreessen Horowitz (aka a16z) is a venture capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology.

**GLP Capital Partners**  
GLP Capital Partners is a global leader in alternative asset classes such as logistics assets, infrastructure investing and renewable energy.

**Calm Ventures**  
Calm Ventures help builders create disruptive companies.

**Gaingels**  
Gaingels is amongst the largest investors in the world aiming to deliver consistently above-market returns, while increasing visibility, representation, and access for all underrepresented communities in venture capital.

**Elefund**  
Elefund invests in elevating the future with daring founders

**Pathbreaker Ventures**  
Pathbreaker invests in specialized teams determined to solve the world's hardest problems through novel hardware- and software-based solutions.

**Hack VC**  
Hack VC is an Early Stage Technology Fund. We invest in Hackers that are changing the world.

**Liquid2**  
An ecosystem of the world's best founders

**Initialized**  
We champion some of today's most inspired and obsessive builders and leaders.