ControlHub vs Middleware
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Procurement and spend management platform built specifically for hardware and manufacturing companies; YC W21 backed by Act One Ventures replacing spreadsheet purchasing workflows with approval automation.
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ControlHub is a San Francisco-based procurement and spend management platform designed specifically for hardware and manufacturing companies — providing digital purchase request workflows, approval automation, vendor management, and budget tracking for the physical goods procurement that operations teams at electronics, medical device, and industrial companies manage through spreadsheets and email chains. Founded in 2020 and a Y Combinator W21 graduate, ControlHub has 22 employees backed by 19 investors including Act One Ventures, AltaIR Capital, Brainstorm Ventures, and Commerce Ventures.
Cloud-native observability platform with APM, traces, logs, and metrics; OpenTelemetry-native cost-effective Datadog alternative targeting DevOps teams at growing companies.
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Middleware is an observability and monitoring platform providing application performance monitoring (APM), distributed tracing, log management, and infrastructure metrics in a unified view for engineering teams running cloud-native applications. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in San Francisco, Middleware raised approximately $6 million and targets DevOps and SRE teams at growing companies who need comprehensive observability without the cost and complexity of enterprise platforms like Datadog or New Relic.
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