Katana MRP vs Motive
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Cloud MRP and manufacturing operations platform for SMB manufacturers. Tallinn Estonia; raised $35M+ (Atomico, Creandum);
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Katana MRP is a cloud-based manufacturing resource planning platform designed for small and medium-sized manufacturers, craft producers, and product companies that need real-time production scheduling, inventory management, and supply chain visibility without the complexity and cost of traditional ERP systems. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Tallinn, Estonia with US operations in New York, Katana has raised more than $35 million from investors including Atomico and Creandum. The company targets the large segment of manufacturing SMBs that have outgrown spreadsheets but find traditional MRP and ERP systems too complex, expensive, and slow to implement.\n\nKatana's platform provides a live master planner that gives manufacturers real-time visibility into production scheduling, material availability, and work order status. When new sales orders are entered — either manually or automatically through e-commerce integrations — Katana automatically calculates material requirements, identifies shortages, and suggests purchase orders to suppliers. The visual scheduling interface allows production managers to prioritize and reschedule work orders intuitively, with the system automatically updating material allocations and availability as changes are made.\n\nKatana integrates with Shopify, WooCommerce, Xero, QuickBooks, and other SMB business tools, positioning it as a manufacturing operations hub within a modern SMB tech stack. The company competes with Fishbowl Manufacturing, inFlow, MRPeasy, and the manufacturing modules of larger platforms like NetSuite. Katana's Shopify integration is particularly strong, making it the manufacturing operations platform of choice for many growing Shopify-native product brands.
San Francisco fleet management platform (formerly KeepTruckin) serving 120K+ customers with AI dashcams, ELD compliance, and GPS; $2.85B valuation competing with Samsara for commercial fleet telematics.
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Motive (formerly KeepTruckin, rebranded 2022) is a San Francisco-based fleet management and physical operations platform providing AI-powered telematics — video dashcams, GPS tracking, electronic logging device (ELD) compliance, driver safety coaching, and fleet spend management — to trucking, construction, oil and gas, agriculture, and field service companies managing commercial vehicles. Founded in 2013 by CEO Shoaib Makani and backed with $400+ million raised including a $150 million Series E in 2021 at a $2.85 billion valuation from investors including CapitalG (Google) and Andreessen Horowitz, Motive serves 120,000+ customers managing 1 million+ physical assets.
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