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Launched Mar 2026 backed by TPG with $300M+ combined revenue. Combines GE Vernova's Proficy, Kepware, and ThingWorx into one independent industrial software platform. Led by ex-PTC CEO.
Velotic is a new industrial software company launched in March 2026 under TPG private equity backing, formed by combining three leading industrial technology platforms: Proficy (GE Vernova's manufacturing execution system), Kepware (industrial connectivity), and ThingWorx (IIoT application platform). The combined entity launches with $300 million+ in annual revenue serving global manufacturing, oil & gas, utilities, and infrastructure customers. James Heppelmann, former CEO of PTC (the industrial software company he grew from $1B to $2B+ in revenue), leads Velotic as CEO.
NYSE: SHOP e-commerce platform at $8.88B FY2024 revenue with $292.28B GMV across 4.82M stores; Black Friday $11.5B processing competing with WooCommerce and BigCommerce for small-to-enterprise direct-to-consumer commerce.
Shopify Inc. is an Ottawa, Canada-based e-commerce platform — listed on NYSE (NYSE: SHOP) — providing 4.82+ million active merchant stores of all sizes (from solo entrepreneurs to enterprise brands) with tools for online store creation, multi-channel selling (web, mobile, social, in-person), payment processing (Shopify Payments, Shop Pay), inventory management, fulfillment, and marketing analytics, generating $8.88 billion in revenue in fiscal year 2024 (+26% year-over-year) with $292.28 billion in gross merchandise volume (GMV, +24%) and 875+ million customers who have purchased from Shopify merchant stores. Founded in 2006 by Tobias Lütke, Daniel Weinand, and Scott Lake (started as a snowboard equipment store, pivoted to become the platform), Shopify has become the operating system for independent commerce — the default e-commerce infrastructure for the direct-to-consumer brand economy.
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