Relay Commerce raises $27 million to continue acquiring more companies

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Written By Rick Watson

Relay Commerce operates & acquires exceptional e-commerce SaaS companies. We buy businesses that are ready to scale and pair them with our world-class operating team to accelerate growth.

The investor is looking to acquire small software companies. Obviously at this level of funding it can’t acquire very large companies but it could be someone to keep an eye on. The company has already acquired 3 companies at undisclosed prices.   Other players in this space include Assembly and Carbon6.

Axios: Relay Commerce raises $27 million to acquire more e-commerce tools

Rick Watson

Rick Watson founded RMW Commerce Consulting after spending 20+ years as a technology entrepreneur and operator exclusively in the eCommerce industry with companies like ChannelAdvisor, BarnesandNoble.com, Merchantry, and Pitney Bowes.

Watson’s work today is centered on supporting investors and management teams incubating and growing direct-to-consumer businesses. Most recently, in partnership with WHP Global, Rick was a critical resource in architecting the WHP+ platform, a new turnkey direct to consumer digital e-commerce platform that powers AnneKlein.com and JosephAbboud.com.

Watson also hosts a weekly podcast, Watson Weekly, where he shares an unbiased, unfiltered expert take on the retail sector’s biggest players.

In the past year alone, Rick has spoken at many in-person and virtual events as well as podcasts on topics ranging from retail/ecom to supply chain/logistics and even digital grocery including CommerceNext IRL, ASCM Connect, and Retail Innovation Conference.

https://www.rmwcommerce.com/
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