SalesPatriot Joins Poland’s Elite YC Alumni with $5M Seed
💎 SalesPatriot Joins Poland’s Elite YC Alumni with $5M Seed to Modernize Defense Procurement
SalesPatriot (YC W25), co‑founded by Polish engineer Maciej Szymczyk, has raised $5 million in seed funding to transform procurement in the defense and aerospace sectors. The round was led by CRV, with participation from Pear VC, Y Combinator, SV Angel, Liquid2, Uncorrelated Ventures, and high‑profile angels including Paul Graham, Rich Miner, Mark Pincus, and Steve Blank. The company is on a mission to replace outdated, fragmented procurement systems with an AI‑native workflow platform that helps suppliers quote seven times faster and manage complex government orders at scale.
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Founded in 2024 by engineers Nelson Ray, Ben Rhodes‑Kropf, and Maciej Szymczyk, SalesPatriot grew from an idea into a platform that now supports distributors managing over $200 million in annual Pentagon contracts. Its customers include Jamaica Bearings Group, AllClear Aerospace, and STATZ Corporation—key players in the U.S. defense supply chain. By automating the processing of RFQs, supplier quotes, and compliance documentation, SalesPatriot bridges one of the most inefficient gaps in modern defense manufacturing: the speed of supply chains versus the urgency of mission‑critical demand.
The startup’s technology structures unorganized data from government portals, ERP systems, spreadsheets, and even unstructured emails into actionable workflows. With AI‑powered parsing and real‑time validation, distributors can identify opportunities, generate compliant quotes, and fulfill military orders faster than ever before. According to Szymczyk, “Wars today are won as much by logistics as by innovation. We’re building the digital infrastructure that keeps the West ready.”
SalesPatriot’s growth underscores a new wave of Polish deep‑tech founders entering the global stage via Y Combinator. In recent years, Poland has produced several YC‑backed startups that bridge local engineering excellence with Silicon Valley‑level ambition. Wordware (YC W24), co‑founded by Poles Kamil Bujak and Łukasz Chojnacki, builds AI tools for legal and enterprise workflows, while Braight Technologies (YC W20) applies behavioral scoring to fintech and lending markets. The lineage traces back to Estimote (YC S13), Kraków’s beacon‑tech pioneer whose IoT sensors reshaped the retail and location‑based computing landscape. Together, these ventures illustrate how Poland has evolved from an outsourcing destination into a core talent hub for AI, cybersecurity, and industrial automation.
With its new R&D center—SalesPatriot House—in Warsaw, the company is doubling down on European engineering capacity while maintaining product leadership from San Francisco. The hub will serve as a collaborative space for AI, defense‑tech, and procurement automation experts to co‑develop tools that support NATO supply chains.
This funding marks more than just another seed round—it positions SalesPatriot as a bridge between the U.S. defense sector and Europe’s engineering ecosystem. As Western governments accelerate investments in resilient, digital‑first defense logistics, startups like SalesPatriot demonstrate how AI, compliance, and global collaboration can redefine military readiness.
