Insight Partners to buy a minority stake in Aptean, which develops ERP and supply chain management software, sources say at a ~$3.55B valuation, including debt (Bloomberg)

Paul Sawers / TechCrunch:
Estonia-based Katana, which offers ERP software with prebuilt integrations to SMB manufacturers, raised a €35M Series B, bringing its total funding to ~$50M  —  Katana, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform for small- and medium-sized manufacturers, has raised €35 million ($34 million) in a Series B round of funding.

Dina Bass / Bloomberg:
Microsoft unveils Supply Chain Center software in preview to help customers track supply chains by combining data from its own programs plus Oracle and others  —  Microsoft Corp. unveiled software that will help customers track and coordinate supply-chain systems by combining data …

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Banyan, whose network of item-level purchase data helps customers automate expense management, has raised a $43M Series A, $28M in equity and $15M in debt  —  Banyan, a platform for product purchase data that allows customers such as banks, fintechs, hotels and merchants to automate expense management …

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch:
Altana, which uses AI to find supply chain anomalies and identify potential risks and bad actors, raised a $100M Series B, bringing its total funding to $123M  —  Trade wars, military conflicts, the rise of e-commerce and sustainability concerns are driving changes to supply chain networks and trade flows.

Reuters:
Chicago-based supply chain management startup project44 raised $80M led by Generation Investment and A.P. Moller at a $2.7B post-money valuation  —  U.S.-based supply chain management technology company project44 said on Thursday it was valued at $2.7 billion after its latest funding round …

Amir Shevat / TechCrunch:
Former product head of Twitter’s developer platform details plans abandoned post-acquisition, like discovery tools and custom timelines, eroding developer trust  —  Twitter is where the world shares its opinions and aspirations; it’s where brands, celebrities, and politicians interact with people, live and in the open.