Fuse Inventory
Palo Alto, US · Delaware corporation · 2 known investors
Demand forecasting and supply chain planning for businesses.
Also known as Fuse · Fuse Inventory
Founders & leadership
Investors · 2
Also in the syndicate · 1
Reported raises · per SEC filings
Form D private placements$3M disclosed across 1 of 2 rounds · 2019–2021
▶$3MraisedDec 2021 · 8 investors · Other TechnologyRule 506(b)
- Rick SmithDirector
- Bridgett VuongExecutive Officer, Director
- Rachel LiawExecutive Officer, Director
- Offering amount
- $3M
- Amount sold
- $3M
- First sale
- Jul 2021
- Incorporated
- Corporation, Delaware
- Federal exemptions
- 06b
Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Fuse Inventory (Fuse) develops inventory planning software for consumer brands. The platform integrates data from across a brand's supply chain systems and turns it into a predictive inventory plan, producing demand forecasts and purchase order recommendations intended to replace spreadsheet-based planning. Its stated core value is helping businesses optimize cash flow by reducing losses from both overstocked and out-of-stock inventory.
The company positions the product as an alternative to Excel models and legacy ERP planning modules, with automated forecasting and tracking through system integrations and unlimited user seats so that whole teams can access metrics and workflows. Customers cited by the company include direct-to-consumer brands such as Glossier, MeUndies, LOLA, Soludos and Snowe. Fuse also publishes content on supply chain topics including tariffs and global supply chain shifts.
Founding story
The company was founded by Rachel Liaw and Bridget Vuong, who met as Stanford undergraduates. Liaw had scaled supply chain operations at Kiwi Crate and co-founded diaper brand Parasol Co, and previously worked as a software engineer specializing in Asian-language NLP; she describes building forecast models in Excel and copy-pasting data from multiple sources as a planner. Vuong was a full-stack software engineer at Google contributing to Waze and Helpouts. They observed that brands scaling past $50M and $100M in revenue still planned merchandise in spreadsheets, with the alternatives being legacy software or custom-built systems.
Business model
Fuse sells a software platform to brands for inventory planning; the company states that seats are unlimited for customer teams and prospective customers engage by scheduling a demo.
Traction
Fuse reported over 20 brands using its inventory planning platform as of August 2019. The company's site reports 792,000 SKUs managed, $4B in gross sales volume managed and 28,000 purchase orders placed.
Latest developments
Fuse continued publishing supply chain and inventory content in 2025, including posts on strategies for mitigating tariffs and changes to global supply chains (April 2025).
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, history
Market position
Fuse targets the inventory planning segment of supply chain software, competing with spreadsheet-based workflows, legacy planning software and custom-built internal systems.
Fuse states that, unlike Excel and legacy ERP solutions, it consolidates data across systems into a predictive inventory plan with order recommendations aimed at minimizing overstocks and stockouts and freeing working capital. It also cites domain staffing: about 30% of the team are former inventory planners and supply chain managers, while all software development is done in-house by senior engineers previously at companies including Google, IBM, Tableau, Goldman Sachs and McKinsey.
Technology
The platform integrates data from across the supply chain to generate demand forecasts and order recommendations without spreadsheet work, automating forecasting and tracking through integrations with other systems.
Go-to-market
Consumer and direct-to-consumer brands focused on scaling, ranging from up-and-coming brands to larger enterprise brands; named users include Glossier, MeUndies, LOLA, Soludos and Snowe.
History
Co-founders Rachel Liaw (CEO) and Bridget Vuong (CTO) met as Stanford University undergraduates and built Fuse after experiencing spreadsheet-based inventory forecasting first-hand. The company graduated from Alchemist Accelerator and announced a $2.9M seed round in August 2019, at which point Rick Smith of Crosscut Ventures joined its board of directors. The company continued publishing product and supply chain content through at least April 2025.
Compiled by commissioned research from 3 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 3
launches, deals, and filingsFuse Inventory announced $2.9M in seed financing led by Crosscut Ventures, with Precursor Ventures, The Helm and Correlation Ventures participating. Funds were earmarked for expanding analytics-driven product capabilities and scaling with its customer base.
$2.9M source ↗
Alongside the seed round, Fuse welcomed Rick Smith of Crosscut Ventures, who led the round, to its board of directors.
Fuse Inventory is described as a graduate of the Alchemist Accelerator program.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
Legal entities · 1
corporate structure▸Research sources · 3
primary sources listed
- Fuse Funding Announcementfuseinventory.com · web
3 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Fuse Inventory do?
- Fuse Inventory is an inventory planning platform that generates demand forecasts and order recommendations for consumer brands.
- Who are Fuse Inventory's investors?
- Fuse Inventory's investors include Dreamers VC.
- How much funding has Fuse Inventory raised?
- Fuse Inventory has disclosed $3M raised across 1 of its 2 known rounds.
- Where is Fuse Inventory headquartered?
- Fuse Inventory is headquartered in Palo Alto, US.