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Omnea list view

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London, GB · Founded 2022 · 212 employees on LinkedIn · 7 known investors

Omnea offers Guided Buying, a procurement tool that routes employees to approved catalogs and suppliers, runs purchases through approval chains, and captures tail spend at the point of purchase. It supports hosted catalogs and punch-out connections to external storefronts, and integrates with ERP and identity systems.

Also known as Omnea

Founders & leadership

Omnea list view was founded in 2022 by Ben Freeman and Ben Allen.

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Ben FreemaninCo-founder & CEOBen Freeman spent four years at Tessian, where he shaped the go-to-market strategy before establishing and scaling the company's US operations, helping take the team from five to more than 200 people and revenue past $30M ARR, alongside roughly $130M raised from investors including Sequoia, Accel and Balderton. Earlier in his career he started what became the UK's largest youth events production business.
BABen Allen
Ben AlleninCo-FounderBen Allen has a decade of experience across product and engineering, having built consumer and enterprise products that reached over 500,000 users. He most recently served as CTO of Playter and studied computer science at the University of Bristol.

Investors · 7

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Omnea offers an AI-native procurement orchestration platform that manages the source-to-pay and supplier lifecycle in a single system. Its modules cover intelligent intake and request management, guided buying, approvals and no-code workflow building, strategic sourcing and RFx, third-party risk and due diligence via a supplier portal, supplier onboarding and tracking, renewals, and purchase order automation. A reporting and insights suite provides visibility into spend, supplier performance and compliance, and AI features assist with RFx generation, policy-aligned document parsing and risk assessments.

The platform is positioned as an "agentic operating system" for procurement: it connects an organization's existing finance, legal, ERP and IT systems so that both employees and AI agents can manage suppliers and spend in one place. Employees can submit natural-language requests through Slack, Teams or the web, with AI deduplicating requests, routing users to preferred suppliers, generating role-tailored summaries and orchestrating workflows across stakeholders. Supplier data is continuously refreshed to flag issues such as expired certifications and to support ongoing supplier relationship management.

Founding story

Founded in 2022 in London by CEO Ben Freeman (one source notes some references to 2021). The premise was that traditional procurement is fragmented across emails, spreadsheets and siloed systems, with processes involving 11 or more stakeholders and simple purchases taking up to six months; the founders set out to build an AI-powered single front door for compliant buying.

Business model

Enterprise software sold to organizations that use the platform to centralize procurement, supplier and spend management; sources do not disclose pricing or contract structure.

Sources do not specify Omnea's pricing model; it is described as a B2B enterprise software platform.

Traction

One source reports 5x revenue growth over the past year, driven by North American and European enterprise customers, and cites customer outcomes of an average 26-day cycle-time reduction, $747K in savings per customer, 93.7% of spend under control and an average of 458 risks identified per customer. Company-published testimonials cite a 38% reduction in software request turnaround time at one customer and a 4-percentage-point year-on-year EBIT increase attributed by TeamViewer to the new intake process.

Latest developments

Press mentions dated late June and July 2026 report Omnea launching a venture fund with Firedrop to back its employees as future founders, with reporting referencing $250K for employees openly planning their next startup. The company website also promotes an Insights & Reporting product launch. Secondary listings show Sabrina Castiglione as Chief Financial Officer alongside co-founder and CEO Ben Freeman.

Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies

Market position

Positioned as an AI-native challenger in procurement orchestration and supplier relationship management, described by one source as a potential disruptor of incumbents such as Coupa and SAP Ariba, with backing from Accel, Insight Partners and Khosla Ventures.

Cited differentiators include AI-native intelligent intake accepting natural-language requests across Slack, Teams and web; continuously refreshed supplier data with proactive risk flagging; embedded governance covering third- and fourth-party risk, onboarding, compliance and renewals in one platform; consumer-grade user experience; and integrations that orchestrate otherwise disparate tools.

Technology

AI-driven workflow automation and agentic capabilities layered over procurement processes, including natural-language intake, request deduplication, automated RFx generation, policy-aligned document parsing, automated risk assessments and no-code workflow configuration, with integrations into finance, legal and ERP systems.

Go-to-market

Direct enterprise sales with demo requests on the company website, supported by customer testimonials from CFOs, procurement and IT leaders, published outcome metrics and industry award recognition.

Procurement, finance, legal, risk and IT teams at scale-ups and large global enterprises. Named or referenced customers include Spotify, Wise, MongoDB, Adecco, Pleo, PayPal, DeepL and TeamViewer.

Geography

Headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with customers reported across North America and Europe.

History

Omnea was founded in 2022 in London. It raised a $20M Series A led by Accel in 2024 with First Round Capital and Point Nine, added enterprise customers including Spotify, Wise, Pleo and Adecco, and raised a $50M Series B in September 2025 led by Insight Partners and Khosla Ventures, taking total funding to $75M across three rounds. It was named Best Overall eProcurement Software in the 2025 FinTech Breakthrough Awards. In July 2026, press reports described the launch of a venture fund with Firedrop to back employees as future founders.

Risks & controversies

No controversies are reported in the available sources. Sources note discrepancy on the founding year (2022, with some references to 2021), and several performance figures originate from company-supplied testimonials or secondary aggregators rather than audited disclosures. Shares are listed on a secondary marketplace for accredited investors, which describes private-company investing as carrying risk.

Compiled by commissioned research from 4 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Average cycle time reductionJan 202526 days
Average risks identified per customerJan 2025458
Average savings per customerJan 2025$747K
Employee rangeJan 202651-200
Funding rounds countJan 2026$3
HeadcountAug 2026212
Spend under controlJan 202593.7%
Total fundingJan 2026$75M

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

Timeline · 4

launches, deals, and filings
Jul 2026
Launch of employee venture fund with Firedrop

Press coverage reported Omnea launching a venture fund with Firedrop to back its own employees as future founders, with reports citing $250K available to employees planning their next startup.

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Sep 2025
Series B of $50M led by Insight Partners and Khosla Ventures

Omnea raised a $50M Series B led by Insight Partners and Khosla Ventures, bringing total funding above $75M.

$50M source ↗

Jan 2025
Named Best Overall eProcurement Software in FinTech Breakthrough Awards

Omnea won the 'Best Overall eProcurement Software' category in the 2025 FinTech Breakthrough Awards.

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Jan 2024
Series A of $20M led by Accel

Omnea raised a $20M Series A led by Accel, with participation from First Round Capital and Point Nine.

$20M source ↗

Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

Research sources · 4

primary sources listed

4 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Omnea list view do?
London-based Omnea builds an AI-native procurement orchestration platform covering intake, sourcing, risk and supplier management.
Who founded Omnea list view?
Omnea list view was founded by Ben Freeman, Ben Allen in 2022.
Who are Omnea list view's investors?
Omnea list view's investors include Accel, Entrepreneur First, Point Nine, Roosh Ventures, First Round Capital, Insight Partners, Khosla Ventures.
Where is Omnea list view headquartered?
Omnea list view is headquartered in London, GB.