Our Journey

2012

• Kinnek connects its first-ever small business customer with suppliers. Ventimiglia Vineyard sources sodium percarbonate on Kinnek – the first in a long line of hundreds of thousands of businesses that will use Kinnek over the years.
• Kinnek raises $3 million in seed funding from some of the best-known technology investors in Silicon Valley after graduating from the AngelPad accelerator program.

2013

• Kinnek opens its first office on Madison Avenue in New York City.
• Kinnek’s proprietary product categorization system is born, which enables easy comparison of custom products and quotes. The system is still in use today.
• 300 suppliers and 6,300 small businesses join Kinnek.

2014

• 800 suppliers and 10,000 small businesses join Kinnek.
• Kinnek raises $10 million in Series A financing, led by Matrix Partners.

2015

• Kinnek handles more than $1 billion in quotes in a single year for the first time.
• Kinnek raises $20 million in Series B financing, led by Thrive Capital.

2016 - 2017

• "Kinnek Pay" launches – a secure B2B payments engine that enables suppliers to seamlessly collect payments from their customers via Kinnek.
• “Kinnek Re-order” launches – a unique toolkit that helps businesses manage recurring orders and existing supplier relationships through Kinnek.
• Kinnek is named one of the 2017 Red Herring Top 100 Most Innovative Companies in North America.

2018

• "Kinnek Catalog" launches – an innovative B2B catalog that redefines how e-commerce works for businesses.
• "Kinnek Visibility" launches – a game-changing feature that enables suppliers to receive premium rankings within the Kinnek catalog as well as customer insights.
• "Kinnek Reputation" launches – a state-of-the-art online profile for B2B suppliers that helps them easily share third-party, objective reputation information with prospective customers.
• Kinnek is named one of Crain’s Top 100 Best Companies to Work For in New York.