Global Trade Platform Intelage Raises $3.5M

Seattle-area startup Intelage raised another $3.5 million to grow its software platform that helps suppliers, buyers, and partners manage commodities businesses. Founded in 2017 by commodities trade and marketing veteran John Han, the company provides tools that speed up and automate various parts of a trading business, such as risk control, documentation, logistics, inventory management, communication, and cost optimization. The idea is to replace spreadsheets, email, and other apps with the Intelage platform. Han said the 10-person company is seeing more demand due to the pandemic. “We have started to notice an increased interest among many supply chain companies in software