Inspectorio, an AI-powered supply chain quality and risk management platform, has secured a growth investment from Apax Digital Funds. The Minneapolis-based company's SaaS platform enables global brands, retailers and suppliers to digitise production-chain processes including quality control, compliance, ESG audits and traceability workflows. Founded in 2016, Inspectorio serves over 40,000 organisations worldwide across apparel, footwear and retail sectors. The platform replaces manual processes with a unified system that coordinates between brands, suppliers, inspection providers and testing laboratories in real time. Inspectorio will use the investment to expand its commercial infrastructure, strengthen leadership and develop its Paramo AI platform for predictive insights and compliance workflows. The company's proprietary data captures millions of data points across tens of thousands of factories globally. Harris Williams advised Inspectorio, whilst Lincoln International and Kirkland & Ellis advised Apax.

Apax Digital Funds invest in Inspectorio to further accelerate growth at leading AI-powered supply chain quality and risk management platform. 16th july 2026. * Investment to accelerate Inspectorio's AI and data platform, expand into new industry verticals, and scale its commercial organization * The platform connects some of the world's leading brands and retailers with tens of thousands of suppliers and factories globally, generating cross-network data that helps customers make optimal production decisions Inspectorio, Inc. ("Inspectorio"), a production-chain management platform, today announced a growth investment from the Apax Digital Funds, the growth equity arm of Apax Partners LLP ("Apax"). Inspectorio is an AI-powered SaaS platform that enables global brands, retailers, and their supplier networks to digitize the entire production chain: quality lifecycle, product regulations compliance, supplier ESG audits, and multi-tier traceability workflows - overlaid with a network intelligence control tower to drive AI-powered scenario planning and execution. The platform replaces fragmented, manual processes with a single, configurable system that coordinates across brands, retailers, suppliers, third-party inspection service providers, and testing laboratories in real time. The business serves some of the world's largest brands and retailers, across verticals including apparel, footwear, hardlines, and multi-category retail. As global supply chains become more complex, brands, retailers and their suppliers are investing in better visibility, predictive issue detection and resolution, and more consistent execution across global production networks to drive speed, resilience and agility. The industry is moving from periodic, manual supply chain touchpoints toward continuous, data-driven oversight, helping companies reduce quality and non-compliance failures, avoid costly disruptions, and strengthen supplier relationships. Inspectorio sits at the center of this shift, giving brands and their suppliers a shared, real-time single source of truth across all tiers of the supply chain, from raw materials through to finished products. Built on a decade of real-world quality and compliance workflows, Inspectorio's proprietary data asset captures millions of live data points across tens of thousands of factories and suppliers. Paramo, Inspectorio's AI platform, applies that cross-network intelligence to help customers predict risk ahead of time, benchmark performance and generate actionable recommendations. Founded in 2016, Inspectorio has become a leading platform for supply chain quality and compliance, reflecting the continued shift among global brands and retailers, and their supplier ecosystems, toward dedicated technology solutions. Chirag Patel, Chief Executive Officer of Inspectorio, commented: "Product integrity and supply chain compliance have become board-level issues for every brand that manufactures globally, and the era of managing them through spreadsheets and site visits is ending. This investment lets us move faster: deepening our Paramo AI capabilities, expanding our platform, and reaching more of the market. Apax's experience scaling software companies globally makes them the right partner for our next chapter." Carlos Moncayo, Co-Founder of Inspectorio, commented: "When we founded Inspectorio, our vision was to transform one of the most manual and fragmented parts of global supply chains into a connected, digital network powered by data and intelligence. A decade later, we are proud to see that vision has become an industry-leading platform used by over 40,000 organizations around the world. This milestone reflects the work of our team, the trust of our customers, and the strength of the network we have built. Partnering with Apax will help us accelerate the next chapter of Inspectorio's journey, expanding the reach of our platform and bringing the power of AI to more brands, retailers, suppliers, and factories globally." Dave Evans, Partner at Apax Digital, commented: "Inspectorio has built a genuinely differentiated position in a market that is still in the early stages of digitization. The depth of workflow integration across brands, suppliers, and inspection firms creates a rich cross-network data asset that is difficult to replicate and increasingly valuable to customers making supply chain decisions." Vikram Mashru, Principal at Apax Digital, added: "Inspectorio has reached an exciting inflection point, with a proven platform, strong customer advocacy and a significant opportunity to scale. We look forward to working with Chirag and the team to accelerate product innovation, expand the commercial organization and bring Inspectorio's intelligence layer to more customers, categories and use cases globally." With this investment, Inspectorio will accelerate the buildout of its commercial infrastructure, strengthen its leadership team with key hires, and continue to invest in product development. This includes expanding Paramo, its AI platform for predictive insights, AI-assisted compliance workflows, and supply chain network intelligence. Harris Williams LLC served as financial advisor to Inspectorio. Lincoln International served as financial advisor to Apax, and Kirkland & Ellis LLP served as legal counsel to Apax. About Inspectorio Inspectorio is the leading AI-powered supply chain platform optimizing performance, building resilience, and providing intelligence across production chains for global brands, retailers, and their multi-tier suppliers. Its innovative platform seamlessly connects and digitizes supply chain processes to optimize decision-making, while providing real-time visibility and control over production chain operations. Founded in 2016, Inspectorio operates globally with customers including leading brands and retailers across North America, Europe, and Asia. For further information, please visit www.inspectorio.com. Company.

Pistola Denim selects Inspectorio's Quality Management platform as womenswear brand Scales production. LA-based womenswear brand strengthens customer promise to deliver superior products at sensible prices with Inspectorio MINNEAPOLIS - (BUSINESS WIRE) - Inspectorio, the leading AI-powered platform for quality, compliance, sustainability, and traceability, today announced that Pistola Denim will implement Inspectorio's quality management platform to elevate and standardize product quality across its global supplier network. Founded in 2013 by industry veterans Kevin and Grace Na, the Los Angeles-based womenswear brand has built a loyal following around its core promise to deliver luxury construction and fabrication at prices that make premium denim accessible to every woman. According to EY's 2025 Luxury Client Index, 65% of luxury apparel consumers rank quality of fabric as a top-five purchase driver, above price, exclusivity and brand heritage. This underscores why quality and consistency are paramount for brands like Pistola Denim, which was recently named to The Lead's 2025 Foremost 50 list of the most innovative and fastest-growing brands in fashion. "Pistola Denim has built a loyal following around our brand's consistent fit, finish and durability, something that no competitor can match at our price points," said Daryl Rosenberg, VP of global supply chain, Pistola Denim. "Inspectorio's purpose-built quality management platform gives our teams and manufacturing partners one place to work from as we expand into full, ready-to-wear collections, so we can scale production without compromising on what our customers expect from the brand." Quality Management That Scales Alongside Brand Growth Pistola Denim will roll out Inspectorio's quality management platform across its global supplier network to proactively manage product inspections and quality performance: * Digital Inspections - With Inspectorio, Pistola Denim will standardize in-line and final inspections across its global supplier base, granting tight control and visibility across styles, factories and production stages. * Quality Performance Visibility - Real-time dashboards will monitor supplier quality performance and streamline corrective action management, leading to a consistent product experience for customers * Enhanced Supplier Collaboration - Inspectorio's digitized quality management platform enables close collaboration between the brand and its suppliers, ensuring internal teams and partners work off one source of accurate, real-time data. This move reflects a broader shift underway across the premium apparel industry as the global premium denim market continues to expand, projected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of nearly 5% through 2030. "Brands like Pistola Denim face growing pressure to digitize quality operations and deliver consistency at scale without adding manual overhead," said Chirag Patel, CEO, Inspectorio. "Our platform is uniquely positioned to help Pistola Denim do this while protecting its promise to consumers - a mission we're proud to support." To learn more about how Inspectorio's AI-driven supply chain platform helps leading fashion and apparel brands scale without sacrificing product quality, visit www.inspectorio.com. About Pistola Denim Pistola is a Los Angeles-based womenswear brand founded in 2013 by Kevin and Grace Na. With over twenty years of experience in the apparel industry, Kevin and Grace were able to identify whitespace in the denim market. They aimed to offer high-quality pieces with luxury construction and fabrication at a lower price than their counterparts. With their extensive knowledge of the industry, they made their vision a reality. Over the last decade, the brand has naturally evolved into new categories, offering everyday premium pieces with street-smart and utilitarian sensibility. Two things have remained consistent since the brand's inception - quality and ease. Pistola continues to produce clothing for a busy, modern, and city-dwelling woman who demands her clothing work as hard as she does. Evolution is in its DNA, but its mission to bring women superior products at sensible prices will never change. About Inspectorio Inspectorio is the leading AI-powered supply chain platform optimizing performance, building resilience, and providing intelligence across production chains for global brands, retailers, and their multi-tier suppliers. Its innovative platform seamlessly connects and digitizes supply chain processes to optimize decision-making, while providing real-time visibility and control over production chain operations. Media Contacts Receive industry updates in your mailbox! Subscribe Subscribe