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Avent Industrial

AI-powered quote-to-cash for distributors

Founding Growth Operator

Full-Time
$100k - $120k/yr+ Equity + Relocation support
Mid
San Francisco, CA, USA
In Person
Sales & Account ManagementAccount Executive

About the job

Requirements
  • The candidate should take initiative and act without waiting for instructions.
  • The candidate should have good taste and care about how things look, feel, and come across.
  • The candidate should move quickly while maintaining quality.
  • The candidate should enjoy interacting with people and make each interaction feel intentional and high quality.
Responsibilities
  • Drive deals from first touch to close and maintain momentum at every step.
  • Prepare for calls, follow up immediately afterward, and shape how each interaction lands.
  • Build materials, narratives, and touchpoints that make customers feel understood and excited.
  • Create leverage and improve the odds of success.
  • Work directly with the founder and own pipeline velocity.

About the company

Avent Industrial builds an AI-powered workforce platform for industrial and wholesale distributors that automates quote-to-cash and related workflows while keeping sales judgment in the loop. The Forge platform combines rules, AI, and human decision-making on top of existing distributor ERP and other systems, not replacing them. It handles RFQ intake, AI-driven product matching to catalogs, application of ERP price lists, quote review and sending, PO receipt, and order preparation with editable workflows and full decision history. Avent differentiates by integrating with current distributor systems and offering rule-driven AI-assisted workflows that balance machine suggestions with human oversight, aimed at improving efficiency and accuracy while maintaining governance across the workflow.

Company Size

1-10

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$130K

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2025

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Avent ran live demos and workshops at ISA26 in April 2026.
  • Avent updated its website on August 13, 2026, signaling active product iteration.
  • Avent posted three September 2026 roles, including founding engineer and forward-deployed engineer.

What critics are saying

  • Avent had only three employees as of June 26, 2026, straining delivery.
  • Avent raised just $500,000 in 2025, limiting runway for enterprise sales.
  • If ISA26 demand stalls, Avent lacks scale to withstand larger distribution software rivals.

What makes Avent Industrial unique

  • Avent’s Forge keeps RFQs, pricing, approvals, and orders in one audited workflow.
  • Avent targets distributors, not generic businesses, focusing on quote-to-cash operations.
  • Avent overlays existing ERP systems, avoiding rip-and-replace deployment risk.

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