SalesPatriot is Modernizing Procurement for Defense and Aerospace

SalesPatriot, a platform for distributors and manufacturers in the defense supply chain, led by Nelson Ray, Benjamin Rhodes-Kropf, and Maciej Szymczyk, has secured $5 million in seed funding led by CRV, with participation from Pear VC, Y Combinator, SV Angel, Liquid2, Uncorrelated Ventures, and several incredible angels, including Paul Graham, Rich Miner, Mark Pincus, Steve Blank, and Mati Staniszewski.

The mission is clear: make defense supply chains faster and smarter. The U.S. defense industrial base still depends on decades-old systems and fragmented workflows built on emails, PDFs, and outdated ERPs to manage billions in critical components.

A unified, AI-native platform replaces that chaos, ingesting data from government portals, ERPs, spreadsheets, and emails to automate quotes and orders, enabling suppliers to process requests up to 7× faster.

From F-35 bearings to Blackhawk rotor hubs, SalesPatriot helps distributors and manufacturers quote faster, win more contracts, and deliver the parts that keep NATO missions running.

In just a year, the company has grown from an idea shared by three engineers into a platform supporting teams managing over $200 million in annual Pentagon orders, with customers including Jamaica Bearings Group, AllClear Aerospace, and STATZ Corporation. And this is only the beginning.