Software company
E2open Parent Holdings, Inc. [ 1] was founded as a business-to-business provider of cloud-based, on-demand software for supply chains for computer, telecom and electronics systems, components and services. The company was founded in 2000 as a joint project of 8 major companies: Hitachi , IBM , LG Electronics , Matsushita , Nortel , Seagate , Solectron , and Toshiba .[ 2]
Today, e2open offers its products across a variety of industries, including high technology,[ 3] industrial manufacturing,[ 4] telecommunications,[ 5] life sciences, oil and gas,[ 6] consumer electronics, aerospace and defense, food and beverage,[ 7] and consumer goods.[ 8]
Company
e2open is headquartered in Addison, Texas , with offices in Parsippany, New Jersey , Atlanta , Germany , the United Kingdom , Denmark , the Netherlands , Belgium , China , Australia , New Zealand , Malaysia , India and Peru .[ 9]
According to the company's estimate, more than 60,000 trading partners and 200,000 unique registered users currently participate in the e2open Business Network.[ 10]
In March 2015, three years after e2open went public on Nasdaq [ 11] , Insight Venture Partners announced that it had completed the acquisition of the company.[ 12] In February 2021, e2open went public via SPAC merger and began trading under the ticker ETWO.[ 13]
In May 2025, WiseTech Global announced it had entered into an agreement to acquire e2open for $3.30 per share in cash equating to an enterprise value of USD$2.1 billion.[ 14] This transaction was completed three months later.[ 15]
Major Acquisitions by e2open
July 2013: acquired supply chain vendor ICON-SCM.[ 16] [ 17]
June 2014: acquisition of SERUS Corporation, a "cloud-based manufacturing and product management provider".[ 18]
March 2016: acquisition of Terra Technology.[ 19]
June 2016: acquired Orchestro.[ 20]
February 2017: acquired Steelwedge.[ 21]
Late 2017: acquired Channel Data Management provider Zyme.[ 22]
Early 2018: acquired Entomo and Birch Worldwide.[ 23]
October 2018: bought the shipping platform INTTRA.[ 24]
October 2018: bought Cloud Logistics.[ 25]
July 2, 2019: e2open completes acquisition of global trade management software company Amber Road .[ 26]
May 2021: acquired logistics execution platform BluJay Solutions for $1.7B.[ 27]
See also
References
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^ "HP selects E2open as platform for global supplier collaboration." Logistics Management . April 18, 2013.
^ "Johnson Controls Building Efficiency enhances manufacturing excellence with real-time supply chain management tool." BE News . December 11, 2014.
^ "Orange selects E2open to provide end-to-end supply chain visibility." Archived September 24, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Supply Chain Digital . June 11, 2015.
^ "Visible Flow." European Oil & Gas . p. 12. April 2015.
^ https://www.e2open.com/news/press-releases/nutrabolt-selects-e2open-as-strategic-partner/
^ "L’Oreal Looks to Collaboration for More Agile Manufacturing Process." The Wall Street Journal . September 23, 2013.
^ "Contact & Locations" . March 2022.
^ "Tech Bytes: E2open, Aljex Software, FourKites, UNIT45 and Globe Tracker International" . American Shipper . February 23, 2015.
^ "E2open prices IPO at $15 per share" . Silicon Valley Business Journal . July 26, 2012.
^ "Term Sheet -- Friday, March 27" . FORTUNE . March 27, 2015.
^ "E2open goes public in Austin area's latest SPAC deal" . Austin Business Journal . February 8, 2021.
^ "WiseTech Global announces strategic acquisition of e2open | WiseTech Global" . www.wisetechglobal.com . Retrieved May 30, 2025 .
^ "WiseTech Global completes strategic acquisition of e2open" . e2open . Retrieved August 20, 2025 .
^ "E2open Acquires icon-scm: More Than Meets the Eye" . Spend Matters . July 31, 2013. Archived from the original on August 5, 2013. Retrieved August 16, 2023 .{{cite web }}
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^ "E2open's icon-scm Acquisition: History, SAP Impact, and Ariba Linkages" . Spend Matters . August 1, 2013. Archived from the original on August 5, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2023 .{{cite web }}
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^ "Breaking Technology News: E2open to Acquire SERUS Corporation" [permanent dead link ] . Supply Chain Matters . June 4, 2014.
^ bakeryandsnacks.com (March 7, 2016). "E2open acquires Terra Technology" . bakeryandsnacks.com .
^ "Orchestro Acquisition Complements E2open's Vision for Respond Planning" . gartner.com . Retrieved October 22, 2017 .
^ "Steelwedge Acquisition Enables E2open to Offer Full Planning Suite" . gartner.com . Retrieved October 22, 2017 .
^ "E2open Acquires Zyme, Increases Downstream Supply Chain Visibility" . e2open. Archived from the original on March 8, 2018. Retrieved March 8, 2018 .
^ "E2open Strengthens Channel Data Management Capabilities with Acquisitions of Birch Worldwide and Entomo" (Press release). e2open. January 25, 2018. Retrieved April 2, 2019 – via Businesswire.com.
^ Page, Paul (October 22, 2018). "Software Provider E2open Buys Shipping Platform Inttra" . The Wall Street Journal . ISSN 0099-9660 . Retrieved October 24, 2018 .
^ "E2open Acquires Transportation Management Systems Provider Cloud Logistics" . e2open. October 1, 2018. Retrieved May 12, 2022 .
^ "E2open Completes Acquisition of Amber Road" . Supply Chain Digital Review . Archived from the original on October 23, 2019.
^ "E2open to Buy BluJay Solutions in $1.7 Billion Deal" . Supply Chain Digital . May 30, 2021. Archived from the original on July 26, 2021. Retrieved July 26, 2021 .