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MSC Direct

515 Broadhollow Road Suite 1000, Melville, NY, 11747, United States

Overview

MSC Industrial Supply is a premier distributor of metalworking and maintenance, repair and operations supplies to industrial customers.. MSC employs one of the industry's largest sales forces and distributes over 500,000 industrial products from over 2000 suppliers to over 300,000 customers.

Total investments
1
Lead investments
0
Investments · 12mo
0
Active investors
5

Sector focus

  • Hardware
  • Industrial
  • Manufacturing
  • Sales
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Wholesale
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Investment portfolio

  • Proton.ai

    Participated · Series A · Jan 2022

    Proton.ai is purpose-built to help wholesale distributors increase revenue by centralizing customer, product, and transactional data dispersed across many systems and analyzing it in real time with deep learning models. The platform produces AI-powered product recommendations and sales enablement tools designed for the unique dynamics of B2B distribution, helping sales reps and customers navigate complex catalogs and channels. The company reports its solution can help distributors grow revenue by 5%–10%+ and gain market share. Proton closed a $20.0M Series A in January 2022, strengthening its financial position to accelerate growth. The company plans to use the funding for aggressive product development, building out a world-class customer success team, and expanding sales and marketing capacity. Proton.ai is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Team

  • Erik Gershwind

    President and Chief Executive Officer

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  • Sidney Jacobson

    Founder

  • Alan Yang

    Vice President, Applications & Architecture

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  • Charles Bonomo

    Senior Vice President and CIO

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