• SupplyCompass has built a production platform for brands and manufacturers to collaborate with an aim to reduce GTM and drive sustainability
• SupplyCompass aims to make India a strategic hub for its operations to expand its presence further in South East Asian economies.

UK-based SupplyCompass, a FashTech company, which helps fashion brands collaborate with their manufacturers and drive sustainable practices, is looking to expand its India operations. The Company is planning to aggressively hire talent across functions and will be signing new brands to its platform.

SupplyCompass over the next 12 months, plans to on-board 5,000 fashion brands and their supply chains in India. The Company is also aggressively hiring across the board to fuel their growth plans. They plan to increase their workforce by 200 in the next 12 – 18 months.

With the growth plans drawn up for India, SupplyCompass aims to make India a strategic hub for its operations to expand its presence further in South East Asian economies.

Started in 2016 by Gus Bartholomew and Flora Davidson, who spent 2 years in India to build the business on the ground, spending their time on the road to research and meet more than 300 manufacturers and suppliers. SupplyCompass has built a tech platform which enables real time collaboration between fashion brands and manufacturers for bringing collections to the markets faster without compromising the quality of the end product.

Gus Bartholomew, Co-founder CEO, SupplyCompass, says, “For us, India is of high strategic importance. It is already emerging as one of the fastest growing fashion markets in the World as more global brands gear up for India launch. This is likely to create a ripple effect on the manufacturing side of the business too. We anticipate ‘Make in India’ and Atmanirbhar Bharat to give momentum to India’s fashion and textile landscape making India, the most important market for SupplyCompass.”

SupplyCompass is currently working with globally known brands including the highest scoring BCorp in the UK. They have achieved incredible results using the platform – 43% shorter lead times, dramatic improvements in measuring and reporting on sustainability and slashing ops hrs spent managing production by 40%.

SupplyCompass works with fast growing brands across the world and their software has been deployed across supply chains in Europe, America and Asia.

SupplyCompass is a highly ambitious team who care about solving the most pressing issues in fashion across UK and India. They are backed by some of Europe and India’s leading Venture Capital firms and on a rapid growth path. The Company has raised 2.5 million GBP till date in funding.

Their supply chain collaboration software was launched in January 2020. They have a highly customer centric approach to product development and release new features every 4-6 weeks.

SupplyCompass has offices in London, UK and Hyderabad, India.

SupplyCompass Co-Founder Bios

Gus Bartholomew, Co-Founder and CEO of SupplyCompas

Gus is Co-Founder and CEO of SupplyCompass, the Sustainable product development and delivery software for fashion supply chains.

Their cloud-based software is transforming the fashion industry by digitalising product development and production management processes. Driving sustainability, speed and efficiency in global fashion supply chains.

Gus and his co-founder spent two years living and working in India to build the foundations of the company. They worked directly with manufacturers in India and across South East Asia, visiting over 300 factories, mills and farms,  to ensure their software took account of the specific needs of manufacturers as well as the fashion brands to bring greater equity to the relationship.

Gus wants sustainable supply chains to become the de facto choice for all businesses, but believes to make that a reality they have to be the fastest, most cost effective and most efficient supply chains to operate. This is what he is setting out to do with SupplyCompass.

Flora Davidson, Co-Founder & Head of Product of SupplyCompass

Flora is Co-Founder and Head of Product of SupplyCompass, the Sustainable product development and delivery software for fashion supply chains.

Their cloud-based software is transforming the fashion industry by digitalising product development and production management processes. Driving sustainability, speed and efficiency in global fashion supply chains.

Flora and her co-founder spent two years living and working in India to build the foundations of the company. They worked directly with manufacturers in India and across South East Asia, visiting over 300 factories, mills and farms,  to ensure their software took account of the specific needs of manufacturers as well as the fashion brands to bring greater equity to the relationship.

Flora wants SupplyCompass to be a catalyst for positive, systemic change in the fashion industry.

Client and Manufacturer Testimonials:

“Signing up to TikTok takes 10 years off your life and SupplyCompass does the same to your lead times.” – Eat your Water, Australia

“It’s a brilliant, seamless way of managing production.” – Motus Projects, UK

“Having all the production information and communication in one place saves my team and huge amount of time.” – SaiGuru, India

“This platform is going to bring about a big revolution in this industry” – GratitudeKolors, India

“The Platform is very user-friendly. I would recommend SupplyCompass to both brands and manufacturers so we can all avoid wastage, rework and communication delays.” – FiveP, India