About us
We’re changing cooperative buying for the better
CompareCoOps is the smart way to access cooperative contracts. Our secure technology platform is independent of the cooperatives, public agencies and suppliers that we serve in the world of cooperative public procurement.
We are part of VendorPanel, an award-winning SaaS Platform that has helped transform public procurement for hundreds of state and local agencies over the past ten years.
Our roots are in Australia, but our business now includes the US and Canada - three markets with very similar public procurement landscapes.
CompareCoOps is hosted on the trusted VendorPanel platform:
64,000 Users
99.8% uptime guarantee
Secure Microsoft Azure cloud
Onshore US data hosting
Leadership Team

James Leathem
Founder & CEO
James drives strategy and growth for CompareCoOps and parent organization VendorPanel. His background prior to founding the business was in procurement consulting and leadership development.

Matt Clyne
SVP of Growth
Matt graduated Haverford College, PA, and has experience of cloud platforms in procurement, banking, and HR. He has called cities including San Francisco home, and leads or Growth and Account Management teams.

Jennifer Sulentic
Vice President
Jennifer leads CompareCoOps in the US. With over 8 years of experience at U.S. Communities and ProcureSource, she is well known and widely respected in the world of public procurement cooperative contracting.

Simon Parkinson-Bates
Head of Engineering
Simon leads our engineering team, scaling the platform and delivering on our integration strategy. He has gained 20 years of experience with leaders including Hewlett Packard Enterprise.
Investors
We're backed by Equity Venture Partners who identify exceptional founders with the vision, talent and tenacity to build outstanding companies. EVP have been early investors in US tech successes such as Hotel Club (now part of Expedia), Deputy, Biteable and SiteMinder. Our investors also include the founders of Aconex, a SaaS business acquired by Oracle for $1.3bn in 2018.
Questions?
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