About - Solvoz technology

Why Solvoz

Solvoz was created to address a structural problem in how markets and procurement systems currently function across sectors. While institutional demands continue to rise, supplier visibility, data quality, and coordination remain fragmented, leaving local and regional suppliers excluded and organisations struggling to source transparently and efficiently.

Solvoz provides vital digital infrastructure that makes market engagement structured, auditable, and inclusive, enabling organisations to move from fragmented and ineffective processes to building impactful market mechanisms and ecosystems.

Our mission

Solvoz’s mission is to create the conditions for fair and transparent markets by providing digital infrastructure that enables responsible procurement, inclusive supplier participation and resilient supply chains worldwide.

We turn procurement into a lever for positive change by enabling organisations to open, create and operate markets through one configurable technology. By combining modular software with open and interoperable standards, we support our partners to build procurement portals and marketplaces that are transparent, secure and and adaptable to any scale.

Our story

Solvoz began with a simple observation by our founder, Claire Barnhoorn: procurement is one of the most powerful forces shaping markets worldwide, yet it is often fragmented, opaque, and slow. What then started as a hands-on effort to support humanitarian and health actors became a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) built to tackle the structural barriers that prevent fair and transparent market participation.

Today, Solvoz technology powers internal enterprise deployments, regional marketplaces, research and showcase portals, as well as founder-led and partner-driven market initiatives across multiple sectors and regions.

Solvoz operates as a mission-driven technology organisation, supported by a global, multidisciplinary team and trusted partners with expertise across procurement, technology, governance, and impact.

What we do

Solvoz provides configurable digital infrastructure that organisations use to build procurement portals, marketplace platforms, and collaborative impact ecosystems.

Rather than offering a one-size-fits-all solution, Solvoz enables partners to design and operate market mechanisms that reflect their governance structures, regulatory context, and impact objectives. The platform supports both internal deployments and outward-facing ecosystems, allowing organisations to engage suppliers, structure sourcing, and harmonise data across complex environments.

Platform as a Service

Modular building blocks that support procurement preparation, market engagement and multi stakeholder collaboration across sectors.

White-labelled deployments

Branded portals operated by governments, NGOs, corporates and sector alliances under their own ownership and governance.

Interoperable by design

Open APIs that connect seamlessly with ERP, finance, logistics and other operational systems.

Global and local readiness

Multilingual, multi-tenant architecture optimised for both high and low bandwidth environments that is adaptable to local contexts worldwide.

How Solvoz creates impact

Solvoz focuses on market functioning, not just transactions

We create impact by enabling the conditions under which markets become more transparent, inclusive, and resilient over time, powering tomorrow’s impact ecosystems.

What changes for communities and suppliers

Increased visibility and participation of local and regional suppliers
Fairer access to institutional demand for SMEs and social enterprises
Faster access to essential goods and services
Stronger retention of economic value within local economies.

What changes in how markets function

Transparent and auditable procurement and market engagement processes
Structured, evidence-based decision making throughout the sourcing lifecycle
Harmonised product data, specifications and sustainability criteria
Reduced fragmentation and duplication across organisations and regions
Lower administrative burden for procurement and market actors.

By strengthening market infrastructure rather than isolated transactions, Solvoz supports long-term resilience and sustainable economic participation.

Our values

Our values guide how we design technology, work with partners and operate within complex, regulated environments. They are practical principles that shape daily decisions, rather than aspirational statements.

Transparency by design

We believe transparency should be embedded into systems, not added later. Solvoz structures workflows, documentation, and decision-making so that processes remain visible, auditable, and accountable across organisations and ecosystems.

Security you can trust

We operate in environments where data sensitivity and robust risk management are critical. Security, compliance, and data governance are foundational to our platform, not optional add-ons.

Local and regional first

Strong markets depend on local and regional participation. Solvoz is designed to make local and regional suppliers more visible, accessible, and able to participate fairly in institutional procurement and marketplaces.

Pragmatic innovation

We focus on solutions that work in practice, across diverse contexts and constraints. Solvoz prioritises usability, interoperability and gradual adoption over over unnecessary disruption.

Partnership driven

Markets are built collaboratively. We work closely with public authorities, NGOs, corporates, researchers and ecosystem builders to co-create platforms that reflect shared goals and governance.

Built for trust, governance and accountability

Solvoz is designed for organisations that operate in regulated, high-accountability environments where transparency, security and auditability are essential.

Across public sector procurement, humanitarian responses, health supply chains and corporate sourcing, our platform supports governance requirements without slowing down operations.

Security and data governance

Solvoz is ISO 27001:2022 certified and built with robust security by design. Data is protected through rigorous access controls, encryption and continuous risk management practices.

EU-hosted and GDPR compliant

Our infrastructure meets European data residency and privacy requirements, ensuring compliance with public sector, donor and enterprise standards.

Audit ready by default

Every workflow, decision and change is logged and fully traceable. This supports internal controls, donor requirements and external audits seamlessly, without additional manual effort.

Configurable governance models

Approval flows, roles and permissions can be adapted to reflect organisational structures, mandates and regulatory contexts across departments, partners and regions.

Designed for regulated ecosystems

Solvoz is trusted in environments where procurement, supplier data and market engagement must meet strict legal, ethical and operational standards.

Work with us

Solvoz works with organisations that want to strengthen markets, improve supplier access and enable responsible procurement at scale.

Whether you are building a procurement portal, launching a marketplace, or developing a sector-wide ecosystem, we work alongside you to design and operate solutions that reflect your governance, context and objectives.

Explore collaboration with Solvoz

Build or license a platform

For public authorities, NGOs, corporates and sector alliances seeking configurable procurement or marketplace infrastructure.

Partner with us

For implementers, networks, research consortia and ecosystem builders looking to co-create market mechanisms.

Funder enquiries

For organisations supporting market infrastructure, responsible procurement and systems-level impact.

Powering tomorrow’s impact ecosystems