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Crossgate AG

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International B2B Company founded in 20011

Crossgate AG was a multinational company which had developed a network approach to B2B transactions allowing for data to be transferred regardless of EDI system or EDI map. Crossgate's network approach attracted a partnership and investment from SAP SE. On September 20, 2011, SAP acquired Crossgate.2 It is headquartered in Munich.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2001Founded1

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Crossgate AG was a multinational company which had developed a network approach to B2B transactions allowing for data to be transferred regardless of EDI system or EDI map. Crossgate's network approach attracted a partnership and investment from SAP SE.2

The story

Crossgate AG was founded as Indatex SCI GmbH in 2001 by Stefan Tittel. In 2006 Indatex SCI GmbH changed its name to Crossgate AG. That same year, Dietmar Hopp's son, founder and major shareholder of SAP SE became financially involved and Crossgate's operations were expanded.

On 14 October 2008, SAP SE announced at SAP TechED 2008 Berlin. that it has made a strategic investment by taking a minority stake in Crossgate, a business-to-business (B2B) integration service provider. This follows several deployments of Crossgate's B2B 360° Services, which utilizes SAP to enable mulltienterprise B2B integration (which SAP calls "business network transformation"), one of the fundamental points of SAP's future strategy. Financial details have not been disclosed but a SAP Executive Board Member has joined the Crossgate Supervisory Board.

On September 20, 2011, SAP acquired Crossgate for a three-digit million amount.

From Wikipedia’s article on Crossgate AG, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Acquisitions

March 2, 2010 SAP Finally Makes a Decisive Move in the B2B Market

On 7 November 2006, Crossgate announced that it has acquired a majority interest in B&N Software, a developer of software components to support multienterprise process integration including M@gic EDDY.

From Wikipedia’s article on Crossgate AG, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.4

Timeline

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