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  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
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  "cite_as": "Newsprint, \"HICX: what it sells, price and AI features\", https://www.newsprint.com/companies/hicx/, updated 2026-11-11",
  "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
  "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/hicx/",
  "markdown_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/hicx.md",
  "title": "HICX: what it sells, price and AI features",
  "opening_answer": "HICX is on the AI procurement software map. We record 2 dated launches and events for it. The latest is dated June 30, 2026.",
  "period": "April 2 to June 30, 2026",
  "methodology_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/updates/pr-software/#methodology",
  "company": {
    "id": "CWXRQS5",
    "slug": "hicx",
    "name": "HICX",
    "aliases": [],
    "site": "https://www.hicx.com/",
    "summary": "\"Smarter Supplier Management, Lower Costs, Greater Efficiency.\" HICX gives large enterprises one supplier data platform for registration, onboarding, compliance and performance, and markets it as AI-powered supplier management. In April 2026 it added Supplier Registration. Customers named on its site include Unilever, Mondelez, Heineken, Lenovo and Mars. Buyers are procurement and supplier data teams.",
    "founded": null,
    "categories": [
      "supplier"
    ],
    "status": "active",
    "price_note": null,
    "update_channels": [],
    "updated_at": "2026-11-11",
    "off_map": null,
    "merged_into": null,
    "category_names": [
      "Supplier data, risk and compliance"
    ]
  },
  "confirmed_product_launches": 0,
  "dated_product_launches": 0,
  "undated_launches": 0,
  "launches_data_url": "https://www.newsprint.com/data/launches.json",
  "count": 0,
  "launches": [],
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  "indexed": true,
  "summary": {
    "text": "\"Smarter Supplier Management, Lower Costs, Greater Efficiency.\" HICX gives large enterprises one supplier data platform for registration, onboarding, compliance and performance, and markets it as AI-powered supplier management. In April 2026 it added Supplier Registration. Customers named on its site include Unilever, Mondelez, Heineken, Lenovo and Mars. Buyers are procurement and supplier data teams.",
    "source": {
      "name": "hicx.com",
      "url": "https://www.hicx.com/"
    },
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  },
  "maps": [
    {
      "map": "procurement-software",
      "title": "The AI procurement software map",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/procurement-software/#co-hicx",
      "section": "companies",
      "name": "HICX",
      "site": "https://www.hicx.com/",
      "category": "Supplier data, risk and compliance",
      "what": "\"Smarter Supplier Management, Lower Costs, Greater Efficiency.\" HICX gives large enterprises one supplier data platform for registration, onboarding, compliance and performance, and markets it as AI-powered supplier management. In April 2026 it added Supplier Registration. Customers named on its site include Unilever, Mondelez, Heineken, Lenovo and Mars. Buyers are procurement and supplier data teams.",
      "what_source": {
        "name": "hicx.com",
        "url": "https://www.hicx.com/"
      },
      "price": "not published on the pages opened; sales-led",
      "price_published": false,
      "capabilities": {
        "label": "AI capabilities",
        "items": [
          "Supply chain compliance",
          "Supplier data",
          "Supplier risk"
        ]
      },
      "scale_tier": 2,
      "scale": "Established: a public parent, or a disclosed customer base (Homepage shows customer logos (Unilever, Mondelez, Heineken, Lenovo, Mars, Orkla); GBP 15M growth funding and refinancing package in June 2026)",
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      "sources": [
        {
          "name": "hicx.com",
          "url": "https://www.hicx.com/"
        },
        {
          "name": "hicx.com",
          "url": "https://www.hicx.com/news/"
        },
        {
          "name": "hicx.com",
          "url": "https://www.hicx.com/news/hicx-launches-supplier-registration-solution-to-fix-governance-gap/"
        },
        {
          "name": "itbrief.co.uk",
          "url": "https://itbrief.co.uk/story/hicx-lands-gbp-15-million-backing-from-hsbc-wavecrest"
        }
      ],
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      "cross_listed": false
    }
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  "timeline": [
    {
      "id": "event-1",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/hicx/#event-1",
      "on": "2026-06-30",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "HICX secures GBP 15M growth funding and refinancing",
      "summary": "HSBC Innovation Banking and existing investor Wavecrest Growth Partners backed a GBP 15M package. HICX plans to spend on the platform and product roadmap, the commercial team and selective acquisitions.",
      "kind": "Funding round",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI procurement software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/procurement-software/#co-hicx"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "IT Brief UK",
        "url": "https://itbrief.co.uk/story/hicx-lands-gbp-15-million-backing-from-hsbc-wavecrest"
      }
    },
    {
      "id": "event-2",
      "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/companies/hicx/#event-2",
      "on": "2026-04-02",
      "date_precision": "day",
      "title": "HICX launches Supplier Registration",
      "summary": "HICX Supplier Registration gives enterprises a single front door to capture compliant supplier records without full ERP integration. HICX says more lifecycle solutions will follow in Q2 and Q3 2026.",
      "kind": "Launch",
      "from": {
        "name": "The AI procurement software map",
        "url": "https://www.newsprint.com/research/procurement-software/#co-hicx"
      },
      "source": {
        "name": "Vendor release",
        "url": "https://www.hicx.com/news/hicx-launches-supplier-registration-solution-to-fix-governance-gap/"
      }
    }
  ]
}