Horizon strengthens founding team and invests €600,000 to modernize supply chain planning

Founded just over one and a half years ago by Ben Van Delm and Chinmay Narwane, Horizon was built around a simple belief: advanced planning should deliver value from day one and be accessible to every company.

Today, many manufacturing companies still rely on large Excel files or legacy enterprise planning systems that require long implementations and heavy consulting before any value is visible.

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“Manufacturers and retailers make financially critical decisions every day: when to buy materials, when to produce, how much inventory to hold, how to allocate capacity,” says co-founder Ben Van Delm. “These are mathematically complex problems, yet the tools companies use are often outdated or too heavy to adapt. We believe advanced planning should work immediately, without long projects or heavy consulting.”

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Horizon integrates demand forecasting, inventory optimization, supply & capacity planning and scheduling in one unified cloud platform. AI and optimization are embedded directly in daily workflows, without black-box logic.

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CEO Chinmay Narwane, previously in leadership roles at o9 Solutions, E2open, Philips and Garvis (acquired by Logility), leads the technical architecture.

“Traditional planning systems were designed for a previous era,” Narwane explains. “We are redesigning planning architecture from the ground up using modern cloud technology, machine learning, AI, and a modular approach. Companies can start small and expand into supply planning and scheduling when ready.”

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Since its launch, Horizon has grown into a team of nine people. The company works with reseller partners in the Benelux, the UK, South America, Australia, South Africa, and India. Customers span multiple industries, including food, industrial manufacturing and furniture. Companies such as Syros, GUD Holdings, Ahrend and Inve Aquaculture are already using the platform.

Unlike many software start-ups, Horizon deliberately chose to bootstrap and is already profitable.

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“That decision allowed us to focus on product quality and real customer value instead of short-term growth targets,” says Van Delm. “The €600,000 joint investment by the three founders is now an accelerator. We have validated both our solution and the market demand and are now investing further into our roadmap, onboarding capabilities and international growth.”

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With Dirk Van Ginderachter joining as co-founder, Horizon adds more than twenty years of supply chain planning software experience. Van Ginderachter previously built his career at OMP and brings extensive international commercial and implementation expertise.

“There is enormous global potential to optimize the supply chains of mid-sized manufacturers with AI-native planning and scheduling software,” says Van Ginderachter. “What convinced me about Horizon is the combination of strong technical foundations and a very pragmatic, accessible approach. The market is clearly ready for a modern alternative.”

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Horizon recently launched Horizon Instant, a self-serve version of the platform that allows companies to upload their data and immediately experience advanced planning capabilities, free of charge.

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The company’s ambition is clear: to become a leading provider of modern, accessible planning software for mid-sized manufacturing companies - built for planners, not projects.

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