The two companies have joined forces to collapse credit applications and tax compliance into a single workflow, sparing B2B suppliers the horror of managing both at the same time.
If you have ever watched a B2B supplier try to onboard a new customer while simultaneously chasing down tax exemption certificates in a second browser tab, you already understand why this deal exists. Nuvo Technologies has announced a formal integration with Avalara, the tax compliance software giant, bundling credit applications and tax documentation into one automated pipeline.
The integration went live for existing Nuvo customers on May 13. The pitch is simple: a new customer fills out a credit application inside Nuvo, the system reads whatever tax documents they upload, identifies the document type and the jurisdiction it covers, and fires the validated certificate directly into Avalara’s exemption certificate system, all before anyone has to lift a finger.
Two Systems That Should Have Always Talked to Each Other
The problem Nuvo and Avalara are solving is embarrassingly basic. For years, onboarding and tax compliance have lived in separate software systems, managed by different teams, and stitched together with a lot of copy-pasting and email forwarding.
“Onboarding and tax compliance have historically lived in separate systems, owned by different teams, and connected by manual work.”Sid Malladi, CEO, Nuvo Technologies
Malladi added that the integration gives suppliers a faster path to revenue without introducing compliance risk. Which, when you think about it, is the dream: move fast and also not get audited.
“Move fast and also not get audited.”
How the Automation Actually Works
On the Nuvo side, when a new customer completes a credit application, the system automatically pulls out any uploaded tax documents, reads them, and identifies the document type, the state it covers, and when it expires. Documents that pass validation go straight into Avalara’s exemption certificate management product.
On Avalara’s end, the exemption certificate system stores and validates certificates across jurisdictions using AI, checking whether a current certificate is on file before tax is applied to a transaction. Early results from customers showed faster onboarding and better audit readiness, Nuvo said.
“By integrating with Nuvo, we are bringing tax compliance into the earliest stages of the customer lifecycle, enabling businesses to onboard faster, reduce risk, and scale with confidence across jurisdictions.”Meg Higgins, SVP Global Partners, Avalara
Nuvo Has Been Building Towards This Moment
Nuvo was founded in 2021 by Sid Malladi and CTO Rameez Remsudeen with the idea of giving businesses a verified, shareable identity for B2B trade. Think LinkedIn, but instead of endorsements for Microsoft Excel, you get real-time credit scores and licence verifications.
This Avalara deal did not come out of nowhere. Just over a year ago, in April 2025, Nuvo raised $45 million in a Series A led by Sequoia Capital and Spark Capital, with backing from Founders Fund, Index Ventures, and a roster of angel investors that reads like a Silicon Valley awards dinner. Fender, Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits, and Great Dane were already on the client list.
At the time of the raise, the company had around 50,000 businesses on its network. Malladi described the platform as a network rather than a point solution, making the comparison to LinkedIn versus your phone’s contacts app. The Avalara integration is exactly the kind of feature build that $45 million in fresh capital is supposed to enable.
Avalara Has Been Busy Too
Avalara is no stranger to busy quarters. In October 2025, the company launched a suite of AI agents designed to handle tax and regulatory compliance autonomously, working inside merchant systems without requiring manual sign-off. The idea, in their words, was to move from workflows supported by AI to workflows executed by AI.
Then in April 2026, Avalara plugged into Fiserv’s Clover platform, helping merchants automatically set aside sales tax and track obligations, a product they cheerfully called “sales tax on autopilot.” The Nuvo integration is the latest in a pattern: Avalara wants its compliance tools embedded at every stage of the commerce lifecycle, not just at the point of sale.
Why This Matters Beyond the Press Release
The B2B onboarding problem is not glamorous, but it is expensive. Every day a new customer sits in a pending state waiting for paperwork to clear is a day no revenue flows. Multiply that across hundreds of supplier-buyer relationships and the cost of slow processes adds up quickly.
What Nuvo and Avalara have built is not revolutionary technology. It is, in the best possible way, a very sensible piece of plumbing. The sort of thing that makes someone in accounts receivable genuinely happy, which is rarer than it should be.
Avalara covers platforms including Shopify, BigCommerce, and Salesforce Commerce Cloud. Nuvo’s trade network spans building materials, food and beverage, chemicals, and manufacturing. Between them, the two companies touch a substantial slice of the US B2B commerce market, and they have just made it a little less annoying to do business.
