expense management
Brex takes a swipe at Concur with an expansion into travel
In yet another example of how competitive the spend management space has become, Brex announced today that it has expanded into travel. Besides seeking to snag market share from incumbents such as Con
Amex and Microsoft turn to AI to make expense reports less horrible
ChatGPT is getting all the attention as of late, but modern AI technologies have a range of use cases beyond finally making Bing useful. One emerging trend is putting AI to work to aid with the frustr
A conversation with Andreessen Horowitz’s fintech leads
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Use a scalpel when cutting startup expenses, not an axe
Experienced sailors know that if they turn the wheel too hard, they will soon need to compensate by turning it in the other direction, or they will capsize the boat.
Fintech isn’t dead, as Ramp reports accelerating revenue growth
Not every company is struggling in this downturn. Despite a cooling market, corporate spend management startup Ramp reports that it has more than doubled its revenue run rate since the start of the ye
Taxfix, the Berlin-based mobile tax filing app, raises $220M at a $1B+ valuation
Ben Franklin once famously said that in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. But that doesn’t make dealing with either particularly natural and easy. Tech is rus
Expense management provider Emburse goes head-to-head with Brex and Ramp
With 12 million users and nearly $200 million in annual recurring revenue, expense software provider Emburse has built much of its business in the enterprise. Historically, it has competed with legacy
London-based Fidel API lands $65M in Series B funding, proving fintech infrastructure is hotter than ever
Financial infrastructure startup Fidel API has raised $65 million in a Series B funding round led by Bain Capital Ventures. The London-based company provides identity, data and payments products that
Fintech startup Jeeves raises $180M, quadruples valuation to $2.1B in half a year
Less than seven months after closing on a $57 million Series B, fast-growing fintech Jeeves has raised $180 million in a Series C round that values the company at $2.1 billion. Financial technology co
Ramp confirms new $8.1B valuation after ‘a nearly 10x’ YoY increase in revenue
Corporate management startup Ramp confirmed that it has secured $550 million in debt and $200 million in equity in a new financing that doubles its valuation to $8.1 billion. In early February, The In
Coast lands $27.5M from VC firms, slew of founders to provide expense management to fleet operators
Coast, which aims to help companies control fuel and fleet spending with its expense management software, has raised $27.5 million in a Series A financing co-led by Accel and Insight Partners. The r
Global Processing Services adds $100M to its coffers to grow its embedded finance and API payments platform
Embedded finance continues to be the engine driving the growth of fintech, with one group of companies building core banking, payments and other financial technology, and a much bigger group tapping t
Flexbase unveils construction industry’s first credit card
The company referred to the 60 days of interest-free financing as “a game-changer” for an industry where it typically takes over 100 days to get paid.
Expensify CEO David Barrett discusses going public and why expense management is a $1T opportunity
"I think what is really driving this, honestly, is just liquidity for our early shareholders. We haven't raised money in so long that our VCs basically just need liquidity."
Inside Expensify’s IPO filing
Expensify filed to go public late last Friday, adding its name to the growing roster of technology companies looking to list during this period of hot valuations and strong recent debuts. GitLab, for
Aspire raises $158M Series B to build a full-stack “financial operating system” for Southeast Asian businesses
Aspire, the Singapore-based neobank that wants to become an “end-to-end financial operating system” for Southeast Asian businesses, is moving closer to its aspirations with a $158 million Series B
How bottom-up sales helped Expensify blaze the path for SaaS
You'd expect an expense management company to have a large sales department and advertise heavily. But like we’ve seen over and over, Expensify just doesn’t do what you think it should.
How Expensify hacked its way to a robust, scalable tech stack
Take a close look at any ambitious startup and you'll find pugnacity nestled in its core. Stubbornness and a bullheaded belief in the worth of what a company wants to bring to fruition is often the bi
Jeeves emerges from stealth with $131M in debt and equity and a16z as a lead investor
Jeeves, which is building an “all-in-one expense management platform” for global startups, is emerging from stealth today with $131 million in total funding, including $31 million in equity and $1