Founder: Ariel Cohen (CEO), Alan Togg
Launched: 2015
Headquarters: Palo Alto, California
Funding: 1.5 billion dollars
appraisal: $9.2 billion
Key Technologies: Artificial intelligence, cloud computing, machine learning
Industry: Travel, Enterprise Technology
Previous appearances on the Disruptor 50 list: 0
Planning corporate travel can be a headache. Flights, car rentals and hotels can be booked through various platforms. Payment can be by company card or include employee reimbursement. Navan, formerly known as TripActions, is changing the way companies manage travel with an all-in-one platform. The platform can plan travel and provide credit cards to employees. Having everything related to travel on one platform helps in managing expenses. Companies gain better visibility, cost savings, and control over expenses.
Since its launch in 2015 by two veteran entrepreneurs, Navan has grown to provide travel and expense management to companies such as Heineken, Unilever, Adobe, Netflix, Chime and Canva. In the past year, the company has doubled its unique customers, changing its name to Navan and Received Tripeur based in India.His fifth acquisition in two years. It also opened offices in Tel Aviv, London, Austin, Bangalore, Sydney, Paris, Amsterdam, San Francisco and New York.
Like many companies, it also integrated generative AI. Navan introduced Ava, an AI-powered chatbot, in May. The assistant can answer customer service questions, book trips, change flights, analyze spending data and help companies find savings opportunities. In June, the company expanded Navan Connect, its expense management and corporate card solution, so finance teams can use Navan without switching corporate cards.
A closer look at the company, which is Allegedly targeting an IPO In April of the following year, he was added to the leadership team in recent months. The company named its former chief revenue officer, Rich Liu, As CEO of Navan Travel In April, and at the time of his rehiring, the company described Liu as “an expert in scaling companies from seed to IPO and beyond.”
Navan has not been spared from the economic uncertainty spreading over companies and corporate spending. Company has laid off 5 percent of its workforce. in December, or a total of 145 people. The company also faces more competition as expense management startups, and fellow disruptors Ramp and Brakes, expand into travel. The company’s last fundraising round was in October 2022 when it raised $150 million in debt and $154 million in equity, valuing the company at $9.2 billion.
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