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Navan, an expense management startup once known as TripActions, has laid off 5% of its staff, or 145 people, a spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch today. The Information first broke the…

Expense management startup Navan cuts staff to find profitability ahead of delayed IPO

Less than two months after announcing a new $9.2 billion valuation, TripActions said today it has secured $400 million in credit facilities from Goldman Sachs and Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). …

TripActions secures $400M in credit facilities from Goldman Sachs, SVB

TripActions, a corporate travel and expenses company, has raised a combination of equity and debt at a post-money valuation of $9.2 billion, up from its prior valuation of $7.5 billion.…

Oh look, TripActions raised at a $9.2B valuation after reported $12B IPO filing

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The upcoming TripActions IPO has us hype

The IPO market is still frozen like a Nordic lake dotted with fishing huts, but Instacart and TripActions offer signs that a thaw is now in sight.

The upcoming TripActions IPO has us hype

TripActions is said to have filed confidentially to go public in the second quarter of next year at a $12 billion valuation. Citing an unnamed source, Business Insider broke the…

TripActions reportedly files to go public at $12 billion valuation

When it comes to video-based data, advances in computer vision have given a huge boost to the world of research, making the process of analyzing and drawing insights from moving…

Theator, an AI platform that analyzes surgery videos, closes out its Series A at $39.5M

At least four startups at Y Combinator’s W22 batch – from three different regions – referred to themselves as the “Brex for” their particular geography.

These Y Combinator-backed startups want to build the next Brex

Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, TripActions was primarily known for merging many aspects of corporate trip booking — flights, hotels and rental cars — with expense tracking. But Palo Alto-based TripActions…

From $0 in revenue to a $7.25B valuation: Why TripActions’ $275M raise has fintech to thank

The relationships between banks and fintechs are multi-faceted. In some cases, they partner. In many cases, they compete. In other cases, one acquires or invests in the other. Well, today,…

Visa takes a swipe in fintech, builds new online marketplace

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week we — Natasha and Danny and Alex and Grace — had more than…

This morning TripActions, a software company whose tools help businesses book and manage corporate travel, announced a new $155 million investment. Three investors led the round: prior investor Andreessen Horowitz,…

TripActions raises $155M at $5B valuation as corporate travel recovers from pandemic lows

Lime has changed its corporate travel policy to ensure not a dime of its money ends up in the coffers of the Trump Organization’s hotels and other properties in response…

Lime removes all Trump-owned properties from its list of approved corporate hotels
Startups

The great unicorn retreat

Today we’re taking stock of what’s happening to a number of unicorns, both public and private.

The great unicorn retreat

Mattress company Casper is shutting down its European operations and laying off 78 people as it focuses on “achieving profitability,” according to a statement by the company. The layoff impacts…

Casper winds down European operations and lays off 78 people

We’re adding a number of companies to the $100 million ARR club, a collection of private companies that have reached material scale.

As COVID-19 pummels global economy, 8 new companies join the $100M ARR club

Earlier today a grip of new data presented a sharply negative picture of the American economy. And this afternoon, news broke that a trio of well-known, heavily-backed unicorns were cutting…

Unicorn layoffs keep piling up as the economy gets worse

Fintech startups were hot news before the COVID-19 era, but the pandemic hasn’t bumped the sector out of the headlines. Companies that were pitching optimistic news a few weeks ago…

Fintech’s uneven new reality has helped some startups, harmed others

This morning, let’s remind go over what happened in the first wave of recent unicorn layoffs (Zume, Oyo, Uber, etc) and how it compares to what is happening today as…

The second wave of unicorn layoffs is brutal

The coronavirus demand crunch has taken another bite: Palo Alto-based corporate travel-focused unicorn TripActions has confirmed laying off hundreds of staff. Per this post on Blind — written by someone…

TripActions lays off hundreds amid COVID-19 travel freeze

Frontline Ventures, based in Dublin and London, has announced a new $80 million fund designed to assist U.S. tech companies expanding into Europe. The new Frontline X fund — which…

Frontline Ventures raises new $80M fund focused on bringing US firms to Europe

TripActions, a Palo Alto-based, corporate travel-focused unicorn, has secured a new, half-billion-dollar credit facility to help support the launch of its second product line. Called TripActions Liquid, the service helps…

TripActions secures $500M credit facility for its new corporate travel product

There are two types of enterprise startups: those that create value and those that protect value. Cybersecurity is most definitely part of the latter group, and as a vertical, it…

The future of cybersecurity VC investing with Lightspeed’s Arif Janmohamed

The business plans to use the funds to double down on the international market.

Corporate travel platform TripActions quadruples valuation with $250M Series D
Venture

Travel startups are taking off

The second wave of Internet-era travel companies has captured the attention of venture capitalists.

Travel startups are taking off

Co-founders Ariel Cohen and Ilan Twig wow’d investors with TripActions 700% annual growth rate.

Corporate travel startup TripActions raises $154M at $1B valuation

It turns out that some employees spend more when they can expense it on a corporate card. But some companies are finding that five-star hotels and fancy dinners can add…

TripActions raises $51 million to reward employees who spend less on travel

Corporations could be a lot more efficient with their travel spend, believes booking platform TripActions. Today, the company is announcing $14.6 million in funding from Zeev Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners…

TripActions raises $14.6 million for its corporate travel booking tool