Rapid customer growth momentum propels new-era corporate travel management company TripActions to $154M raise with valuation north of $1B

Today TripActions, the corporate travel management company shaping the future of business travel, announced it has raised $154 million in Series C funding. The round is led by Andreessen Horowitz, who is joined by TripActions’ previous investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners, Zeev Ventures and SGVC. In addition to the investment from Andreessen Horowitz, Ben Horowitz will be joining the company’s Board of Directors. Since its founding in 2015, TripActions has raised a total $232M in funding.

The new capital will be used to double down on development of the company’s product and service offerings globally to further accelerate enterprise adoption, including:

“At TripActions, we’re on a mission to power the in-person connections that move people, ideas and businesses forward. We know that travel plays a critical role in helping the most innovative companies achieve their growth objectives and stay a step ahead of the competition. Unfortunately business travel today is fraught with pain points for travelers and companies leading to low traveler adoption and compliance rates, incomplete visibility into travel spend and difficulty delivering duty of care,” says Ariel Cohen, CEO and Co-Founder of TripActions. “Cutting-edge companies are flocking to TripActions at a fast rate because we offer a modern, user-friendly solution that road warriors love. With TripActions’ high traveler adoption rates, our customers enjoy complete visibility into travel program savings, reduced noise around travel and a more productive employee base committed to driving company growth.”

TripActions’ 2018 State of Business Travel Report shows that while business travel is critical for driving company growth, finance leaders, travel managers and travelers are not happy with legacy corporate travel management companies and are hungry for a more user-friendly, technology-powered alternative:

"TripActions is reshaping the stone age corporate travel industry with a solution that uses modern software and machine learning to deliver a personalized, delightful experience for road warriors and their employers,” says Ben Horowitz, Co-founder and General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. “It's a real breakthrough. When we interviewed their customers, both the employer and the employees loved the service. We rarely see that and never in travel.”

Ilan Twig, CTO and Co-founder comments: “We’re re-thinking the way that corporate travel is run and supported globally. With AI and machine learning, we’re able to deliver a truly customized traveler experience at scale, allowing us to reduce the time to book a trip from more than hour to a mere 6 minutes. We’re also using this technology to deliver incredible support. Imagine a world where every travel headache — whether that be a flight delay or a lost hotel room — is taken care of before you even knew something was wrong. This is exactly what TripActions is able to offer to our customers today.”

TripActions’ latest round of funding comes on the heels of rapid customer adoption and revenue growth. Highlights include:

“The TripActions team is thrilled to be partnering with Andreessen Horowitz, to welcome Ben to our Board of Directors and to deepen our relationship with Arif Janmohamed of Lightspeed Venture Partners and Oren Zeev of Zeev Ventures who been with us from the beginning,” continues Cohen. “We’re grateful for their early bets on us and for our customers who have supported us along the way. As we continue to grow a rapid clip, we’re committed to taking the pain out of corporate travel for our customers and their travelers.”

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