Ramp’s Benjamin Alderman discusses:
- Where travel fits in Ramp’s overall strategy
- Future partnership plans
- What’s drawing financial companies to travel
Corporate spend management startup Ramp last month leapt into the travel management space with the launch of the Ramp for Travel tool, designed to let clients set policies and spending limits, monitor compliance and view data via a dashboard. Ramp head of partnerships Benjamin Alderman spoke with BTN executive editor Michael B. Baker about the company’s plans for the travel space, its partnership strategy and the factors driving the recent surge of financial and fintech companies expanding their offerings in the travel space.
BTN: Who is the target customer for Ramp?
Benjamin Alderman: We do have technology-focused [small and midsize enterprises] in our platform, but we are much broader than that. One of our largest clients is a farm, believe it or not, so the breadth is pretty broad. That SME/midmarket space, the 50- to 500-employee…