Navan is a California-based all-in-one solution for travel and expense management. Launched in 2015, Navan most recently raised a $154M Series G in October 2022, with funding from Andreessen Horowitz, PremjiInvest, and Group 11. Navan was previously known as TripActions, but completed a rebrand in February 2023.
In an interview with The Financial Revolutionist, EVP and GM Michael Sindicich describes Navanâs broadened focus on expense (not just travel), outlines the staffing decisions and strategies the company undertook during the pandemic, and explains why the company rebranded at this stage in its journey.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
The Financial Revolutionist: I’d love to hear how you describe what you guys are doing nowâit’s obviously expanded quite a bit.
Michael Sindicich: We started in the early days as a corporate travel solution, and we approached it a bit differently than the industry normally does. We said, Hey, booking tools are not…