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Rodolphe Ardant

Founder and CEO, Spendesk
Greater Paris Metropolitan Region,France
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Rodolphe Ardant's Overview

Total Experience17 years
CompanySpendesk
CountryFrance

Rodolphe Ardant is a French entrepreneur and the co-founder and CEO of Spendesk, a leading all-in-one spend management platform for modern businesses. With a vision to liberate employees and finance teams from the complexities of work-related spending, he has successfully steered Spendesk from a promising startup to a major player in the FinTech industry. His expertise lies in scaling SaaS companies, product strategy, and fundraising. Before founding Spendesk in 2016, Rodolphe honed his operational and strategic skills as Head of Operations at Drivy (now Getaround) and as a consultant at BearingPoint.

Professional Summary

Rodolphe Ardant's work history includes a series of influential roles in various companies. Here is a detailed list of his professional journey:

Spendesk - Founder and President (2024 to Present)
eFounders - Founder in residence (2015 to 2015)
Drivy - COO (2014 to 2015)
Sotravo (Solocal Group) - Project Director (2013 to 2014)
Wozaik - Acquired by Solocal Group - Co-founder, COO (2008 to 2013)
OC&C Strategy Consultants - Associate Consultant (2007 to 2008)
UBIFRANCE - Mission Economique - New Delhi (2006 to 2006)

Notable Achievements

Co-founding and Leading Spendesk

Co-founded Spendesk in 2016 to address the inefficiencies in business spending. As CEO, he has been the driving force behind the company's mission to create an all-in-one spend management solution, now serving thousands of businesses across Europe.

Achieving Unicorn Status

Successfully led Spendesk through multiple funding rounds, culminating in a Series C extension in 2022 that valued the company at over €1 billion, establishing it as a FinTech 'unicorn'.

Pioneering Spend Management Innovation

Instrumental in developing a product that combines corporate cards, invoice payments, and expense reimbursements into a single platform, significantly influencing the evolution of financial tools for modern companies.

Educational Background

Physics

École Polytechnique - Year 2003

MS, Electical Engineering

Columbia Engineering - Year 2006

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Company Overview

Spendesk
Total employees800
HeadquartersParis
Founded2016

Spendesk is a comprehensive spend management platform designed to give finance teams control and visibility over all company spending. From an end-user perspective, it simplifies business expenses by providing smart corporate cards, automating expense reports, managing invoice payments, and streamlining approval workflows. This empowers employees to make necessary purchases easily while ensuring all spending adheres to company policy and budgets, ultimately eliminating manual expense reports and reimbursement delays.

Spendesk Funding Information
$314M - Total Funding Raised
$114M - Most recent funding amount
5 - Number of funding rounds
Jan 18, 2022 - Latest funding round
Lead Investors:
General Atlantic
Index Ventures
Tiger Global Management
Eight Roads Ventures
eFounders

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