Tipalti

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Tipalti
TypeInternational money transfer, accounts payable
Founded2010
HeadquartersSan Mateo, California, United States
Key people
Chen Amit
(CEO/Co-Founder)
Oren Zeev
(Chairman/Co-Founder)
Dovi Frances
(Board Member)
Carl Pascarella
(Board Member)

Tipalti is an accounting software financial technology business [1][2] that provides comprehensive accounts payable,[3] procurement and global mass payments automation software for businesses. Tipalti is headquartered in San Mateo, CA[4] with offices in London UK, Vancouver Canada, Toronto Canada, Plano Texas, and R&D in Glil-Yam Israel.[5]

Funding[]

Tipalti has raised around $280 million in total funding to date with a valuation of over $2 billion.

Funding Rounds
Series Date Amount Lead Investors
A 2010 $3 million
B 2014 $9 million Wicklow Capital, Group 11
B-1 2016 $14 million Group 11
C 2018 $30 million Zeev Ventures
D 2019 $76 million Zeev Ventures, Group 11, 01 Advisors, Greenspring Associates
E 2020 $150 million Durable Capital, Greenoaks Capital, 01 Advisors, Group 11
F 2021 $270 million G Squared, Marshall Wace, Counterpoint Global

History[]

Tipalti was founded in 2010 by Chen Amit and Oren Zeev and launched its product in 2011.[6][7][8][9] The company is a licensed money transmitter in every state that requires it in the United States, including California,[10] New York, and Texas.[11]

In 2014, the company released a Supplier Portal component to enable Accounts Payable departments to automate payments to suppliers, vendors, and independent contractors.[12][13]

In October 2014, Tipalti's CEO Chen Amit stated that the company was processing payments to approximately 300,000 payees and between $1 billion to $1.5 billion annually in payments.[5][14]

In February 2018, the company announced support for multi-subsidiary AP management and purchase order matching as part of its invoice processing functionality.[15]

In August 2018, Tipalti announced that its platform now processed $5 billion in payments annually and served over 3,000,000 payees.[16]

In October 2018, the company announced an integration with QuickBooks Online.[17]

In February 2019, Tipalti announced that they now process over $6.5 billion in annual transactions for more than 4 million suppliers, the hiring of 2 additional executives, and that they doubled new business growth between July 1 and December 31, 2018 relative to the same period in 2017.

On February 26, 2019, Tipalti announced the launch of the Tipalti Multi-FX service. Tipalti Multi-FX helps finance teams more efficiently manage FX currency conversion across over 30 currencies. This service can be used to save time when companies receive revenue in one currency and then need to convert it to other currencies to fund their global subsidiaries and also to convert for paying global suppliers.

In August 2019, Tipalti announced that they had surpassed $8 billion in annual transactions processed through their platform, while making the Inc. 5000 list for the second consecutive year and increasing bookings in first half 2019 by 250% relative to first half 2018.[18]

On January 22, 2020, Tipalti announced that it will be opening offices in Vancouver B.C., Canada. This is the third global office for Tipalti, joining existing locations in San Mateo, California and Kibbutz Glil-Yam, Israel.[19]

On February 19, 2020, Tipalti announced that it had surpassed $10 billion in annual transactions. This achievement coincides with Tipalti exceeding 900 customers, once again doubling new customer bookings in 2019. Tipalti also added 65 new team members during the second half of 2019 with 240 employed as of Jan 1, 2020.[20]

On July 14, 2020, Tipalti announced that it had surpassed $11 billion in annual transactions. This achievement coincides with Tipalti exceeding 1,000 customers, while growing over 80% relative to first half 2019. Tipalti also added over 50 new team members, reaching over 300 employees, during the first half of 2020 and said it planned to hire an additional 100 by the end of 2020.[21]

On January 26, 2021 Tipalti announced that it had been named a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide SaaS and Cloud-Enabled Midmarket Accounts Payable Applications 2020-2021 Vendor Assessment report.[22]

On February 24, 2021, Tipalti announced that it grew revenue by more than 85% and increased annualized transactions to more than $18 Billion.[23]

On April 12, 2021, Tipalti announced its acquisition of Approve.com, a cloud procurement solutions[buzzword] provider, to expand its portfolio of financial operations offerings.[24]

On July 14, 2021, Tipalti announced it increased its revenue by 83% in the first half of 2021 compared to the same period in 2020. It also surpassed its annualized transaction volume to $23 billion. The company also announced the hiring of Paco Suro from Shopify and Twitter to lead its platform economy business as general manager. [25]

On December 8, 2021, Tipalti announced a $270-million Series F round of funding, with a valuation of $8.3 billion. It also announced that it reached $30 billion in annualized transaction volume. [26]

Awards and Recognitions[]

References[]

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  22. ^ "IDC MarketScape Names Tipalti a Worldwide Leader | Tipalti". tipalti.com. 2021-01-26. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  23. ^ "Tipalti Grows Revenue by More Than 85%, Annualized Transactions". GlobalFinTechSeries. 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2021-03-09.
  24. ^ "Tipalti buys cloud procurement solutions provider Approve.com". Finextra Research. 2021-04-12. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  25. ^ "Payables automation popularity bolsters Tipalti further in 2021". FinLedger. 2021-07-14. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
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  27. ^ Inc. 8 July 2020 https://www.inc.com/inc5000/2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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