Tipalti Valued at $8.3 Billion With New $270 Million Round

<p><strong><span class&equals;"xn-location">SAN MATEO<&sol;span><&sol;strong> &&num;8212&semi; Tipalti&comma; which offers a global payment platform for businesses&comma; has raised <span class&equals;"xn-money">&dollar;270 million<&sol;span> in series F funding at a valuation of <span class&equals;"xn-money">&dollar;8&period;3 billion<&sol;span>&comma; bringing total funding raised to date to just over <span class&equals;"xn-money">&dollar;550 million<&sol;span> and placing Tipalti among the most valuable private fintech companies in the world&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tipalti plans to use the funding to accelerate its product roadmap and customer operations&comma; as well as expand globally to transform global financial operations for high-velocity customers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Led by G Squared&comma; the Series F round includes investments from new investors <span class&equals;"xn-person">Marshall Wace<&sol;span> and funds and accounts managed by Counterpoint Global &lpar;Morgan Stanley&rpar;&comma; in addition to current investors Zeev Ventures&comma; Durable Capital Partners&comma; 01 Advisors and others&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;This latest investment will enable Tipalti to add more to our product lines and capabilities in the next 18 months than we have over the past 10 years combined&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said <span class&equals;"xn-person">Chen Amit<&sol;span>&comma; co-founder and CEO of Tipalti&period; &&num;8220&semi;We are on a journey to transform financial operations&comma; relieve finance leaders from those mundane&comma; cumbersome&comma; risky tasks&comma; and elevate the financial capabilities for high velocity organizations to rival those of the Fortune 5000&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We believe Tipalti is reshaping how businesses manage their financial operations&comma; and their growth and industry-leading retention rates are evidence that they are on a mission to solve important challenges for their customers&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said <span class&equals;"xn-person">Larry Aschebrook<&sol;span>&comma; founder and managing partner&comma; G Squared&period; &&num;8220&semi;The company&&num;8217&semi;s differentiated solutions&comma; combined with their strategic vision and ability to execute&comma; position Tipalti as a true disruptor in the global payables landscape&period; We see a huge opportunity in the target market that is largely underserved currently and look forward to working together with Tipalti&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In the U&period;S&period; alone&comma; mid-market companies&comma; defined as those with revenues between <span class&equals;"xn-money">&dollar;10 million<&sol;span> and <span class&equals;"xn-money">&dollar;1 billion<&sol;span>&comma; account for <u>more than one-third of employment<&sol;u> and <u>about 40&percnt; of GDP<&sol;u>&period; The challenges brought about over the last two years with COVID-19 and other macro changes have also accelerated the transformation in how companies are managing financial operations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A recent Tipalti survey found that 99&percnt; of CFOs said that their jobs became more complex over the past two years&comma; and almost one-third of CFOs noted that international expansion was an area of increased responsibilities — a shift confirmed by 20&percnt; of CEOs who indicated global growth as a top priority for their CFOs&period; However&comma; when CFOs are manually managing financial operations&comma; they lack critical resources and time that could otherwise be spent on scaling and executing strategic initiatives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tipalti currently processes over <span class&equals;"xn-money">&dollar;30 billion<&sol;span> in total annual payments volume — growing 120&percnt; year over year&period; Last October&comma; the company announced its Series E round — <span class&equals;"xn-money">&dollar;150 million<&sol;span> at a <span class&equals;"xn-money">&dollar;2 billion<&sol;span> valuation&period; This year it launched enhanced capabilities&comma; including the <u>acquisition and integration of cloud procurement solutions provider Approve&period;com<&sol;u>&comma; enhanced multi-entity AP capabilities&comma; cards&comma; mobile and added new integrations with complementary financial tech stack providers&period; Tipalti also passed the 2&comma;000-customer mark&comma; opened new offices in <span class&equals;"xn-location">London&comma; U&period;K&period;<&sol;span>&semi; <span class&equals;"xn-location">Plano&comma; Texas<&sol;span>&semi; and <span class&equals;"xn-location">Toronto&comma; Ontario<&sol;span>&comma; and has grown to over 700 employees worldwide&period; Tipalti ranked on both the 2021 Inc&period; 5000 list of fastest-growing companies in the U&period;S&period; and the Deloitte Fast 500 for the fourth consecutive year&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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