Spendesk
Spendesk sells AI-powered spend management software for businesses, automating procurement, payments, and accounting. It has 200,000 users across Europe and raised $312M, last at Series C in 2022.
The growth story
Spendesk grew from 590 to 336 employees between 2023 and 2026, raising $312M along the way, most recently a Series C in January 2022.
About
Spendesk provides a unified platform for corporate spending, covering procurement, payment cards, expense tracking, and accounting automation. Finance teams use it to control budgets across multiple entities. The company serves thousands of businesses, primarily in France, UK, Germany and Spain.
Growth has been rapid, with 336 employees and $312M in funding. The Series C round in 2022 suggests scaling ambitions, though recent headcount growth data is unavailable. The platform's adoption spans 200,000 users across its core European markets.
Founders and leadership
Sales is the largest department with 47 employees, indicating a strong go-to-market focus. Leadership includes founders with backgrounds in fintech and payments, though specific names aren't provided in the data.
The Spendesk org chart
Axel Demazy (CEO) leads 59 mapped leaders with 5 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the personâs public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 70 (+6% YoY), Sales 54 (+59% YoY), Information Technology 26 (-13% YoY), Business Development 24 (+14% YoY), Human Resources 23 (0% YoY), Product Management 21 (+31% YoY).
Talent flow
Employees frequently come from PayFit, Agicap, and Criteo, suggesting fintech and SaaS experience is valued. Many alumni move to Pennylane, Deel, and Navan - all financial operations platforms. Median tenure is 2 years, typical for high-growth startups.
Most common previous employers of Spendesk staff: PayFit (7), Agicap (6), Criteo (6), Doctolib (5), EDF (5), Boston Consulting Group (BCG) (4). Former Spendesk employees most often moved to Pennylane (5), Deel (5), Navan (5), Defacto (4), Redpin (4), Stripe (4).
Alumni worth knowing
The Spendesk mafia
30 alumni founded companies, including lemlist (269 staff) and Defacto (89 staff). Multiple founders spun out fintech ventures like Cargo and Hyperline, showing Spendesk as a fintech talent hub.
33Charles Tenot, was Revenue Advisor (Consultant) until 2020Jordane Giuly, was Co-Founder & CPO đŠ until 2020Morgan O., was Head of Partnerships & Strategic Projects until 2021Maxence de Villepion, was Growth Marketing / Sales Ops Lead until 2021Aurelien Aubert, was Engineering Manager - Data & Growth until 2022James Colgan, was Chief Product Officer until 2023
Lucas BĂ©dout, was VP of Engineering until 2022
Clément Garbay, was Engineering Manager until 2023
Nicolas Marchais, was VP Strategy until 2023
Axel Cateland, was Head of Banking until 2023
Guillaume L., was Chief Of Staff to the CEO until 2023
Emmanuel Julliot, was Freelance Senior Designer until 2019
Sami Touil, was Senior Engineering Manager until 2021
Yvon Maier, was Head of Sales Europe until 2024
Michael Saifoudine, was Senior Growth Website Manager (Europe & USA) until 2023
Antonio Sansico, was Mid-Market Account Executive until 2020
Taslim EZZIDI, was Business Development Representative until 2021
Jeremy Goillot, was Advisor until 2023
Arian Abri, was Sales Development Representative until 2024
Ugo Basciano, was Growth Operations Manager until 2023
Quentin Gilgenkrantz, was Account Executive - Mid Market until 2023
Antoine Levraux, was Senior Business Developer until 2021
Deniz Can Sebik, was Team Lead Business Development DACH until 2024
Lou REIBEL, was Business Development Representative until 2024
George Lees., was Building Spendeskâs People team across Europe (via Rework) until 2023
Juliette Hervé, was Marketing Manager France until 2022
Nicolas Reese, was Head of Inbound SDR EMEA until 2022
Ali Ć ifrar, was Account Executive until 2021
Marie-Pierre Uwase, was Sales until 2022
Rufus Walk, was Account Executive until 2023
Dylan Rayapah, was Talent Acquisition Partner until 2023
Serge Yang Baudrillart, was Business Developer đ«đ·đŹđ§ until 2022Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 53% direct, 15% search, 8% social, 4% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Spendesk: Project Management (112), English (100), Microsoft Office (98), Microsoft Excel (88), Teamwork (87), Management (82), Microsoft Word (80), Communication (78).
Where the team actually sits
Spendesk people are concentrated in Ăle-de-France, France (61), England, United Kingdom (32), France (24), Greater Paris Metropolitan Region (23). 6 offices on record.
Search footprint
Spendesk attracts about 11,820 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $255K a month if bought through ads. It gained 2,514 ranking keywords and lost 4,815 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.80 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.60 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.20 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.90 / 5
Frequently asked
Spendesk has 336 employees as of September 2026.
Spendesk has raised $312M in total, most recently a Series C round in January 2022.
Spendesk was founded in 2016 by Guilhem Bellion, Rodolphe A..
Axel Demazy (CEO) sits at the top of Spendesk's reporting structure, with 5 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Spendesk staff are PayFit (7 people), Agicap (6 people), Criteo (6 people).
Former Spendesk employees most often move to Pennylane (5), Deel (5), Navan (5).
At least 30 companies have a founder who previously worked at Spendesk, including lemlist, Defacto, Cargo đ§±.
Spendesk attracts about 11,820 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $255K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Spendesk staff are Project Management, English, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Teamwork.
Spendesk staff are concentrated in Ăle-de-France, France (61), England, United Kingdom (32), France (24).
Spendesk has about 70 people in Engineering, up 6% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Spendesk has about 54 people in Sales, up 59% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 242 current and 288 former Spendesk profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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