| Navan, Inc. | |
| Type: | Private |
| Industry: | Corporate Travel Management |
| Predecessors: | --> |
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| Founded: | March, 2015 |
| Hq Location: | Palo Alto, California, United States |
| Area Served: | Worldwide |
| Num Employees: | 3,000[1] |
| Num Employees Year: | 2022 |
| Website: | navan.com |
Navan (formerly TripActions) is an online travel management, corporate card and expense management company.[2] [3]
The Palo Alto, Californiabased travel company, TripActions Inc., was founded in May 2015 by Ariel Cohen and Ilan Twig (also the founders of StreamOnce, acquired by Jive Software).[4]
In January 2016, TripActions received $14.6 million series A round led by Oren Zeev Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Group 11. The company officially launched out of stealth mode and announced their funding in January 2017.[5] In October 2017, the company announced that they had raised an additional $12.5 million led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from Zeev Ventures and Group 11.[6]
The company moved in June 2017 from Menlo Park, California, to its headquarters in Palo Alto.
In March 2018, the company announced a $51 million Series B round led by the same two investors with participation from prior investors.[7]
In July 2018, TripActions announced its international expansion to Europe with an office in London and their European headquarters in Amsterdam. They shared potential plans to expand to the Asia-Pacific region to scale their customer support infrastructure.[8]
In November 2018, the company announced a valuation north of $1 billion and a $154 million Series C funding round led by new investor Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from repeat investors Lightspeed Venture Partners, Zeev Ventures, and Group 11.[9] Ben Horowitz joined the Board of Directors.
In February 2019, the company announced its new flight storefront in alignment with major airline partners and industry association ATPCO.[10] The storefront includes branding and imagery of cabin classes and amenities for each airline. It works for domestic and international flights, including international-to-international itineraries, and for flights on joint venture partners of American, Delta and United.[11]
Later in February 2019, TripActions was recognized as one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies in Travel for 2019.[12]
In June 2019, the company announced its NDC-enabled platform in partnership with United Airlines.[13] At the same time, TripActions raised a $250 million Series D funding round from Andreessen Horowitz, Zeev Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners and Group 11. The total valuation of the company reached $4 billion.[14]
In September 2019, the company announced its carbon impact initiative through providing customers visibility into the emission output of their travel programs.[15] In the same month, TripActions was recognized in the Top 20 of the Forbes Cloud 100 award.[16]
In November 2019, the company announced that it had enabled an NDC-enabled direct connection to the Lufthansa Group.[17]
In February 2020, the companylaunched TripActions Liquid, a payment, expense and reconciliation technology integrated into its core platform.[18] Alongside that announcement, the company announced the security of $500 million on credit to fuel the platform.[19]
In June 2020, it raised $125 million in debt financing.[20]
In October 2020, it expanded the TripActions Liquid product by adding broader expense capabilities.[21]
In January 2021, TripActions raised a $155 million Series E round of funding.[22]
In May 2021, the company announced that it had acquired UK corporate travel management specialist Reed & Mackay.[23]
In October 2021, TripActions raised a $275 million Series F round of funding with a valuation near $7.25 billion. It reported having 1500 employees.[24]
In February 2022, TripActions acquired Comtravo, a German corporate travel company with 2,500 clients and 250 employees.[25]
In February 2023, TripActions rebranded to Navan, bringing together its offerings into a travel and expense services app. The palindrome name Navan has roots in the words "navigate" and "avant" to mean "navigating forward".[26] [27]
In April 2023, Navan announced its agreement to acquire Tripeur, a Bangalore-based modern travel and expense management company, expanding Navan Group’s presence in India. The acquisition marked the fifth purchase in two years. [28]
Users can access mobile apps for Uber and Lyft in their mobile travel itineraries while traveling.[29]