rewrite this title Spend Management Firm Extend Secures $20 Million in Funding – Finovate

New York-based spend management platform Extend has secured $20 million in combined debt and equity funding.

The equity investment was led by B Capital and featured participation from March Capital, Point72 Ventures, FinTech Collective, and Commerce Ventures.

Extend made its Finovate debut at FinovateSpring 2019 in San Francisco, California.

Spend and expense management platform Extend has raised $20 million in funding. The amount includes new venture debt and an equity investment led by B Capital. Also participating in the equity side of the deal were March Capital, Point72 Ventures, FinTech Collective, and new investor Commerce Ventures.

“We just took another step toward reshaping how businesses manage spend and expenses: We secured $20 million in new funding and welcomed Francois Horikawa as our CFO,” the company noted on its LinkedIn page. “Finance teams deserve modern tools layered onto their existing bank card programs. This investment will help us do that by strengthening our issuer partnerships and accelerating the delivery of new spend and expense management features to better serve businesses.”

Extend offers businesses the ability to control and manage spending with the company credit card they already use. Extend’s platform enables companies to create both standard and recurring virtual cards and manage them from either the Extend mobile app or its web-based platform. The virtual cards come with configurable spend controls such as card limits and expiration dates. The platform also can be used to create guest cards to send directly to vendors and contractors that do not have Extend accounts. The firm is currently implementing solutions that leverage automation to manage approvals, capture receipts, and reconcile expenses.

“This funding represents a pivotal moment for Extend as we accelerate our path to profitability and launch our paid SaaS offering,” Extend CEO and Co-Founder Andrew Jamison said. “With strong backing from B Capital and our investor group, we’re building a comprehensive spend and expense management platform while maintaining our focus on capital efficiency and deepening our relationships across the banking ecosystem.”

Extend’s funding announcement arrived at the same time that the firm introduced new Chief Financial Officer Francois Horikawa. Horikawa was previously Head of Finance for PayPal’s Consumer business division, which includes Venmo, P2P, Cards, and Small Business Lending. In his new role as CFO, he will be charged with helping Extend achieve operational excellence and sustainable profitability.

“I joined Extend almost by accident,” Horikawa wrote on LinkedIn this week. “I knew one of the co-founders and a few other folks from American Express. Few months in, people are super nice, the culture is great, and I am excited about the product!”

Founded in 2017, Extend made its Finovate debut at FinovateSpring 2019 in San Francisco, California. In the years since then, the New York-based fintech has grown into an out-of-the-box virtual card issuing platform with more than 10,000 business customers. The company’s technology has helped its customers move between 26% and 40% of their spending to virtual cards, and more than a dozen major banks in both the US and Canada are using Extend’s technology. Extend is currently pursuing strategic integrations at the top 10 banks and with a range of smaller issuers.

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