Ramp is reportedly raising around $200 million at a $16 billion valuation — just three months after a $13B secondary sale. For those keeping score, that’s a +23% jump in record time.
Not bad for a company that started in 2019 as a corporate card provider promising to help businesses “spend less.”
Fast forward to now: Ramp is pushing $55B in annualized transaction volume, serving over 30,000 companies. Revenue? Rumored to have crossed $700 million annualized. Monthly burn? Still impressively low. In other words: high growth, high efficiency — catnip for late-stage investors.
This new round, reportedly led by Founders Fund, could push Ramp’s total equity funding past $1.4B. But what’s really interesting is the signal it sends: mega-late-stage fintech rounds are starting to flow again. Not for hypey consumer apps. For serious B2B platforms with actual numbers.
What Ramp’s Doing Right
Ramp built its reputation on saving companies money. Its tools — like automated expense reports, smart bill pay, and treasury management — all aim to eliminate waste. Not exactly sexy, but incredibly useful. That value prop helped it scale from 25,000 to 30,000+ customers in a year.
It earns through card interchange, FX, bill pay fees, and even travel commissions. And because it’s layered services on top of a core spend-management engine, customer retention is high.
What sets Ramp apart isn’t just growth. It’s discipline. A lot of fintech unicorns grew fast — and burned fast. Ramp is growing faster without the reckless cash burn. That’s the playbook VCs are rewarding in 2025.
Why It Matters for the Rest of Us
The spend-management space is crowded: Brex, Navan, Airbase, and others are all chasing the same CFOs. Brex is going upstream into enterprise. Navan is combining travel + expense. Airbase got acquired last year. Ramp? It’s holding tight to its “cost-savings-first” angle and making that story work.
And now, investors are back to putting serious money behind that kind of story — if the numbers back it up.
Key takeaways for fintech startups
- Late-stage money is flowing again — selectively. Investors want real revenue, not just vision decks.
- Efficiency is the new flex. Growth with low burn gets funded. Growth with high burn gets ghosted.
- Expand your utility. Ramp didn’t stop at cards. Think about layering value around your core product.
- Don’t ignore your competitors. Brex, Navan, Ramp — each has a different play. Know yours.
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