Embedded-finance provider tracked in the Embedded Finance Index — disclosed by 3 companies across 1 category.
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Founded in 2016 as a spend management platform targeting mid-market companies, Airbase differentiated itself from pure-play card issuers like Brex by building an all-in-one procure-to-pay suite covering corporate cards, bill payments, purchase orders, and expense reimbursements with deep accounting automation. The 2022 Goldman Sachs credit facility signaled a move toward becoming a balance-sheet-backed card program rather than just a software layer. The 2024 acquisition by Paylocity for $361M completed a strategic pivot toward being the non-payroll finance layer of a broader HCM platform, positioning Airbase as 'Paylocity for Finance' — unifying payroll and spend management on one platform for mid-market businesses.
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<img src="https://www.embeddedfinanceindex.com/api/badge/airbase/install" width="1" height="1" alt="" style="display:none">3 companies are linked to Airbase in the Embedded Finance Index 2026, through their own public disclosures or Airbase's published customer list, including Medely, American Express and Forge Global.
Airbase is an embedded-finance provider in Spend / AP. It ranks #20 of 74 Spend / AP providers by linked companies.
The most-named Spend / AP alternatives to Airbase are BILL (40 buyers), Brex (38 buyers), Ramp (27 buyers), Tipalti (19 buyers), Pleo (14 buyers) and findity (11 buyers).
Airbase was founded by Thejo Kote and is founded in 2016, headquartered in San Francisco, CA, USA.
Airbase has raised $~120M (equity) + $150M credit facility in total.
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