Welcome to our third News(ish) Breakdown with Lindsay Davis and Zach Anderson Pettet. Lindsay is the Head of Markets at Atomic and an all around fintech expert. We have a guest this week! Eric Glyman (CEO at Ramp) joins us to dig into the impending merger between Bill.com and Divvy.
Though 2020 was an outlier with companies cutting spend during lockdowns to preserve cash and extend runway, the market is massive and on pace to come back as the country prepares to return to work with hybrid business operations. Below are few highlights from the conversation.
Our conversation covers:
How to differentiate corporate cards targeting tech startups, small businesses, and enterprise businesses
Patterns of corporate card spending and savings during the first phased of the COVID-19 pandemic
Our outlook, on Bill.com’s definitive agreement to buy Divvy in a cash and stock deal worth $2.5B
Ramp’s “no founder liability,” plans to consolidate the financial software stack, and what’s on the roadmap for 2021
Fast fintech facts:
Divvy
Total deal valuation: $2.5 billion
Deal terms: Approximately $625 million in cash and $1.875 billion of Bill.com common stock
Traction: 7,500 monthly active small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs)
Total payment volume (TPV): $4 billion annually
Target demographic: Corporate cards for SMBs and tech startups
Total Funding: $417.5 million
Market cap: $12.7 billion (as of 5/7/21)
Traction: 115,000 customer base and its network of 2.5 million members
Target demographic: Accounting, expense management and budgeting software for SMBs
Q1’21 earnings: $59.7 million in revenues
Ramp
Total raised: $300 million in equity and debt
Last round: $115 million Q1’21
Valuation: $1.8 billion
Target demographic: Tech startups and small businesses
