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About
Rodolphe Ardant built Spendesk into the first spend management platform in Europe to turn a profit. He founded it in 2016 with Guilhem Bellion and Jordane Giuly out of the eFounders startup studio — after meeting its founder Thibaud Elzière and agreeing that company expenses were a shared misery worth solving — and grew it to more than 200,000 business users handling some €20 billion of spend a year. Tiger Global led a $114 million round in January 2022 that made Spendesk a unicorn at $1.14 billion, the fifth French company to reach that mark in a single month, and the business broke even in the first quarter of 2025. He handed the chief executive's seat to Axel Demazy in late 2024 and stayed on as president, focused on product and direction. It was not his first exit: he founded the advertising company Wozaik, sold to Solocal in 2013, and was chief operating officer of the car-sharing company Drivy.
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- Handed the chief executive's role to Axel Demazy in October 2024 and continues as founder and president.
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Founder at Spendesk
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Podcasts & interviews
featuring Rodolphe ArdantInterview with Rodolphe Ardant - Cofounder and CEO of Spendesk
Spendesk
Interview of 🔥Rodolphe Ardant🔥, CEO of French unicorn Spendesk
Paris Fintech Forum Communities
Portfolio Stories: Rodolphe Ardant, Co-founder & CEO of Spendesk
Eight Roads Ventures Europe
Closing Session with Rodolphe Ardant, CEO of Spendesk | CFO Connect Summit 2021
CFO Connect
Rodolphe Ardant (Spendesk) : Spendesk lève 100 M € auprès de General Atlantic
BFM Business
Rodolphe Ardant, Président-Fondateur de Spendesk, est l'invité du Grand Journal de l'Eco | Rodolphe Ardant, Président-Fondateur de Spendesk, est l'invité du Grand Journal de l'Eco | By BFM Business
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Rodolphe Ardant?
- Rodolphe Ardant built Spendesk into the first spend management platform in Europe to turn a profit. He founded it in 2016 with Guilhem Bellion and Jordane Giuly out of the eFounders startup studio — after meeting its founder Thibaud Elzière and agreeing that company expenses were a shared misery worth solving — and grew it to more than 200,000 business users handling some €20 billion of spend a year. Tiger Global led a $114 million round in January 2022 that made Spendesk a unicorn at $1.14 billion, the fifth French company to reach that mark in a single month, and the business broke even in the first quarter of 2025. He handed the chief executive's seat to Axel Demazy in late 2024 and stayed on as president, focused on product and direction. It was not his first exit: he founded the advertising company Wozaik, sold to Solocal in 2013, and was chief operating officer of the car-sharing company Drivy.
- Where does Rodolphe Ardant work?
- Rodolphe Ardant is Founder of Spendesk.
- What check size does Rodolphe Ardant write?
- Rodolphe Ardant typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
- What companies did Rodolphe Ardant found?
- Rodolphe Ardant founded Spendesk.
- What podcasts and interviews feature Rodolphe Ardant?
- Tracked appearances include "Interview with Rodolphe Ardant - Cofounder and CEO of Spendesk", "Interview of 🔥Rodolphe Ardant🔥, CEO of French unicorn Spendesk", "Portfolio Stories: Rodolphe Ardant, Co-founder & CEO of Spendesk", and 3 more.
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