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Emburse (YC W16) — Expense management and AP automation

Emburse is an expense management platform that gives businesses more insight into and control over corporate expenses. Using Emburse, businesses may order virtual or physical MasterCard-network branded expense cards and assign these cards to employees or contractors for authorization of pre-approved business expenses.

Emburse is a Y Combinator company in the Winter 2016 batch. Its directory entry describes it as: Expense management and AP automation. The founders listed are Peter Lai (Founder/CEO), Roger Gu (Founder) (Y Combinator directory entry, November 16, 2015).

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Emburse

New accelerator entry · 2015-11-16 · the record

Winter 2016
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What the record says

BatchWinter 2016
Announced2015-11-16
StageEarly
StatusAcquired
IndustryFintech
Sub-industryFintech -> Banking and Exchange
SectorsFintech
RegionsUnited States of America, America / Canada
BasedSan Francisco, CA, USA
HiringNo
Sitehttps://www.emburse.com

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Emburse is an expense management platform that gives businesses more insight into and control over corporate expenses. Using Emburse, businesses may order virtual or physical MasterCard-network branded expense cards and assign these cards to employees or contractors for authorization of pre-approved business expenses.

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