15 | Perk

T0622PERK_C_350 [Credit: Perk]
2025 sales: $3.1 billion
Previous ranking: 16
Employees: 1,800 full-time

33 Arch St., 18th Floor, Boston, MA 02110
7-12 Noel St., 7th Floor, London, W1F 8GQ, U.K.
914-758-1941
Website

Executives

CEO: Avi Meir
COO/PRESIDENT: Jean-Christophe Taunay-Bucalo
CFO: Roy Hefer
CHIEF REVENUE OFFICER: Yasmine Bratt
CHIEF PRODUCT OFFICER: Nikita Miller
CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER: Robin Smith
CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER: Felicia Williams

COMPANY FACTS

* Privately held.

* Rebranded to Perk (formerly Travelperk).

* Backed by a range of investors; none individually own a majority of shares.

* AI-native platform for travel and spend management.

* Sales: 100% corporate.

DEVELOPMENTS

* Acquired expense platform Yokoy.

* Marked its 10th anniversary.

* Secured a $200 million Series E fundraising round led by Atomico and EQT Growth, accelerating global expansion, particularly in the U.S. It operates 12 offices serving more than 12,000 customers.

* Focused on eliminating the hidden, noncore tasks draining productivity called "shadow work," estimated to cost global businesses $1.7 trillion annually.

* AI-native architecture has advanced the Perk offering with 96% of bookings and 90% of expense reports processed touch-free, contributing to more than 70% gross margins and 48% revenue growth to $300 million.

* Launched Perk Events, managing the full event lifecycle, including venue sourcing, budgeting, travel coordination and attendee management.

* Expanded partnerships, including with Airbnb, and became the official work automation platform partner of Audi Revolut F1. 

* Appointed Nikita Miller chief product officer.

LOOKING AHEAD

* Rolling out enhanced spend capabilities after acquiring Yokoy, including physical Perk cards, enabling customers to manage travel, spend and payments in one platform.

* Supporting clients through ongoing disruption, investing in new products and partnerships to support customers traveling for work. 

* Through automation, proactively contacting customers in less than 30 minutes to alert them of disruptions and available support channels.

* Building on Perk Events, expanding solutions that address the "shadow work" crisis.

* Expanding AI-native architecture across the user journey. For example, PoliciesAI proactively delivers real-time policy advice to travelers while they are booking, directly referencing their company's own uploaded policy documents to ensure compliance before the spend occurs.

* Continuing to invest in the U.S. and Europe, expanding teams by 20%, deepening supplier relationships and launching partnerships to expand content and flexibility.

* Blending automation with human expertise to deliver responsive support at scale. AI agents enable self-serve booking modifications and call hotels ahead of arrival for smoother check-ins while human advisors tackle more complex cases.

* Tackling three defining trends: rising travel disruption, increasing workflow fragmentation and a widening gap between automation investment and real productivity, all accelerating demand for more integrated, intelligent solutions.

* Expecting a shift from standalone automation to orchestrated end-to-end workflows with AI increasingly embedded across the entire journey rather than applied in isolated use cases.


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