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Brex

Brex sells corporate cards, expense management software, and business banking to startups and enterprises, now operating as a Capital One subsidiary.

brex.com · San Francisco

CALL NO.CS·BREX·26
StageAcquisitionJanuary 2026 · led by Capital One[4][5][1]
Raised$1.7Bdisclosed rounds[1][2]
Headcount1100as of Jan 2026[1]
Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Founded2017[1][3]
Money

Raised $1.7B across disclosed rounds.[1][2]

Acquisition closed January 2026, led by Capital One.[4][5][1]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include Ribbit Capital, Y Combinator, Kleiner Perkins, Greenoaks Capital, Tiger Global Management, Lone Pine Capital, Max Levchin, Peter Thiel, SV Angel, Credit Suisse.[1][2][3]

People

Pedro Franceschi, Co-Founder and CEO[1][4][10][13]

Henrique Dubugras, Co-Founder and Chairman (stepped back from CEO role; now working on a new stealth venture as of Feb 2025)[1][4][10][13]

Pedro Franceschi, CEO[4][5][9][11][12][13][10][20][21]

James Reggio, Chief Technology Officer (since Sep 2024)[4][5][9][11][12][13][10][20][21]

Kevin Moore, VP Controller and CFO, Brex Treasury LLC[4][5][9][11][12][13][10][20][21]

Laura Lonardi, Chief of Staff to the President[4][5][9][11][12][13][10][20][21]

Henrique Dubugras Weathered, CEO[4][5][9][11][12][13][10][20][21]

Henrique Weathered[4][5][9][11][12][13][10][20][21]

Signals
Apr 28 2026newsBrex and Fintua: Automated VAT reclaim for global enterprises company claim, not independently confirmed[16]
Mar 18 2026newsBrex Helps Power OpenAI Global Spend and Financial Operations company claim, not independently confirmed[14]
Mar 4 2026newsBuilt on 20 years of trust: Brex and Stifel Bank unite for founders company claim, not independently confirmed[18]
Dec 9 2025newsFifth Third and Brex Partner to Bring AI-Powered Finance to Businesses, Unlocking $5.6B in Comm. company claim, not independently confirmed[15]
Oct 15 2025launchBrex Announces Partnership with Oracle as First Fintech Global Issuer to Power B2B Payments in. company claim, not independently confirmed[17]
Comps

Ramp · ramp.com · Direct substitute: same buyer (finance teams at growth-stage and mid-market companies), same workflow (corporate card issuance + expense management + AP automation), same product category, and named together as competitors in Payments Dive acquisition...[7][2]

Airwallex · airwallex.com · similar, not yet paired · Overlapping product surface — multi-currency corporate cards, business accounts, and global spend management — targeting the same cross-border finance workflow; Brex is named as an Airwallex customer, indicating direct product-layer adjacency.[8]

Melio · meliopayments.com · similar, not yet paired · Same AP automation and bill-pay workflow that Brex targets with its accounts payable product; both compete for the finance team's payables budget and accounting-system integration.[22]

Risk

The customer proof is company-sourced only. No independent source in this ledger confirms it.[16]

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Sourcestracings · 22

May 2026 · paymentsdive.com

reported

May 2026 · investor.capitalone.com

unknown

May 2026 · trysignalbase.com

reported

[7]Ramp

May 2026 · ramp.com

reported

May 2026 · airwallex.com

reported

May 2026 · linkedin.com

vendor

May 2026 · linkedin.com

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May 2026 · linkedin.com

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May 2026 · linkedin.com

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May 2026 · stableenrich.dev

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May 2026 · linkedin.com

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May 2026 · linkedin.com

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May 2026 · linkedin.com

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[22]Melio

May 2026 · meliopayments.com

reported

Brex

CALL NO.CS·BREX·26

Brex sells corporate cards, expense management software, and business banking to startups and enterprises, now operating as a Capital One subsidiary.

brex.com · San Francisco

StageAcquisition
Raised$1.7B
Headcount1100
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Founded2017
CompsRamp +2

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