{"id":5098,"date":"2023-05-12T11:15:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T11:15:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/founderlodge.com\/latest-news\/?p=5098"},"modified":"2023-05-12T11:15:58","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T11:15:58","slug":"with-their-pre-seed-funding-of-451k-spendkey-helps-companies-amplify-their-spending-visibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/founderlodge.com\/latest-news\/with-their-pre-seed-funding-of-451k-spendkey-helps-companies-amplify-their-spending-visibility\/","title":{"rendered":"With their Pre-Seed funding of $451K, Spendkey helps companies amplify their spending visibility"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"296\" height=\"68\" src=\"https:\/\/founderlodge.com\/latest-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/logo-25.jpg\" alt=\"logo of Spendkey \" class=\"wp-image-5100\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Introducing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spendkey.co.uk\/\">Spendkey<\/a>, the world&#8217;s first trustworthy spend analytics platform founded by seasoned transformation consultants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/alexgrundy1\/\">Alex Grundy<\/a> and Akshay Bhanawat. With their Pre-Seed funding of $451K led by <a href=\"https:\/\/fuel.ventures\/\">Fuel Ventures<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalebridge.capital\/\">Scalebridge Capital<\/a>, Spendkey helps companies amplify their spend visibility, sharpen control, and improve earnings growth through data-driven decisions. The platform&#8217;s unique UBRE\u00ae methodology, used by the co-founders for years, automates the process of adding hundreds of millions to the bottom line.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"394\" src=\"https:\/\/founderlodge.com\/latest-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/team-22-1024x394.jpg\" alt=\"team at Spendkey \" class=\"wp-image-5099\" srcset=\"https:\/\/founderlodge.com\/latest-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/team-22-1024x394.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/founderlodge.com\/latest-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/team-22-300x115.jpg 300w, https:\/\/founderlodge.com\/latest-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/team-22-768x295.jpg 768w, https:\/\/founderlodge.com\/latest-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/team-22.jpg 1298w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Spendkey&#8217;s Spend.ai ingests data from existing ERP systems and secondary data from the web, auto-mapping transactions to the correct category of spend using Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. 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