Payhawk - Transformation with Google Cloud
First card delivered within 8 months
Doubled team size in H1 2022
Operating in 32 countries
$1B unicorn valuation reached
Challenge
Managing employee expenses was a cumbersome process, marked by manual data entry and reconciliation. Finance teams struggled with multiple systems to handle credit card and cash payments, often lacking real-time visibility into spending. This challenge intensified as businesses expanded, with added complexities arising from new bank accounts, card issuers, and local accounting systems.
Solution
In 2018, Payhawk set out to revolutionize expense management by offering a unified solution that combined VISA company cards, reimbursable expenses, and accounts payable. Their innovative approach promised to automate processes, enhance efficiency, and support business expansion. To bring this vision to life and attract investments, they leveraged key Google Cloud services like GKE, Cloud SQL, Cloud Memorystore, Vision AI, Cloud Storage, Artifact Registry, and Firebase to build a secure and efficient infrastructure. Google Cloud’s suite of services, including Cloud Logging and Monitoring, ensured operational excellence, and the Google for Startups Cloud Program provided credits.
Result
The transition to Google Cloud allowed Payhawk to accelerate application development, issuing their first card in just eight months. With Google Cloud's support, they cultivated customer trust through quick issue resolution, error tracking, and single sign-on capabilities. The Google for Startups Cloud Program provided financial flexibility during the critical early stages of their business. Payhawk experienced remarkable growth, doubling in size in the first half of 2022. Google Cloud's scalability, generous pricing model, and standard services paved the way for sustainable expansion. Today, Payhawk operates in 32 countries across Europe and the US, with plans to double their team by year-end. Their journey with Google Cloud has been transformative, allowing them to secure substantial investments, attain unicorn status with a $1 billion valuation, and continue their mission to revolutionize global expense management and financial operations. Google Cloud remains an invaluable technology partner in this incredible journey of growth and innovation.
“I’m a CTO, not a DevOps specialist, but in less than a week I was able to set up a secure, reliable operating infrastructure. This enabled us to fast-track our application development and we were able to issue our first card in just eight months. Our Google Cloud partner, Cloud Office also gave us valuable assistance, guiding us through the deployment process and advising on Google Cloud’s extensive range of solutions.”
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