Ramp acquires guest travel platform Juno. Spend management platform Ramp has acquired guest travel startup Juno, with plans to have it operate independently within Ramp while supporting its own travel offering capabilities, the companies announced Monday. Financial terms of the deal were undisclosed. Juno - developed by Devon Tivona and Sam Felsenthal, the founders of guest travel management app Pana - launched last year as a solution for coordinating, booking and managing guest travel. Over that time, it's announced attracting $6 million in funding and broadened its focus to tackle "complex travel" uses cases outside of guest travel, including meetings management capabilities. Now with Ramp, Tivona said Juno will have additional resources to continue its growth. If this seems like déjà vu, it's not, Tivona said. His last venture, Pana, was acquired by Coupa to serve as a technology base for its own travel module - which Coupa eventually sunset. But while Coupa never planned to continue Pana as a separate offering or as a guest travel platform, it will be "business as usual" with Juno as a part of Ramp. "This is very different from last time," Tivona said. "We are becoming a fully owned subsidiary of Ramp, but the Juno brand is going to stick around, the Juno team is staying intact and Sam and I are staying on as co-CEOs." In a prepared statement, Ramp CTO and co-founder Karim Atiyeh also emphasized the importance of Juno as a guest travel solution. "Juno built something strong in a category that matters," Atiyeh said. "Our job now is to give them leverage and stay out of the way." Ramp launched its own travel offering in 2022, and Tivona said Juno will be "supporting a strategy of deepening their travel capabilities and investing in a suite of travel products and our [travel management company] partnerships to meet now and future customer needs." Juno has forged relationships with travel mangement companies including Altour, Direct Travel and BCD Travel, and Tivona said that strategy will continue, with more partnerships planned to be announced soon. Ramp has about 50,000 customers today and has been moving upmarket to larger clients. On Friday, Ramp announced it would expand into Europe this summer and invited companies headquartered in the U.K. and Europe to join its waitlist. Tivona said Juno will be able to support Ramp in that growth. "As we all know, there is lots of complexity in travel programs, including integrations with travel management companies and the natural complexities that come with global travel programs," Tivona said. "These are challenges and complexities that our team has decades of experience in solving for customers, so it will be looking at what ingredients there can support a broader enterprise strategy." Juno, meanwhile, will benefit from Ramp's expense and payment capabilities, meaning it can incorporate offerings like mobile wallets that it could not before, he said. However, Juno will remain "card-product agnostic" for companies, he added. There also will be natural sales synergies, he said. "Our ability to offer those as a combined offering to our customers inside one contract, and have a fully integrated travel, expense and card offering is exciting to them as well," Tivona said. "There will certainly be a cross-pollination of resources." While Pana's exit had left a hole in the guest travel management space, it's a much more crowded space today. Besides Juno, the platform EmPath launched about the same time, and American Express Global Business Travel soon after launched its own guest platform with aims of serving travelers beyond its own clients. As such, Tivona said the plan is to keep innovating on Juno's features and to remain a force in the market. "This isn't going to be a scenario where you see us fire-sale the company and walk away and start something else," Tivona said. "Sam and I are building a long-term durable brand in this space, and this is simply the next evolution of our chapter to be able to do that."

BCD Travel expands guest travel capabilities through partnerships with emPath and Juno. Industry leading guest travel solutions join BCD Marketplace to bring clients more flexibility and choice UTRECHT, The Netherlands, Dec. 4, 2025 - To further its commitment to guest travel, BCD tapped leading technology platforms emPath and Juno to help organizations manage complex non-profiled and guest traveler needs at scale. The solutions are available through the company's solution marketplace,offering a curated selection of third party solutions that, along with BCD's own native solutions, give customers variety, choice and more control over their programs. BCD's focus on the guest travel category reflects the growing demand for technology that supports non-traditional travel use cases like events, recruiting, sports, entertainment, and more. The majority of BCD customers manage a significant volume of unprofiled travelers, particularly Media & Entertainment and Life Sciences customers. By bringing together specialized platforms like emPath, Juno, and BCD Invite, BCD's proprietary guest-travel solution that provides the backbone for secure, policy-aligned coordination of non-profiled travelers, the TMC is enabling organizations to simplify travel coordination that operates outside traditional booking tool profiles while maintaining policy, duty of care and program oversight. "The addition of these industry-leading solutions to the BCD Marketplace marks a significant milestone in expanding the value we deliver to our clients - broadening choice, innovation and impact across the board," said Miriam Moscovici, vice president, Partnerships & Intelligence at BCD. "Because BCD's platform is open by design, our clients aren't forced into a one-size-fits-all stack. They can combine BCD's proprietary solutions, like BCD Invite, with strategic, vetted partners from the BCD Marketplace to design the program that works best for them." Two best-in-class additions for guest travel As guest travel grows more complex, emPath and Juno bring experienced teams and modern technology that can plug into travel programs of any size and start solving challenges immediately. * emPath: Winners of GBTA's 2025 buyer's choice award is a Google-built AI platform that transforms non-profiled travel and expense (T&E) management. emPath gives enterprises end-to-end control with capabilities like group travel coordination, access to preferred corporate rates, centralized payments, and accelerated reimbursement. Fully designed for seamless integration with existing travel programs, emPath is backed by 24/7 global support. * Juno: A leading travel and expense platform for non-employees and guests, trusted by fast-growing organizations, BTN 100 travel programs, and Fortune 500 enterprises. Juno handles the full guest journey: booking, logistics, payments, and reconciliation. Its suite supports any non-employee traveler all within a single streamlined workflow that integrates seamlessly into program-wide travel ecosystems, including specialized capabilities built for healthcare, life sciences, higher education, and sports, media, and entertainment production. Freedom to design travel programs your way The BCD Marketplace is the industry's first collection of vetted third-party technology partners that can be integrated into clients' travel programs to fit their unique needs. With over 60 partners across 16 categories, BCD enables a Marketplace partner integration, on average, once per hour putting innovation in the hands of the customer. About BCD Travel. BCD Travel helps companies travel smart and achieve more. BCD Travel drive program adoption, cost savings and talent retention through digital experiences that simplify business travel. Its 15,000+ dedicated team members service clients in 170+ countries as BCD Travel shape a sustainable future for business travel. BCD's leading meetings and events management and global consultancy services complete its comprehensive suite of solutions for all aspects of corporate travel. In 2024, BCD achieved US$22.9 billion in sales. For more information, visit www.bcdtravel.com. About the BCD Marketplace. The BCD Marketplace extends corporate travel programs with vetted, authorized partner technologies that integrate through BCD's API-driven, open architecture. Clients can browse categories, discover solutions, and quickly deploy integrations that fit their goals across areas such as program optimization, mobility, sustainability, and traveler experience. About emPath. emPath is the leading purpose-built platform designed to manage non-profiled and guest travel and expenses (T&E). Winner of the prestigious 2025 GBTA Buyers Choice Award, the platform was created by former Google corporate travel leaders and technology experts with more than 30 years of industry experience. emPath's award-winning technology is engineered to simplify complex logistics for all types of non-employee travelers. It provides tailored, compliant workflows essential for demanding sectors, including Life Sciences, Entertainment, Media, Sports, and Higher Education. About Juno. Juno is an all-in-one guest travel and expense platform for modern enterprises - bringing booking, payments, logistics, and rapid expense reimbursement together in a single experience for non-employee travelers. Built by a team with decades of experience building technology for non-employee travelers, Juno delivers a seamless, policy-compliant experience that simplifies complex guest travel while connecting seamlessly to corporate ecosystems. For more information, please visit https://juno.travel.

Launch Week day 2: Juno x Direct Travel. Juno announces a strategic partnership with Direct Travel to bring purpose-built guest T&E solution to their customers. October 14, 2025 - Devon Tivona This post is the second announcement in its first-ever Juno Launch Week - a series of product and partnership updates rolling out all week. If you run travel or finance, you already know where one of the largest sources of T&E friction lives: guests. Candidates, customers, clinicians, contractors, speakers - the people outside your systems who still need a flawless experience. Today Juno Global, Inc. is announcing a new partnership with Direct Travel that puts real weight behind solving these challenges. Starting now, Juno is available to all Direct Travel customers, bringing a single, guided path from invite | booking | payment | reimbursement | support. Why now? Because the data is unambiguous: in 2025, travel managers reported guest travel as the single greatest source of friction in their programs. That's not its opinion - it's the headline finding from independent industry research produced with Direct Travel. And it echoes a broader theme in the same body of work: online booking tools and servicing aren't keeping up with what teams need for non-employee workflows. What changes with Juno x Direct Travel. Together, Juno Global, Inc. is replacing the patchwork of emails, spreadsheets, ghost cards, and "can you call the agent?" with a purpose-built flow for guests: * Send a smart invite, not instructions. Coordinators trigger a branded invitation; Juno pre-curates compliant options so guests finish in minutes - no profiles, no training. * Pay it right, the first time. Virtual cards cover air, hotel, and ground with granular controls; purchases reconcile to a single, clean export. No more faxed CC auths or awkward check-ins. * Reimburse fast, globally. Out-of-pocket spend is verified by AI and paid out in hours - not weeks - across 40+ currencies and 50+ countries. Guests notice - finance teams do, too. * Proactive support that scales. Juno's AI Agents watch itineraries, resolve disruptions, and escalate to Direct Travel's 24/7 teams when a human touch matters. Under the hood, Juno Global, Inc. has unified Travel, Expenses, and Payments on a single platform so coordinators get control and visibility while guests get an experience that feels... well, guest-worthy. Why Direct Travel is the right partner. There are lots of great companies in business travel. Juno Global, Inc. is thrilled to partner with Direct Travel because of its shared values and focus on customers. * Service where it matters, at scale. Direct Travel operates a world-class global servicing model with 24/7 coverage. When an edge case pops up - or a storm does - its AI hands off with full context to agents who can actually fix it. * An open, modern tech posture. Direct Travel's Avenir platform strategy emphasizes open integrations, real-time data, and deep supplier connectivity. That makes it straightforward to plug Juno's guest workflows into the rest of a managed program, without duct tape or swivel-chairing. * A shared philosophy about "The Perfect Trip". Direct Travel's teams care about hospitality, not just handle time. Juno Global, Inc. built Juno with the same ethos: automate the routine so humans can deliver white-glove moments when they matter most. * Breadth for real-world programs. From Fortune 500 compliance requirements to mid-market speed, DT's reach and operational rigor mean customers can roll this out confidently across complex organizations. In short: Direct Travel pairs the right infrastructure and mindset with the willingness to move fast - and that's exactly what it takes to fix guest travel for good. Where this lands first (and why it matters). Guest travel isn't one market - it's five. Here's how customers tell Juno Global, Inc. they'll use the integration on day one: Technology & High-Growth: Recruit loops, new-hire travel, contractors, customer briefings. One link replaces 20 emails - and hiring managers stop playing "travel agent". Healthcare & Life Sciences: HCP programs, trial participants, traveling nurses. Built-in compliance and fast reimbursements reduce friction where trust is critical. Higher Education: Visiting faculty, candidates, interns, conference attendees. Fewer admin hours, clearer policy guardrails, happier guests. Energy, Resources & Marine: Rotational crews and remote destinations. Payments and duty-of-care workflows that don't fall apart off the beaten path. Sports, Media & Entertainment: Talent and production travel with white-glove needs and zero margin for error. Direct Travel's global reach and servicing depth make these use cases real at scale - backed by their ongoing investments in modern, integrated tech. Zooming out: why this is good for the industry. The most interesting part of the research isn't just the ranking - it's the pattern. Programs want tighter OBT/TMC integration, fewer hand-offs, and proactive disruption management. That's exactly where a Juno x Direct Travel model shines: one workflow, shared context, and the right blend of automation and expert humans when things go sideways. And it couldn't come at a better time: business travel spend is growing, but expectations are growing faster. The organizations that win will be the ones that treat every trip as a relationship moment - especially for people who don't wear your badge. If you're a Direct Travel customer... Ask your account team about enablement and rollout timing. Juno Global, Inc. is onboarding in phases beginning Q1 2026. If you're new to Juno... Bring Juno Global, Inc. your gnarliest guest-travel workflow - recruiting super-days, clinical rotations, film shoots, you name it. Juno Global, Inc.'ll show you how this partnership turns it from "managed chaos" into a repeatable, auditable, brand-affirming experience. Launch Week continues: This is announcement two of its week-long series. Check back tomorrow for the next drop.