What began as a classroom experiment inside IIIT-Bangalore has today become one of India’s most powerful travel-tech stories TripGain, a unified Travel & Expense (T&E) platform that’s reshaping how enterprises manage business travel worldwide.
The Realization: Fixing a Broken System
Back in 2014, India’s corporate travel space was deeply fragmented. Bookings lived with agencies, reimbursements with finance teams, and compliance somewhere in between. Employees wasted hours chasing approvals; CFOs lacked real-time visibility.
TripGain’s founding team, veterans who had spent over a decade building travel technology products, saw an opportunity. What if business travel, expense management, and compliance could finally exist under one intelligent roof?
That question became their north star.
Building the Unified T&E Engine
By 2019, TripGain launched with a bold mission to make business travel frictionless.
Every flight booked or hotel reserved automatically generated an expense entry, applied corporate policy, and synced with ERP systems in real time.
CFOs gained visibility.
Admins gained control.
Employees gained time.
It wasn’t just digitization it was a complete reimagination of how enterprises could travel, spend, and operate smarter.
Scaling Through Disruption
When the pandemic hit, most travel platforms hit pause. TripGain hit reset.
Instead of waiting for recovery, it rebuilt integrating with SAP, Oracle, HRMS, ERP, and banking systems, and automating policy enforcement and reimbursements.
By the time travel rebounded, TripGain was ready not just as a booking tool but as the financial backbone for enterprise mobility. Today, it powers over $1 billion in annual travel value, spanning industries from tech and manufacturing to financial services.
From India to the World
TripGain’s momentum is now global. With operations across the UK, US, and UAE, the platform serves mid-sized and large enterprises that are too complex for lightweight tools yet underserved by global incumbents.
Its AI-first evolution is the next leap with intelligent copilots, predictive savings, and automated compliance engines designed to make business travel nearly self-driving.
The Edge That Built TripGain
- Marketplace-first: Unified global inventory with local customization
- Integrated T&E: 80% of enterprise expenses tied to travel, managed in one place
- Tech DNA: 15+ years of deep travel-tech expertise
- AI-first approach: Moving from automation to intelligence
The Road Ahead
Headquartered in Bangalore, with teams in Chennai, Hyderabad, Delhi, Dubai, London, and the US, TripGain is scaling with one clear mission to help enterprises travel smarter, spend better, and operate faster.
From a small academic project to a global AI-driven enterprise platform, TripGain’s story is a testament to India’s evolving SaaS dominance and a reminder that when technology listens to the traveler, business travel becomes effortless, efficient, and empowering.
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