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June 26, 2025

Exclusive: French unicorn Spendesk reaches profitability after CEO swap and layoffs

Following mass layoffs and a change of governance, the Paris-based scaleup is now in the black

Spendesk, the Paris-based scaleup that provides a spending management platform for enterprises, broke even for the first time in Q1 2025 and is on track to remain profitable throughout the rest of the year.

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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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