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Podcast: Uncharted Podcast
Episode: Uncharted Podcast #126 ft Karim Atiyeh: Why Adversity is Important at a Young Age, What Get's Harder The 2nd Time Around As a Founder, and the Secret Sauce Behind Ramp's Consistent Growth
Description: Karim Atiyeh is the co-founder and CTO of Ramp, a finance automation platform that helps businesses spend less time and money. Founded in 2019, Ramp powers the fastest-growing corporate card in America and enables billions of dollars of purchases each year on the heels of nearly 10x year-over-year growth. Valued at $8.1 billion two years after launch, Ramp has raised $670 million in equity from backers including Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Redpoint Ventures, Thrive Capital, D1 Capital Partners, Spark Capital, Coatue Management, Iconiq, Goldman Sachs, and Stripe. A Lebanese entrepreneur, Karim previously built and sold Y Combinator-backed Paribus to Capital One in 2016.<...