Juno
Juno is a guest travel and expense platform built for non-employee travelers — including job candidates, healthcare professionals, contractors, visiting faculty, and VIPs — combining AI-powered booking, payments, and reimbursements. Founded December 2024 by Pana alumni and acquired by Ramp in March 2026, it operates as a Ramp subsidiary serving enterprise clients via direct sales and TMC channel partners.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2024
- HeadquartersDenver, United States
- Headcount11–50
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What Juno does
Juno is a guest travel and expense coordination platform purpose-built for non-employee travelers — including job candidates, contractors, healthcare professionals, visiting faculty, athletes, production crews, board members, and VIP guests. Founded in December 2024 in Denver by the founding team behind Pana (Devon Tivona, Sam Felsenthal, and Kate Porter), who previously sold Pana to Coupa in 2021, Juno addresses the estimated 10–20% of enterprise travel spend that falls outside traditional employee-focused online booking tools. The platform combines prescriptive booking flows (guests can book in under two minutes without creating accounts), AI-powered receipt verification and reimbursement (40+ currencies, 50+ countries, funds returned in under 48 hours), proactive trip-disruption support, and unified payment reconciliation onto a single monthly statement. Visa Commercial cards are issued by Celtic Bank and powered by Stripe, with Basis Theory handling payment tokenization.
The product surface is organized around a core Juno Platform augmented by an AI agent suite — Scout (multilingual support agent), Itinerary Optimization, Expense Validation, and Payment Reconciliation — and a Meetings Dashboard for managing 5–500+ traveler group events. A vertical-specific product portfolio targets recruiting, healthcare and life sciences (NPI validation, Sunshine Act compliance, honoraria payments), higher education, sports and media, intern programs, and VIP guests. The Happy Trip Guarantee outcome-based pricing model charges customers only for trips rated 4 or 5 stars (averaging 4.96/5), creating explicit incentive alignment between Juno revenue and traveler experience.
Juno pursues a hybrid go-to-market combining direct enterprise sales, a self-service platform layer, and TMC channel partnerships (ALTOUR, Direct Travel, Atlas Travel, World Travel). The company raised $6M in seed funding across April and July 2025 from Madrona (Steve Singh), Bungalow Capital, and Matchstick Ventures, and was acquired by Ramp — the financial operations platform valued at $44B — on March 16, 2026. Juno operates as a fully-owned subsidiary of Ramp, retaining its brand, team, and co-CEO leadership while gaining access to Ramp's payment rails, expense infrastructure, and 50,000+ customer distribution.
Juno firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- Juno
- Legal name
- Juno Global, Inc.
- Website
- https://juno.travel
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2024
- Operating status
- Acquired
- Headcount range
- 11–50 employees
- Short description
- Juno is a guest travel and expense platform built for non-employee travelers — including job candidates, healthcare professionals, contractors, visiting faculty, and VIPs — combining AI-powered booking, payments, and reimbursements. Founded December 2024 by Pana alumni and acquired by Ramp in March 2026, it operates as a Ramp subsidiary serving enterprise clients via direct sales and TMC channel partners.
- Ownership category
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Juno industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Corporate Travel Management Software
- akta.pro primary industry
- Online Booking & Reservation Platforms (B2B/B2C) (THALAMAA)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- Itinerary Management & Trip Collaboration Apps (THALAMAE), Integrations, APIs & Automation (Middleware/iPaaS) (THALAMAN)
Keywords
Where Juno is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Denver
- HQ country
- United States
- HQ region
- North America
Offices1 record
Markets served
Juno business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Technology or R&D, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- Happy Trip Guarantee (Outcome-Based): Juno charges only for trips rated 4 or 5 stars by travelers (averaging 4.96/5). This aligns financial incentives with customer outcomes, meaning Juno only earns revenue when a successful guest experience is delivered. This is an outcome-based revenue model where the 'unit' is a successful trip.
- Platform Subscription / Service Fees: Juno operates as a SaaS-style platform for enterprise customers, with organizations paying for access to the guest travel coordination platform covering booking, payments, reimbursements, and support. The platform serves as the coordination layer between sponsor companies, guest travelers, and TMC fulfillment partners.
Pricing tiers
| Model | Billing | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Outcome Based/ Performance | Pay-as-you-go | Outcome-based: Only pay for 4- or 5-star trips |
Go-to-market motion3 records
Distribution channels3 records
Marketing channels5 records
Juno product offering
Product offeringCore offering
Juno provides a full-service travel coordination platform for non-employee travelers (guests, candidates, contractors, customers, speakers, athletes, patients, and visiting talent). It combines prescriptive booking flows that require no guest login, virtual card payments, AI-powered expense reimbursement across 40+ currencies in 50+ countries, proactive AI support for trip disruptions, and unified payment reconciliation into a single coordinator dashboard.
Product overview
Juno is a full-service travel coordination platform for non-employee travelers, offering a unified platform that combines booking, payments, reimbursements, and AI-powered support. The core Juno Platform serves as the foundation, augmented by AI capabilities including Scout (AI support agent), Knowledge Sources (custom help articles), and specialized AI Agents for itinerary optimization, expense validation, travel support, and payment reconciliation. A dedicated Meetings Dashboard module handles group travel for 5-500+ travelers. The platform targets specific verticals including recruiting, healthcare/life sciences, higher education, sports/media/entertainment, and VIP travel. Juno operates as a fully owned subsidiary of Ramp following its March 2026 acquisition.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Products and services
- Juno Platform Full-service travel coordination platform for non-employee travelers (guests, candidates, contractors, customers, speakers) combining prescriptive booking, virtual card payments, expense reimbursement across 40+ currencies in 50+ countries, proactive AI support, and payment reconciliation into a single coordinator dashboard. Sold to enterprise and mid-market organizations managing guest travel.
- Juno for Recruiting Teams Vertical solution on the Juno Platform for recruiting teams coordinating job candidate travel, featuring branded invitations, guided policy-aligned booking, candidate status tracking, and one-click reimbursement.
- Juno for Healthcare & Life Sciences
Quantifiable outcome
- Average traveler rating of 4.96 out of 5 stars across all trips
- +3 more outcomes
Companies that use Juno
Customer profileNamed customers1 record
Segments6 records
Ideal customer profiles6 records
Juno technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration3 records
AI capability8 records
Feature11 records
Juno partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- StripecoreJuno partners with Stripe Payments Company for money transmission services and account services, with funds held at Fifth Third Bank N.A. (Member FDIC). Juno Global Visa Commercial cards are powered by Stripe and issued by Celtic Bank. Stripe's infrastructure supports Juno's payment orchestration, virtual card issuance, and global reimbursement capabilities.
- Celtic BankcoreCeltic Bank issues Juno Global Visa Commercial cards, enabling Juno to offer branded corporate card products to guest travelers for air, hotel, and ground transportation payments with built-in policy controls.
- Fifth Third Bank N.A.coreJuno Global, Inc. holds customer funds at Fifth Third Bank N.A., Member FDIC, providing the banking infrastructure for its payment and reimbursement services.
- ALTOURcoreALTOUR is Juno's first TMC (Travel Management Company) partner, providing travel fulfillment and servicing for Juno customers. Juno provides the booking platform and coordination layer while ALTOUR handles the actual travel servicing and support.
- Direct TravelcoreJuno announced a strategic partnership with Direct Travel in October 2025, making Juno available to all Direct Travel customers. Direct Travel provides world-class global servicing with 24/7 coverage while Juno provides the guest-facing booking, payment, and coordination platform. The partnership spans multiple verticals including technology, healthcare, higher education, energy, and sports/media.
- Atlas TravelcoreAtlas Travel is Juno's newest TMC partner (announced March 2026), bringing Juno's guest travel platform to Atlas customers across healthcare, non-profit, and other sectors. Atlas continues to handle fulfillment and servicing while Juno provides the technology platform.
- World Travel (Reseller)minorWorld Travel established a reseller partnership with Juno, referring and onboarding its customer base onto the Juno platform for guest travel management.
- ConfermaminorJuno partnered with Conferma to co-author the 'Frictionomics Playbook' — a practical guide for eliminating friction across the six critical stages of guest travel (Request, Approve, Book, Pay, Reconcile, Report). This thought leadership partnership positions Juno as a category authority while providing actionable frameworks for potential customers.
Scale indicators3 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
Juno competitors and assessment
Company assessmentEmerging players
- Brex: Brex is a corporate card and expense management platform with an embedded travel booking product. It is an emerging competitor in the unified T&E category where Juno operates, especially after Brex's expansion into travel booking for its enterprise card customers.
Others
- Pana (now Coupa Travel): Pana was the Juno founders' prior corporate travel platform, sold to Coupa in 2021 and now part of Coupa Travel. It is the direct predecessor product and now a competitor under Coupa's broader spend management umbrella, sharing DNA with Juno's guest travel vision.
- Ramp: Ramp is Juno's parent company post-acquisition and a leading financial operations platform combining corporate cards, expense management, bill pay, and travel. It is comparable as the platform into which Juno is being integrated, and as the broader T&E platform whose expense capabilities complement Juno's travel booking layer.
- Direct Travel: Direct Travel is one of Juno's largest TMC channel partners and a major corporate travel management company. It is comparable as both a partner and a potential competitor in the broader corporate travel services market.
Direct peers
- Navan (formerly TripActions): Navan is a leading corporate travel and expense platform that combines booking, cards, and expense management. Juno competes for the same enterprise T&E wallet but with a focused guest-travel wedge, while Navan leads with employee travel — making them direct competitors as guest travel becomes a strategic battleground.
- Spotnana: Spotnana is a cloud-based travel platform offering TMC capabilities, NDC content, and corporate booking tools. It is a direct peer in modern enterprise travel infrastructure, with overlapping TMC integration and platform-based GTM approaches.
- TravelPerk: TravelPerk is a modern corporate travel platform targeting SMB and mid-market companies with booking, expense, and sustainability features. It is a direct peer in the enterprise travel platform category, though it does not yet specialize in the guest travel wedge that Juno owns.
- Engine (formerly TripActions for Business): Engine is a business travel and expense management platform focused on mid-market and enterprise customers. It directly overlaps with Juno's enterprise T&E value proposition, though Engine is broader in scope and not specialized in guest travel.
Broad incumbents
- SAP Concur: Concur is the largest enterprise travel and expense incumbent, serving Fortune 500 companies globally. It is the broad incumbent against which Juno positions itself; notably, Concur acquired Pana (the founders' prior company) in 2021, making it both a historical employer and direct competitor.
Regional players
- Atriis Technologies: Atriis is a corporate travel technology provider focused on the TMC and corporate travel channel, particularly in Europe. It is a regional peer in the travel technology infrastructure layer that Juno also serves via its TMC integration model.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
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Juno leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles3 records
Juno funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds2 records
Investors4 records
Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Juno M&A and investment
M&A and investmentM&A
Investments
M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →
Frequently asked questions about Juno
What does Juno do?
Juno provides a full-service travel coordination platform for non-employee travelers (guests, candidates, contractors, customers, speakers, athletes, patients, and visiting talent). It combines prescriptive booking flows that require no guest login, virtual card payments, AI-powered expense reimbursement across 40+ currencies in 50+ countries, proactive AI support for trip disruptions, and unified payment reconciliation into a single coordinator dashboard.
Is Juno a public or private company?
Juno is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently acquired.
When was Juno founded?
Juno was founded in 2024. It employs 11 to 50 people.
Where is Juno based?
Juno is headquartered in Denver, United States, in the North America region.
How does Juno make money?
Two revenue lines are on record. Happy Trip Guarantee (Outcome-Based) is the primary driver. The others are platform Subscription / Service Fees.
Who are Juno's main competitors?
Brex is listed as an emerging player. Others are Pana (now Coupa Travel), Ramp and Direct Travel. Direct peers are Navan (formerly TripActions), Spotnana, TravelPerk and Engine (formerly TripActions for Business). SAP Concur is listed as a broad incumbent. Atriis Technologies is listed as a regional player.
Does Juno have an API?
No public API is recorded for Juno.
What industry is Juno in?
Juno's product category is Corporate Travel Management Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is THALAMAA, Online Booking & Reservation Platforms (B2B/B2C), with a secondary code of THALAMAE, Itinerary Management & Trip Collaboration Apps.