How Did the Idea for Air Base Come From?

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Air base is a spend management platform that helps small businesses manage how they spend money. The company was founded in 2011 and has since grown to become one of Nigeria's largest private companies. Air Base will be available on the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet, as well as other platforms such as Apple’s Macbook Pro with iOS 8 coming later this year. For more information visit airbase.co.uk.

Thejo Kote is the co-founder and CEO of Airbase, the leading spend management platform for small and midsize companies. Founded in 2017, Airbase raised over $30m from Bain Capital Ventures and First Round Capital. his first company, Automatic, was acquired by Sirius XM for over $100m.

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