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When founding their previous startup , Pagar . me , as young Brazilian entrepreneurs in the US , they struggled to get a corporate credit card : “ By seeing that problem of our batchmates and ourselves not being able to get a corporate credit card or having to personally guarantee it , we had the idea of building something better .” And so Brex was born .

Brex “ We ’ re going to do everything from scratch .”

Armed with the experiences they had gained through Pagar . me and supported by YCombinator – a community that funds early stage startups – Dubugras and Franceschi started Brex with a vision to reinvent the corporate credit card , preventing startup founders from using their personal cards and accounts to support their business . They worked from the ground up , implementing a people-oriented approach to their recruitment and fundraising processes , ensuring their staff product was going to be well-made and well-supported .

“ When we ’ re redefining the experience , there ’ s no way you can just build an app on top of an existing thing ,” Dubugras said in an interview with YCombinator . This approach is clearly working , as the pair featured on Forbes ’ 2019 ‘ 30 under 30 : Finance ’ list – the youngest self-made billionaires added to the 2022 Forbes Billionaires ’ list .

Although the initial intention was to target startups , Dubugras is sure that established

22 April 2023