Autotrip | About Us

What We Do

Our ambitious and innovative team is creating something your business won’t outgrow.

Something that will automate the end-to-end process for tracking and recording mileage accurately, right through to approval and reimbursement. We're helping hundreds of companies managing grey fleet and company cars to create a more productive workplace with our advanced mileage claim software. Our team's cross-disciplinary skill set enables us to deliver businesses an easier and more reliable way to manage mileage claims, every day.

Our Numbers

Every day we're getting closer to helping more UK businesses save time and money.

TRIPS TAKEN

440

REPORTS CREATED

6.1

MILES DRIVEN

5.3

Our Story

Autotrip was founded on the belief that it was about time to say a final goodbye to tedious manual mileage claims and explore ways to automate the process using smart technology.

Autotrip’s head honcho, James Finlayson, came to the business as an angel investor in 2017 after being Managing Director of the UK’s largest independent car club before selling this to Enterprise-Rent-a-Car. He’s well versed in automotive technology and could see the potential opportunity ahead for Autotrip so decided to roll up his sleeves, bring in further investment, strengthen the core team and assist Autotrip on the final stages of its core business offering.

Together, we have discovered that by combining a low-cost mobile connected device with a cloud-based software, we make life much easier for drivers – and allow employers to better control their fleet costs.

Using the mantra ‘keep it simple’, Autotrip is a very user-friendly product that is now revolutionising the mileage claim and reporting process. It’s not that sexy but it works and it’s straightforward – making the mundane chore of mileage claims bearable and saves time so everyone can get on with their job.

We have successfully raised equity finance through private investors, London Co Investment Fund, Sustainable Accelerator and also alongside crowdfunding. We continue to innovate in the connected car technology space every day and are on a mission to continually develop smarter solutions for businesses with a mobile workforce.

Going forward, Autotrip plans to further build on its strengths and develop its technology into new areas of the SaaS sector.

Watch this space as they say!

The Team

Who are these humans behind it all? Hover around to get to know some of our team!

James Finlayson

Managing Director

James is a serial entrepreneur hailing originally from Australia. He has years of experience in founding, managing and investing in a range of businesses, as well as a peanut butter provider (which bodes well for us).

Brook Kennedy

Commercial Lead

Brook brings a wealth of commercial knowledge to our team, having worked across sales, product and marketing within the financial services sector. When he’s not training for his next endurance challenge you’ll find him travelling through Europe!

Costas Basdekis

Tech Lead

Costas is our tech lead, experienced in web development and Python. He strives to drive our business to success with agile development whilst also being rather agile on the squash court.

Nuno Pereira

Marketing Manager

Nuno is the embodiment of a team player. He’s 'that guy' who’s always out on his weekends meeting new people. He uses his strong charisma to ensure strong communication from our team.

Tom Fernandez

Customer Operations Manager

Tom started his very own business at the mere age of 12, finding a great opportunity selling his parent’s DVDs on his playground. Since then, Tom has worked for many start ups and makes sure you are looked after.

Roy Hanley

Software Developer

Roy is the all important software developer, also experienced in Python. He plays a key role in the design and maintenance of our software - and is also a true lover of all cats and gluten free fish fingers.

Our Investors & Partners

We are supported by investors who believe in a world without paperwork
and manual logbooks.

The Autotrip team is resilient and extremely focused on developing the next generation of products for fleet operators. In developing new technology offering, they have never lost sight of their goal to maximise uptake of new customers.

Flavia Richardson

Portfolio Manager

London Co-Investment Fund

The Sustainable Accelerator is delighted to have Autotrip as a member of our 2017/18 cohort. Operating at the confluence of Cleantech and Fintech, and with best in class development and management teams, the business is well positioned to play a major role in the transformation of the UK’s fleet management sector.

Chris Morris

Managing Partner

Sustainable Accelerator

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