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Co-Founder
Matt Farrugia is co-founder and CEO of Ensurva. He writes about what finance and executive leaders actually need from their vendor spend data, and why most small to mid-sized businesses are flying blind on a spend line that runs into six or seven figures.
Before Ensurva, Matt co-founded Mutinex in 2018. He scaled the company past 90 staff, won major enterprise customers, and led a $17.5M raise in 2024 at a $132M valuation. Running a fast growing company showed Matt how vendor spend compounds quietly across departments as headcount climbs.
Before Mutinex, Matt spent 15 years in media and advertising agencies, including eight years as a Managing Director at one of the world's largest marketing holding companies. That work gave him a close view of how large organisations make spending decisions, and what falls through the cracks when nobody owns the vendor list.
On the Ensurva blog, Matt writes for finance leaders trying to turn vendor spend from a reported line item into a managed category, and for founders and CEOs who suspect there's waste in the numbers but don't have time to audit every invoice.
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Beyond the sticker price: the true cost of a Xero subscription including add-ons, per-user fees, and when it makes sense to renegotiate your plan.
Choosing expense management software for your SMB: how to separate employee expenses from vendor spend, and what tools actually work at 30 to 150 vendor scale.
How to run a vendor spend analysis without a procurement team: find waste, benchmark costs, and make smarter renewal decisions with the data you already have.
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What tail spend management means for SMBs, why it matters, and practical steps to bring long-tail vendor spending under control without a full procurement team.