# Amy Spurling

> Amy Spurling is the Boston-based founder and CEO of Compt, a lifestyle benefits platform she created after more than two decades in finance and operations roles at venture-backed technology companies. A three-time CFO and two-time COO, she turned a recurring operating problem - costly, rigid employee perks that served unevenly distributed teams poorly - into software that lets employers offer personalized, tax-aware reimbursement programs. Her career includes helping raise more than $200 million, leading two acquisitions to close, winning a Boston Business Journal CFO of the Year award in 2016, and building Compt from a bootstrapped 2017 prototype into a globally used HR technology company.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at Compt
- **Organizations:** Compt, Bedrock Data, Jana, Backupify, EXOS, Maven Networks, Northstar Global Partners, TeachersConnect, Airfox/banQi, MassChallenge
- **Education:** Bachelor of Arts, University of Rochester, Master of Business Administration, Simmons School of Management
- **Known for:** Founded and leads Compt, a Boston-born lifestyle benefits software company., Helped drive more than $200 million in venture financing across her career., Led two acquisitions to close during her operating career.

## Career timeline

- **2003-2007** — Served as Director of Finance at Northstar Global Partners.
- **2007-2008** — Worked as Corporate Controller at Maven Networks before its acquisition by Yahoo.
- **2009-2015** — Served as Chief Financial Officer at EXOS.
- **2014-2015** — Served as Chief Financial Officer at Backupify before its acquisition by Datto.
- **2015-2016** — Served as COO and CFO at Jana.
- **2016** — Received a Boston Business Journal CFO of the Year award and joined the Rev Boston cohort.
- **2016-2019** — Mentored entrepreneurs through MassChallenge.
- **2017** — Bootstrapped an early Compt prototype after failing to find the employee-perks platform she wanted as an operator.
- **2018** — Founded Compt in Boston and launched alpha and beta products.
- **2019** — Compt expanded internationally.
- **2020** — Compt announced a seed round led by Harlem Capital and Impellent Ventures, with Slack Fund participating.
- **2022** — Compt raised a $13 million Series A led by Battery Ventures.
- **2024** — Featured by the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center in its Faces of Entrepreneurship series.
- **2026** — Continued publishing on the operating infrastructure behind employee stipends and on using behavior data to evaluate benefits.

## Achievements

- Founded and leads Compt, a Boston-born lifestyle benefits software company.
- Helped drive more than $200 million in venture financing across her career.
- Led two acquisitions to close during her operating career.
- Named a Boston Business Journal CFO of the Year in 2016.
- Selected for Accomplice's Rev Boston cohort in 2016.
- Raised a $13 million Series A for Compt in 2022, led by Battery Ventures.
- Built finance and operations experience across six startups before founding Compt.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — Published 'Stipends Are Compensation, and How We Manage Them Needs to Catch Up,' arguing that reimbursements need purpose-built infrastructure.
- **2026-06** — Published 'Your Engagement Survey Is Only Telling You Half the Story,' emphasizing behavior and actual benefits use as employee feedback.
- **2026-02** — Shared Compt's 2026 benefits-trends analysis, focusing on choices that HR and finance teams can explain, defend, and sustain.
- **2025-11** — Compt reported product updates including mileage claims with Google Maps integration and cited increased adoption of all-inclusive lifestyle spending accounts.
- **2025-08** — Discussed Compt data showing high utilization for flexible stipends and the gap between stated preferences and actual employee spending.

## Links

- Website: https://compt.io
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyspurling
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/compthq
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/ComptHQ/

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Last updated: 2026-08-10