Executive Spotlight: Who Is Amy Spurling, Founder and CEO of Compt? (2027)
Amy Spurling is the founder and CEO of Compt, a Boston-born software company that helps employers run lifestyle spending accounts (LSAs) and flexible stipends. Compt's own About Us page lists her as Founder and CEO, and her bylined posts on compt.io, updated between May and September 2026, carry the same title. Before starting the company she worked as a three-time CFO and two-time COO at venture-backed companies.
She matters because she is one of the people shaping how employers think about benefits as pay. Her 2026 writing argues that stipends have become mainstream compensation, and she backs that with Compt's own customer data. Those are the views of a company founder, so read them as company-reported.
This page uses only public professional information from Compt, the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center, a Human Capital Institute speaker page, CFO Brew and Shortlister, all read on October 31, 2026.
Current role and company
Spurling is the founder and chief executive of Compt. Compt describes itself as a reimbursement-based platform: HR sets the rules, employees submit receipts, and the platform handles tax treatment and reimburses through payroll. Its product list includes LSAs and stipends, rewards and recognition, employee discounts and a company swag store.
- Title (Compt About Us)Founder and CEO of Compt.
- Company founded (Compt About Us)2018 in Boston; fully remote since 2020.
- Reach (Compt About Us, as of 2024)Supported companies in over 75 countries.
- Security (compt.io)SOC 2 certified; says customer data is not used to train AI models.
Career path
- Early career: investment banking. In a Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center interview published August 29, 2024, she said she started at a small boutique investment bank, then moved to operating roles because she preferred building one company to advising many from a distance.
- CFO and COO roles. Her Human Capital Institute speaker bio says she was CFO and COO of early and growth-stage companies. CFO Brew describes her as a three-time former CFO and two-time former COO. None of the pages read names those employers, so they are not listed here.
- Deal experience. The HCI bio says she closed more than ten financing rounds totaling over $200 million and managed two acquisitions to close. The Nasdaq profile repeats the $200 million and two-acquisition figures.
- Recognition. HCI says the Boston Business Journal named her Boston's CFO of the Year in 2016.
- Founder. Compt says it was founded in 2018 in Boston. Shortlister describes her as having more than 20 years of leadership at venture-backed companies, from early stage through high growth and exit.
What she is known for
- Building Compt. She told the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center that she hoped someone else would build a flexible benefits platform and, when no one did, built it herself. Her stated motive was being tired of telling employees no while spending heavily on benefits that still left people unhappy.
- Helping popularize LSAs. Compt says its lifestyle benefits approach helped pioneer the LSA trend.
- Writing about HR and finance. She is a CFO Brew contributor, and CFO Brew's bio says she works to bridge HR and finance. Her May 4, 2023 opinion piece there is titled "Opinion: VCs need to invest more in women."
- Benchmark reporting. Her 2026 posts on compt.io publish Compt's customer data on LSA and stipend funding, covered under key numbers below.
Leadership style and philosophy
This section uses only what Spurling has said or written herself.
- A softer style as CEO. In the Nasdaq interview she said that as a CFO she acted as a forceful counterbalance to the CEO, but the same approach would overrun her team once she became CEO.
- Transparency in a cash crunch. She said that when Compt's runway was down to two weeks of cash she kept her team fully informed, nobody left, and the Seed round closed the following week.
- Equity as a core principle. She named equity, including pay equity, advancement opportunities, health care access and personal choice, as her core principle.
- Benefits are now compensation. In a post updated May 29, 2026 she wrote: "The innovation phase is over. This is mainstream compensation." She says stipends have moved from office perks to benefits and are becoming part of compensation.
- Where LSAs are headed. In a post updated September 22, 2026 she said she expects LSAs to be as ordinary in benefits packages within two years as HSAs are today. As Compt's CEO she also says she believes Compt will be the leading purpose-built solution, which is a promotional view.
Key numbers about Compt (company-reported)
These figures come from Compt's own site and Spurling's posts. They are not independently audited.
- Participation (compt.io, current)93% average with Compt, versus an industry average of 50% without a platform.
- Launch time (compt.io, current)Most programs launch in 14 days; admin averages 30 minutes per month after launch.
- Pricing (compt.io, current)Fixed annual pricing starting at $3,000 per year for up to 50 employees.
- All-inclusive LSA share (Compt customers)55% in 2024, 64% in 2025 and 65% in the first half of 2026.
- Median LSA funding (H1 2026)$1,200 per employee per year.
- Median professional development stipend (H1 2026)$1,600 per employee, up from $800 in 2025.
What to watch next
Worth tracking: Compt's next benchmark report, any new products beyond LSAs and stipends, and how her HSA comparison holds up as more employers adopt LSAs. The sources read did not report a funding round or acquisition in 2026.
Questions people ask
Who is Amy Spurling?
She is the founder and CEO of Compt, a platform for lifestyle spending accounts and flexible stipends. Before Compt she was a three-time CFO and two-time COO, according to Compt and CFO Brew.
What does Compt do?
Compt says it is a reimbursement-based platform where HR sets eligibility rules, employees submit receipts, and Compt handles tax treatment and reimburses through payroll.
When was Compt founded?
Compt's About Us page says it was founded in 2018 in Boston, expanded internationally in 2019 and went fully remote in 2020.
How much financing has Amy Spurling raised?
Her HCI speaker bio says she closed more than ten financing rounds totaling over $200 million across her CFO and COO career, and managed two acquisitions to close.
Why did Amy Spurling start Compt?
She told the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center that no one else built a flexible benefits platform, and that she was tired of telling employees no while spending heavily on benefits that left people unhappy.
What is an LSA?
A lifestyle spending account is an employer-funded benefit that employees use for categories such as wellness or professional development. Compt says the median annual LSA funding among its customers was $1,200 per employee in the first half of 2026.
Sources
- Compt: About Us · Title, founding, reach
- Compt: Home · Product, participation, pricing, security
- Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center: Faces of Entrepreneurship, Amy Spurling (August 29, 2024) · Background, founding story, leadership views
- HCI: Amy Spurling speaker page · Bio, financing, CFO of the Year, hero photo
- Shortlister: Amy Spurling · Experience summary
- CFO Brew: Amy Spurling, contributor · Bio and opinion piece
- Compt blog: Lifestyle Spending Account Adoption Is Accelerating (updated September 22, 2026) · LSA adoption data and views
- Compt blog: 2026 Employee Benefits Benchmarks (updated August 18, 2026) · Midyear funding figures
- Compt blog: Why LSA Administration Software Needs to Catch Up With Stipend Growth (updated May 29, 2026) · Her stated views
Facts were read from the linked pages on October 31, 2026. Some pages were read through a fetch tool that returns summaries, so confirm details on the original page. The hero photo is from her Human Capital Institute speaker page. Company figures are labelled company-reported. This page covers public professional information only.
Top photo: HCI (speaker page, hci.org/amy-spurling)