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Bento for Business

Fintech · San Francisco, United States · Founded 2013

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Bento for Business offers a comprehensive business spending management solution tailored for small businesses. The platform allows companies to manage all business expenses, excluding payroll and bonuses, through various types of cards such as T&E cards, purchasing cards, vendor-specific cards, and subscription cards. Additionally, businesses can pay invoices using virtual cards or ACH, all from a single, secure platform.

Bento's primary market includes small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) looking to streamline their expense management processes. The business model revolves around providing a subscription-based service that offers significant cost savings and operational efficiencies. By leveraging Bento's platform, customers can set daily spending limits, restrict merchant categories, and prevent unauthorized transactions, thereby reducing unnecessary spending by over 15% on average.

The company generates revenue through subscription fees for its platform, which offers various tiers of service depending on the needs of the business. Bento's value proposition includes not only cost savings but also time savings, as the platform eliminates the need for approval workflows and cumbersome expense reports. This allows businesses to focus more on growth and less on administrative tasks.

Keywords: business spending management, expense control, virtual cards, ACH payments, small businesses, cost savings, subscription service, financial efficiency, secure platform, customizable controls.

Company overview

Bento for Business company information

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Status
Acquired
Founded
2013
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States
Employees
24
Open positions
None listed
Dealroom signal
57.9
client focusb2bsub industryFinancial Management SolutionssectorFreelancerssectorAccountingbusiness modelSaaSindustryFintechsectorMoney ManagementsectorRisk ManagementsectorSaaSsectorEntertainmentsectorMessagingsectorBankingsectorReportingsectorCommunity

Valuation & funding

Bento for Business funding history

Company financing events and reported valuations.

Deal typeDateAmountValuationInvestorsSource
ACQUISITIONExit Aug 2021 $0 U.S. Bank
DEBTDebt Mar 2021 $6M Undisclosed
SERIES BEquity / VC Jun 2018 $9M $36M Edison Partners · Comcast Ventures · MissionOG
SERIES AEquity / VC Jun 2016 $7M $28M Anthemis Group · Moderne Ventures · Blumberg Capital · LionBird
SEEDEquity / VC Feb 2015 $2.5M $10M Comcast Ventures · Blumberg Capital · LionBird · Moderne Ventures
SEEDEquity / VC Jun 2014 Moderne Ventures
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Financials

Workforce over time

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YearEmployees
2026 24
2025 24
2024 24
2023 33
2022 33
2021 32
2020 29
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Growth signals

Bento for Business website traffic

Latest recorded traffic for Bento for Business is 330 monthly website visits, down 13.2% over the last three months. Bento for Business's team grew 0% over the past year.

Latest monthly visits330 3-month web change-13.2% 1-year team growth0%
Monthly website visits113 observations · Feb 2016–Jul 2026
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Comparisons

Bento for Business compared with similar companies

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Talent graph

Bento for Business's talent

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Team profiled 16 named & role-tagged
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Investors

12 investors on Bento for Business's cap table

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Seed 4 investors entered at this stage
Moderne Ventures
Comcast Ventures
Blumberg Capital
LionBird
Series A 3 investors entered at this stage
Anthemis Group
Edison Partners
MissionOG
Other known 5 additional known investors
U.S. Bank
Female Innovators Lab
Moderne Passport
Pivot Investment Partners
Plug and Play

Global footprint

Where Bento for Business has talent and traffic

Workforce by country
🇺🇸 United States · San Francisco HQ
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Market sentiment

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