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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.
Valuation & funding
Bento for Business funding history
Company financing events and reported valuations.
| Deal type | Date | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACQUISITION✓Exit | Aug 2021 | $0 | — | U.S. Bank | — |
| DEBTDebt | Mar 2021 | $6M | — | Undisclosed | — |
| SERIES B✓Equity / VC | Jun 2018 | $9M | $36M | Edison Partners · Comcast Ventures · MissionOG | — |
| SERIES A✓Equity / VC | Jun 2016 | $7M | $28M | Anthemis Group · Moderne Ventures · Blumberg Capital · LionBird | — |
| SEED✓Equity / VC | Feb 2015 | $2.5M | $10M | Comcast Ventures · Blumberg Capital · LionBird · Moderne Ventures | — |
| SEED✓Equity / VC | Jun 2014 | Moderne Ventures | — |
Financials
Workforce over time
Available workforce history. Financial fields without reported data are omitted.
| Year | Employees |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 24 |
| 2025 | 24 |
| 2024 | 24 |
| 2023 | 33 |
| 2022 | 33 |
| 2021 | 32 |
| 2020 | 29 |
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.
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Bento for Business's talent
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