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Cleo

Working parent benefits platform for employers

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201-500 employees
  • Fintech
  • B2C
  • Credit Scoring
  • Personal finance
  • Lending
  • Financial Services
  • SaaS
The East Cut, San Francisco, CA

Company mission

To help families be their best at home and at work.

Led by a woman
Top investors

Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

78% female employees

29% employee growth in 12 months

Our take

Designed to provide support to working families in America, the family benefits app, Cleo, uses clinician-designed family support programs to allow employers to show their commitment to helping working parents. There's growing evidence indicating that workplace family support is essential for maintaining a loyal, engaged, and diverse workforce.

Cleo offers family benefits to both prospective and current parents for free, so long as it’s through their employers. With the backing of numerous Fortune 500 companies, Cleo also provides personalized guidance for parents, from family planning all the way up to when a child turns 12 years old.

Looking ahead, Cleo is offering a package to employers that will help connect families with vetted caregivers via concierge support or, as an alternative, with family co-op options, depending on the parents’ preference. It is also looking to the adult care markets to expand its package.

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Benefits

  • Flexible hours, 12 weeks of paid parental leave, and (of course) access to Cleo to support you as a working parent
  • Take the time off you need to come back feeling recharged
  • Company paid coverage for life insurance, short- and long-term disability
  • Set aside pre-tax dollars for 401k, Flexible Spending Accounts (health and dependent care), Health Spending Account, and transit/parking
  • Well-being options including Perkspot, Personal Capital, Sofi, PetPlan, Employee Assistance Program, and more!
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision, and membership to One Medical

Company values

  • We are deeply member & client focused
  • We are relentless, purposeful drivers of change
  • We create safety, belonging & possibility for all
  • We build trust through our candor
  • We deliver on our promises

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Mar 2021

$40m

SERIES C

Mar 2019

$27.5m

SERIES B

Total funding: $80.9m

This company has top investors

Leadership

Chitra Akileswaran

(Clinical Advisor)

They studied Medicine at Harvard, before founding Cleo in April 2016 as Head of Operations. Since then, they have also been Chief Medical Officer, alongside working as President at Alameda Health System.