Espresa
Artificial Intelligence · Professional Services
$55.6Mtotal raised · 6 rounds on record
$5Mlatest round · Venture round · Apr 2025 · 18 mo ago
2backers · Crosslink Capital, Ridge Ventures
50+team · employees, estimated range
Overview
Discover how Espresa makes heroes out of HR teams with Lifestyle Spending Accounts (LSA), total wellbeing, rewards, and communities.
Funding and backers
Total raised
$55.6M
6 rounds on record
Latest round
$5M
Venture round · Apr 2025 · 18 mo ago
Team
51-200
employees, estimated range
Backers
2
Crosslink Capital, Ridge Ventures
The money's age
Due for its next round
18 months since the last round · not hiring
Momentum
15/100
in the news
Last sign of life
this month
a posting or a news item
The story so fareach stage dated by its source: the company's releases, the press, registers, filings
Apr 21
Launched Espresa Launches Specialty Care Accounts to Give Employers Predictable Control Over Rising Costs of Popular Drugs Such as GLP-1s · morningstar.com
Apr 25, 2025
Raised a round Venture round $5M · SEC Form D
Oct 31, 2023
Raised a round Series A $23M · PRNewswire
May 16, 2019
Raised a round Venture round $6.5M · SEC Form D
Sep 21, 2017
Raised a round Venture round $500k · SEC Form D
Sep 30, 2016
Raised a round Venture round $4.3M · SEC Form D
2015
Founded
Funding rounds
| Round | Date | Amount | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venture round | Apr 2025 | $5M | — | SEC Form D |
| Series A | Oct 2023 | $23M | — | PRNewswire |
| Venture round | Aug 2023 | $16.3M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | May 2019 | $6.5M | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Sep 2017 | $500k | — | SEC Form D |
| Venture round | Sep 2016 | $4.3M | — | SEC Form D |
Registers and programsofficial lists and records that name the company
| Legal entity | Espresa, Inc. | SEC Form D |
Founders and leadersfrom filings, registers and the company's site
Alex ShubatExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
Raghavan MenonExecutive Officer, DirectorSEC Form D
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Financials
Total raised
$55.6M
Latest round
Venture - Series Unknown
Funding rounds
6
People
Alex Shubat
Executive Officer, Director
Raghavan Menon
Executive Officer, Director
Christopher Rust
Director
Adoram Gaash
Director
Michael Stark
Director
Gideon Argov
Director
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News
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Recognition Among Employees Results in 15% Lower Attrition, Espresa Report Finds
Espresa, the leading global personal benefits platform used by companies including Samsung, Nielsen, and MaineHealth, announced its 2026 Recognition Benchmark and Trends Report, revealing insight into how recognition programs are influencing employee enga
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Recognition Among Employees Results in 15% Lower Attrition, Espresa Report Finds
/PRNewswire/ -- Espresa, the leading global personal benefits platform used by companies including Samsung, Nielsen, and MaineHealth, announced its 2026...
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Employee Education Benefits: Supporting Professional Development Stipends
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Espresa Debuts on the 2026 Inc. 5000 List of America's Fastest-Growing Private Companies
$250M in new LSA funds processed year-over-year - a 45% increase PALO ALTO, CA / ACCESS Newswire / August 11, 2026 / Espresa today announced it has been ranked No. 1687 on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list, the annual list of the fastest-growing private companies .
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Employee Benefits Cost Increases in 2026: The Trends Defining Modern Employee Benefits
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How to stabilize your GLP-1 budget amid increasing demand, cost
As healthcare prices and employee interest soar for the blood glucose and weight control drugs, offering coverage through lifestyle spending or specialty care accounts can help contain costs.
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Offices
Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Palo Alto
United States
HQ
Espresa - Powering Great Workplaces®
50-200 est. staff
2625 Middlefield Road, Suite 486, Palo Alto, California, 94306