About Us

Our mission is to improve your relationship with software

We help you discover, buy, manage and cancel the right software so you get a little closer to achieving your objectives. We’re here to help you excel.

Leaders in what we do

Today, more teams than ever discover, buy and manage software via Cledara. With 1,000+ customers in 32 countries and 6,000+ software vendors, we’re the world’s leading software management platform for finance teams.

1000+
Customers
32
Countries
6,000+
Software Vendors
#1
Software Management
Platform
Investors and Advisors

Cledara’s mission is backed by the investors behind companies like Sendgrid, Marqeta, Salesloft, Monese and Digital Ocean, and is supported by a wide range of advisors from businesses including Techstars, Mastercard, Visa, Anthemis and Morgan Stanley.

Sports Partnership

High performance sports embody the spirit of determination, resilience, and community that are closely aligned with our own.

Cledara Leadership

Founders

Founded by Cristina Vila in 2018, Cledara's Team combines financial services experience and deep technology and startup expertise. The team has worked with leading financial institutions and fintech startups including the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Caixa Bank, dopay, Railsbank and PayPal.

Cledara beyond software management

Celebrating Women

Building Cledara has enabled me to celebrate women and shine a light on the opportunities and challenges that women face.

The world has made massive progress on equality, but there is still a long way to go. We see from our data that only six out of the 100 most popular software products are female-founded.

I’ve discovered that I’ve learned the most when I’ve followed the unconventional path. I encourage you to challenge the conventional too. You’ll very likely find it uncomfortable, but I think that going against the grain is totally worth the effort. Find the courage to speak up, share your view, and help move things forward.

Lastly, I want to thank all the amazing female founders out there. You are a huge inspiration to me, and behind what we're building at Cledara. Thanks for what you do!

Cristina Vila Vives
Founder & CEO

Believing in a better industry

When I started my career, companies bought software centrally and on-premise. That was the status quo.

But in 1999, Salesforce founder Marc Benioff proved that the status quo could be better. Salesforce went on to lead the SaaS revolution, which greatly improved tech stacks for every scaling business thanks to the introduction of the cloud.

Today, customers are starting to send the message that SaaS isn’t perfect. Subscription-based software often isn’t as agile or scalable as desired. Sometimes, buyers find it very hard to strike a fair price or even cancel tools when they need to.

We believe that SaaS now has room to be better. We are building Cledara with that in mind, hoping to encourage SaaS companies to take more responsibility.

SaaS is now being built by SaaS customers—now is the time to push standards higher.

Brad van Leeuwen
Co-Founder & COO

New naming rights partnership agreed, The Cledara Abbey Stadium announced

Cledara enters into a five-year sponsorship agreement with Cambridge United, which will see the football club’s Abbey Stadium renamed The Cledara Abbey Stadium.

Announcing Cledara's Free Software Management Package for Finance Teams

We’re excited to announce that you can now use Cledara’s platform for free as well as changes to our paid packages and cashback available.

Announcing Onboarding, Your control center for software access

Cledara's Software Management platform just got a major upgrade. With Onboarding, now you can manage access to every tool, streamline workflows, and improve compliance—all from one central platform. No more fragmented systems, manual processes, or visibility gaps.

New naming rights partnership agreed, The Cledara Abbey Stadium announced

Cledara enters into a five-year sponsorship agreement with Cambridge United, which will see the football club’s Abbey Stadium renamed The Cledara Abbey Stadium.
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Announcing Cledara's Free Software Management Package for Finance Teams

We’re excited to announce that you can now use Cledara’s platform for free as well as changes to our paid packages and cashback available.
Read more

Announcing Onboarding, Your control center for software access

Cledara's Software Management platform just got a major upgrade. With Onboarding, now you can manage access to every tool, streamline workflows, and improve compliance—all from one central platform. No more fragmented systems, manual processes, or visibility gaps.
Read more

Announcing Benchmarks & Copilot: Your AI-Powered Software Procurement Expert

Cledara is proud to introduce two transformative features: SaaS pricing benchmarks and the world’s first AI-powered SaaS Procurement Copilot. These innovative additions place expert software procurement capabilities into the hands of every team.
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What's New Discover Spend Insights, Team Budgets & More

Discover Cledara’s new features like actionable software spend insights, team budgets, OKTA SSO & more.
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Cledara Announces New Partnership with Modulr

Cledara adds exciting new product features to the product roadmap and reaches new countries across Europe following a new banking partnership with Modulr
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SaaStock Barcelona September: Sales Effectiveness and Fundraising

Here's a recap of our latest event for founders in sunny Barcelona.
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Cledara Product Updates: August 2022

Check out our latest product updates!
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Cledara’s 4th Anniversary

Discover how we celebrated an incredible milestone with the entire team.
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Cledara Product Updates: July 2022

Here’s a summary of our latest product updates. Enjoy!
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Cledara talks with Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc founders

What does it take to organize the world’s best trail runs? We sat down with the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB®) founders to find out.
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The 45 Hottest Startups in the Netherlands

From Crisp and Bots to TestGorilla and Lightyear, the Netherlands hosts an eclectic and exciting group of startups. We’ve pulled together the ones to watch in 2022 and beyond.
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SaaStr Europa 2022 Recap

Check out highlights from our time last week at Europe’s largest SaaS event.
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Customer Success at a Fast-Growing Startup

The following blog is written by Marta and Katie, our newly formed Customer Success team that has quickly transformed how we engage with our wonderful customers.
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