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 5,600+ software vendors, we’re the world’s leading software management platform for finance teams.

1000+

Customers

32

Countries

5,600+

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.

A message from the CEO

Why I created Cledara

Cristina Vila, Founder and CEO

Cledara is a result of my lifelong desire to start a company that focused on helping people.

After a few years in banking working on process modernization, I took that experience to a fintech startup where I was first exposed to the tension between fast growth and the resulting chaos created by lack of processes and control. This led to the specific culprit—the number of software subscriptions teams required to fuel that growth—and how quickly the whole thing became unwieldy.

This felt deeply personal because the problem went beyond fractured processes and inefficiencies costing the company time and money. It affected people’s lives. The frustration individuals felt managing the overhead created by dozens of SaaS applications, negotiating user privileges, gaining access, canceling subscriptions, or chasing down invoices became untenable.

Cledara was born to solve this tension.

Cledara aims to create a shared consciousness in a business where teams work harmoniously together, aided rather than hindered, by their software and processes. We truly believe that the value we create extends beyond the workplace, to the individual that can spend their valuable time on what they choose. This is the true power of technology.

A Global Company

Cledara supports partners and customers from offices in New York, London, and Barcelona and Cledara’s cards are available in USD, EUR and GBP in 32 countries.

Sports Partnerships

Cledara is a proud sponsor of Cambridge United FC and Val d'Aran by UTMB, two institutions that embody the spirit of determination and resilience that we closely identify with.

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.

Cristina Vila Vives
Founder & CEO
See Cristina’s bio

Brad van Leeuwen
Co-Founder & COO
See Brad’s bio

Life at Cledara

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Cledara News

Introducing the Cledara API: Your Software Subscription Data, Wherever You Work

Your software subscription data, available programmatically. What the new Cledara API includes, why we built it, and what customers made in the first weeks.
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Tackling 75K in the Pyrenees: Marta Bonache’s UTMB® Experience with Cledara

Experienced runner Marta Bonache shares her experience running at Val d'Aran alongside Cledara.
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2025: The Year Software Management Got Harder And How Cledara Made It Easier

What changed, what we built, and what it means for Finance teams.
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Conquering the Pyrenees: Cledara Runners' Experience at UTMB Val D'Aran

In its fourth consecutive year as the Official Technology Partner of the Ultra-Trail du Mont-Blanc (UTMB), Cledara proudly supported the event and sponsored six runners in the races.
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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 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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