Saro

About us

Money work, made calm.

Saro started in 2021 with one question: why does running a company’s money still feel like guesswork? Today 2,400 teams pay, spend and plan from one live panel.

Join the team

Meet the people

The Saro team standing together in the Berlin office

120 people, 6 cities

Berlin, Lisbon, London and more

We’re hiring

4 open roles

From twelve tabs to one calm panel.

Every Friday used to start with spreadsheets, bank portals and chat threads. Saro turns the same work into one live view.

Before Saro

12 tabs open

Q3_cashflow_FINAL_v7.xlsx

Edited 4 min ago

Unpaid invoice

$12,400, 21 days late

FX fee

3.2% on the last transfer

Card declined

Team offsite, Lisbon

Where is the receipt?

12 replies in #finance

Payroll due Friday

Split across 3 banks

Approve this spend?

Waiting since Monday

Bank B balance

As of yesterday, 6pm

Spreadsheets, bank portals and chat threads. Every Friday.

With Saro

1 live panel

Cash flow

Live, no more exports

Invoices

0 overdue

Real rate, 0.4% fee

Cards

Rules, not surprises

Receipts

Matched automatically

Payroll

Scheduled from one account

Approvals

Cleared in two taps

Balances

Every bank, right now

Every account, card and payout in one live view.

Our story

Five years of making money feel calm.

How a spreadsheet problem in a Berlin flat turned into one live panel for 2,400 finance teams.

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MacBook Pro, white ceramic mug,and black smartphone on table

2021

Two founders, one spreadsheet

Lena and Marco start Saro in a Berlin flat after closing one too many months in Excel.

2021

Two founders, one spreadsheet

Lena and Marco start Saro in a Berlin flat after closing one too many months in Excel.

people sitting down near table with assorted laptop computers

2022

The first live panel

Fifty design partners get a real time view of cash across every bank account they use.

2022

The first live panel

Fifty design partners get a real time view of cash across every bank account they use.

Modern glass skyscrapers rising against a cloudy blue sky in a city center

2023

Payouts in 40 countries

Saro opens offices in London and Singapore and starts moving money like a local.

2023

Payouts in 40 countries

Saro opens offices in London and Singapore and starts moving money like a local.

a group of people sitting around a table with laptops

2024

Meet Saro AI

Finance teams ask questions in plain words and get answers straight from their own books.

2024

Meet Saro AI

Finance teams ask questions in plain words and get answers straight from their own books.

2026

2,400 teams and counting

From two person startups to global companies, all running money from one calm panel.

2026

2,400 teams and counting

From two person startups to global companies, all running money from one calm panel.

What we value

Four rules we work by.

The principles behind every screen we ship and every payout we send.

Calm by default

Money is stressful enough. We design every screen to lower the pulse, not raise it.

Show the math

No black boxes. Every number in Saro traces back to the transaction behind it.

Own the outcome

We ship small, measure honestly and fix what we break before anyone has to ask.

Earn trust daily

We hold other people’s money. That trust is earned in every payout, every day.

By the numbers

Small team. Serious volume.

Around 120 people run the panel that moves billions for teams in 40 countries. Here is the short version.

2021

founded in a Berlin flat

2021

founded in a Berlin flat

2.4K

teams run their money on Saro

countries we pay out to

$18B

moved through Saro every year

Backed by

Northwind Capital

Harbor Ventures

Atlas Seed

Fieldstone

Lumen Partners

The people

The people behind the panel.

Finance nerds, engineers and designers in six cities, building the tool we always wanted.

Berlin

Lena Hartmann

Co-founder and CEO

Berlin

Lena Hartmann

Co-founder and CEO

Lisbon

Marco Silva

Co-founder and CTO

Lisbon

Marco Silva

Co-founder and CTO

London

Aisha Bello

Chief Financial Officer

London

Aisha Bello

Chief Financial Officer

New York

Daniel Kim

Head of Product

New York

Daniel Kim

Head of Product

Milan

Sofia Rossi

Head of Design

Milan

Sofia Rossi

Head of Design

Berlin

Jonas Weber

Head of Engineering

Berlin

Jonas Weber

Head of Engineering

Singapore

Priya Nair

Head of Risk

Singapore

Priya Nair

Head of Risk

Amsterdam

Tom Becker

Head of Customer Success

Amsterdam

Tom Becker

Head of Customer Success

Careers

Build the calm side of money.

We hire slowly and on purpose. If one of these roles fits, we would love to hear from you.

Senior Product Designer

Design

Berlin or remote

Full time

Senior Product Designer

Design

Berlin or remote

Staff Backend Engineer, Payments

Engineering

Lisbon

Full time

Staff Backend Engineer, Payments

Engineering

Lisbon

Finance Operations Lead

Operations

London

Full time

Finance Operations Lead

Operations

London

Customer Success Manager

Customers

New York

Full time

Customer Success Manager

Customers

New York

Don’t see your role?

Write to viyako.designs@gmail.com