Clara

Clara is a financial technology platform that provides spend management services to companies in Latin America. Founded in 2020, the company offers locally issued corporate cards in physical, virtual and single-use formats, alongside vendor payment solutions, automated expense management and tracking of travel-related payments. Its Clara Intelligence product applies artificial intelligence to corporate spend data to surface financial insights. The stated aim is to replace fragmented legacy banking systems with a single operating layer for company spending.

The company serves more than 20,000 businesses and has reached unicorn valuation status. Its investors include Goldman Sachs, General Catalyst, Coatue, DST Global, ICONIQ Growth, monashees and Kaszek. Clara operates in Mexico, Brazil and Colombia, with a wider presence across Latin America and the Americas.

Engineering work spans payments infrastructure, corporate card issuance, expense management automation and AI-powered financial intelligence. The team is distributed across several countries and works collaboratively, building what the company describes as the financial infrastructure behind high-performing organisations.