Cobee
Cobee is a Spanish fintech that helps companies offer tax-advantaged flexible compensation plans to employees, saving them 35-47% on income tax. The company has raised $60M, including a Series B in 2022, and employs 167 people.
The growth story
Cobee grew from 69 to 167 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $60M along the way, most recently a Series B in November 2022.
About
Cobee sells software that automates flexible compensation plans, allowing employees to pay for meals, transport, childcare, training or health insurance from their pre-tax salary. Employers use it to boost retention without raising payroll costs.
The company has grown to 167 staff since its 2019 founding. Its $60M Series B suggests rapid scaling, with backing from Balderton Capital and Banco Sabadell's venture arm among others.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Cobee's largest function with 31 employees. Leadership appears lean, with a median tenure of just 2 years across the organization.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 48 (+7% YoY), Sales 29 (-12% YoY), Customer Success and Support 19 (-30% YoY), Product Management 13 (+44% YoY), Information Technology 11 (0% YoY), Human Resources 9 (0% YoY).
Talent flow
Cobee recruits heavily from Smart Protection and consulting firms like Accenture and EY. Alumni frequently move to rival benefits platforms like Pluxee España (15 hires) and Coverflex (4).
Most common previous employers of Cobee staff: Smart Protection (7), Accenture (4), EY (4), Bnext (4), Deloitte (3), Inditex (3). Former Cobee employees most often moved to Pluxee España (15), Pluxee (5), Orbio AI (4), Coverflex (4), Factorial (4), Revolut (4).
Alumni worth knowing
The Cobee mafia
11 Cobee alumni have founded companies, including Orbio AI (33 staff) and NeuralTrust (32 staff). CoolfyClima, started by one founder, has grown to 46 employees.
12Alfonso Garcia-Moreno, was VP of Marketing until 2023Nacho Travesí, was Co-Founder & Chief Sales Officer - International Expansion sold to Pluxee (EPA:PLX former Sodexo) until 2025Mauro Junca, was Sales intern until 2023Nacho Afán de Ribera Beamonte, was Business & Strategy Executive until 2023José Luis Méndez Laguna, was Sales Director until 2024Elena Castillo, was Head of Customer Success until 2024
Javier Pérez García, was Head of Marketing (performance) until 2020
Sofía Serrano Flores, was People Operations Business Partner until 2022
Ernesto Pino, was Principal Product Manager until 2024
Virginia Diego, was Head of Product until 2025
Santiago Sanglier Lafuente, was Finance Analyst until 2020Web traffic
Traffic mix: 68% direct, 29% search, 0% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Cobee: Teamwork (59), English (50), Communication (47), SQL (46), JavaScript (42), Project Management (41), Leadership (40), Microsoft Office (40).
Where the team actually sits
Cobee people are concentrated in Community of Madrid, Spain (53), Greater Madrid Metropolitan Area (25), Spain (16), Mexico City, Mexico (6).
Search footprint
Cobee attracts about 77,620,000 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $293M a month if bought through ads. It gained 19,168,547 ranking keywords and lost 9,638,318 in the last period.
Frequently asked
Cobee has 167 employees as of September 2026.
Cobee has raised $60M in total, most recently a Series B round in November 2022.
The most common previous employers of current Cobee staff are Smart Protection (7 people), Accenture (4 people), EY (4 people).
Former Cobee employees most often move to Pluxee España (15), Pluxee (5), Orbio AI (4).
At least 11 companies have a founder who previously worked at Cobee, including CoolfyClima, Orbio AI, NeuralTrust.
Cobee attracts about 77,620,000 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $293M a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Cobee staff are Teamwork, English, Communication, SQL, JavaScript.
Cobee staff are concentrated in Community of Madrid, Spain (53), Greater Madrid Metropolitan Area (25), Spain (16).
Cobee has about 48 people in Engineering, up 7% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Cobee has about 29 people in Sales, down 12% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 123 current and 252 former Cobee profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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