Melio
Melio is a business payments platform that helps small businesses pay vendors via credit card, ACH, wire, or check. It serves over 100,000 businesses and has raised $654M, including a Series E in late 2024.
The growth story
Melio grew from 658 to 694 employees between 2023 and 2026, raising $654M along the way, most recently a Series E in October 2024.
About
Melio provides a dashboard for small businesses to pay vendors and contractors through multiple payment methods while syncing with accounting software. It automates bill payments and cash flow management for SMBs.
The company has grown to 694 employees since its 2018 founding. Its $654M in total funding shows strong investor confidence, with backers including Amex Ventures and Capital One Ventures.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Melio's largest function with 134 staff. The company has a median tenure of 2 years, suggesting moderate turnover.
The Melio org chart
Matan Bar (Co-founder & CEO) leads 60 mapped leaders with 9 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 189 (+3% YoY), Sales 60 (+13% YoY), Information Technology 59 (+9% YoY), Operations 52 (0% YoY), Customer Success and Support 40 (-27% YoY), Product Management 33 (+10% YoY).
Talent flow
Nearly half of analyzed employees previously worked at the Israel Defense Forces, reflecting strong Israeli military hiring. Other common sources include Payoneer (29 alumni) and Wix (24). Alumni frequently move to monday.com (10) and Ramp (9).
Most common previous employers of Melio staff: Israel Defense Forces (48), Payoneer (29), Wix (24), PayPal (16), WeWork (15), Intel (15). Former Melio employees most often moved to monday.com (10), Ramp (9), Tikal (6), Gong (5), Cyera (4), Aidoc (4).
Alumni worth knowing
The Melio mafia
Melio alumni have founded 24 companies, including Ledge (47 staff) and Vayu (35 staff). Several spinouts focus on fintech and capital markets.
24Tal Kirschenbaum, was Director of Product / New Product and Business Lead until 2022Shai Gross, was Senior Backend & Data Infrastructure Engineer until 2023David Balsam, was Director of Product | Founding Team until 2023Itamar Perlov, was Product Strategy until 2022Matt Brennan, was Investor until 2021Ariel Blum, was Director of Payments until 2022
Nico Druelle, was GTM Technology Leader until 2024
Guy Zipori, was VP R&D at Melio (Acquired by Xero) until 2025
Brett Haralson, was Director of Community until 2023
Jesse Levine, was Associate Account Executive until 2022
Gad Salner, was Groups Manager until 2023
Itay Eylon, was Senior Software Engineer & Tech Lead until 2025
Yoni Goldshtein, was Risk operations speciallist until 2026
Itamar Lapidot, was Senior AI Product Manager until 2025
Alyson B., was Head Of Sales until 2022
Sari Kohen, was Head of Partner Marketing until 2025
Eran Yacobovitch, was Marketing Consultant until 2024
Dana Maman, was Product Manager of AP Platform Workflows until 2025
Brissia Perez, was Senior Sales Manager - Partnerships & Inbound until 2022
Jonathan E., was UX and Content Design until 2023
Elon L. Daniel, was Workplace, US until 2025
Tyler Ayers, was Associate Account Executive until 2025
Yeshayahu Deutsch, was Senior Android Developer until 2024
Idan Hayon, was Director of Risk Analytics until 2023Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 42% direct, 2% search, 1% social, 3% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Melio: Microsoft Office (212), SQL (201), Microsoft Excel (184), Leadership (179), Customer Service (161), Management (160), Project Management (158), JavaScript (152).
Where the team actually sits
Melio people are concentrated in Israel (167), Tel Aviv District, Israel (158), New York, United States (82), New York City Metropolitan Area (58).
Search footprint
Melio attracts about 13,289 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $100K a month if bought through ads. It gained 1,797 ranking keywords and lost 846 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.60 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.50 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.60 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 4.10 / 5
Frequently asked
Melio has 694 employees as of September 2026.
Melio has raised $654M in total, most recently a Series E round in October 2024.
Melio was founded in 2018 by Ziv Paz, Ilan Atias, Matan Bar.
Matan Bar (Co-founder & CEO) sits at the top of Melio's reporting structure, with 9 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Melio staff are Israel Defense Forces (48 people), Payoneer (29 people), Wix (24 people).
Former Melio employees most often move to monday.com (10), Ramp (9), Tikal (6).
At least 24 companies have a founder who previously worked at Melio, including Ledge, Vayu, Adesco.
Melio attracts about 13,289 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $100K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Melio staff are Microsoft Office, SQL, Microsoft Excel, Leadership, Customer Service.
Melio staff are concentrated in Israel (167), Tel Aviv District, Israel (158), New York, United States (82).
Melio has about 189 people in Engineering, up 3% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Melio has about 60 people in Sales, up 13% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 575 current and 596 former Melio profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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