Yuzu
Yuzu is a health plan administration platform that simplifies claims processing for employer health insurance plans. The New York-based company has raised $40M in Series A funding and employs 100 people.
The growth story
Yuzu grew from 3 to 100 employees between 2022 and 2026, raising $40M along the way, most recently a Series A in April 2026.
About
Yuzu provides third-party claims processing services for Plan Designers who create employer health insurance plans. Its platform aims to streamline health plan administration by focusing on simplifying claims management.
The company has grown to 100 employees since its 2022 founding and secured $40M in Series A funding in April 2026. Its investors include General Catalyst, Anthology Fund, and Bain & Company's Future Back Ventures.
Founders and leadership
Engineering is Yuzu's largest function, with 26 employees. The company has a median tenure of 1 year across its 100-person workforce.
The Yuzu org chart
Max Kauderer (Co-Founder + CEO) leads 11 mapped leaders with 8 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 24 (+300% YoY), Operations 21 (+320% YoY), Finance 8 (+100% YoY), Arts and Design 5 (+400% YoY), Entrepreneurship 5 (+67% YoY), Business Development 4 (+100% YoY).
Talent flow
Yuzu's team includes alumni from Bain & Company, Epic, and Centivo. Its employees have gone on to join companies like Rippling and Until, while some have founded startups including Bicameral and Stage.
Most common previous employers of Yuzu staff: Bain & Company (5), Epic (3), Centivo (3), Amazon (2), Aqua Voice (2), Datamatch (2). Former Yuzu employees most often moved to Global Settlement Network (1), Until (1), Rippling (1), Bicameral (1), Junior (1), Stage (YC P26) (1).
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 31% direct, 26% search, 20% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Yuzu: Python (Programming Language) (33), Communication (25), Leadership (24), Microsoft Excel (21), Java (20), Teamwork (19), Data Analysis (19), Microsoft Office (17).
Where the team actually sits
Yuzu people are concentrated in New York, United States (32), New York City Metropolitan Area (12), United States (6), Buffalo-Niagara Falls Area (3).
Search footprint
Yuzu attracts about 3,292 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $1K a month if bought through ads. It gained 73 ranking keywords and lost 44 in the last period.
Frequently asked
Yuzu has 100 employees as of September 2026.
Yuzu has raised $40M in total, most recently a Series A round in April 2026.
Yuzu was founded in 2022 by Max Kauderer, Ryan Lee.
Max Kauderer (Co-Founder + CEO) sits at the top of Yuzu's reporting structure, with 8 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Yuzu staff are Bain & Company (5 people), Epic (3 people), Centivo (3 people).
Former Yuzu employees most often move to Global Settlement Network (1), Until (1), Rippling (1).
Yuzu attracts about 3,292 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $1K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Yuzu staff are Python (Programming Language), Communication, Leadership, Microsoft Excel, Java.
Yuzu staff are concentrated in New York, United States (32), New York City Metropolitan Area (12), United States (6).
Yuzu has about 24 people in Engineering, up 300% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Yuzu has about 21 people in Operations, up 320% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 68 current and 13 former Yuzu profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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