Espresa

We’re an HR software company, founded in 2015, that develops a unified platform for employee experience and engagement programs, which we call our “Culture Benefits™ Platform.”

Our core offerings include:

• Our Lifestyle Spending Accounts (LSA) are a mobile-first platform for personalized benefits. They’re globally inclusive, supporting various countries, languages, and currencies in local time zones, and aim to modernize reimbursements.
• LSA Plus™ is an expanded, modular solution for enterprises, offering incentivized wallets, challenges, a zero-markup global marketplace, and a flexible debit card. It integrates wellbeing, recognition, and community, helping to consolidate budgets and point solutions.
• Our Wellbeing & Challenges platform is also mobile and global-first, providing unlimited challenges and events management. It includes integrated wellness partners for biometric screening, physical and mental wellness, coaching, and wellbeing content.
• We offer a mobile-first Rewards & Recognition system for employees to acknowledge achievements—such as social recognition, spot awards, birthdays, work anniversaries, life moments, and team successes. It features flexible approval flows and an integrated global marketplace for reward fulfillment.
• Our Communities & Events feature helps facilitate engagement and connection in virtual, in-person, or hybrid settings. HR teams can design social pages, manage events, track attendance, and analyze engagement.

Our platform unifies benefits, elevates engagement, and reduces HR complexity, scaling globally. It helps People Teams with attraction and retention, simplifies administration, and includes diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) features. We support over 99 countries, all languages, time zones, and currencies. We’re SOC2 compliant and report 95% member and 98% customer approval ratings.

Our mission and values guide how we work. Every day, our team strives to embody six principles:

• Wonder: We approach challenges as curious adventurers and empaths, always focused on solving problems.
• Individuality: We believe in and celebrate the diverse individuals who drive ideas forward.
• Trust: We uphold transparency and integrity within our company and among individuals.
• Humanity: We recognize that our collective strength comes from diversity, differences, and emotional intelligence.
• Future: We approach the present mindfully while actively working to create thriving and happy cultures for tomorrow.
• Evolution: We are comfortable with change, seeing ourselves as change-makers and mindful risk-takers, and we acknowledge that our current solutions may evolve.

Espresa was founded in 2015 by Alex Shubat (CEO & Co-Founder) and Raghavan Menon (CTO & Co-Founder). It has 51-200 employees. The culture is people-first, driven by innovation, individuality, and purpose. The team is “scrappy” and focused, working transparently and united towards shared goals. Disagreements are addressed openly. Espresa emphasizes putting the human experience back into human resources. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with satellite offices globally, Espresa supports a work-from-anywhere model. It operates in over 99 countries, fostering an inclusive environment that values diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Espresa seeks “awesome, kind, and bright humans” who align with its values, are forward-thinkers, and creators.

We offer competitive pay, financial benefits, and comprehensive health, dental, vision, and 401k plans. Employees receive a monthly Lifestyle Spending Account (LSA) for wellbeing, mindfulness, fitness, and work-from-home support. We also provide learning, development, and education support to help employees advance their careers. Additionally, employees can participate in monthly challenges to build community connections and improve wellbeing. They can also give and receive recognition with rewards from colleagues across the company.