We built the payment platform we wished existed.
Cleo Pay was founded to eliminate the friction of vendor payments for hospitality and service businesses. No more paper checks, lost W-9s, or week-long ACH delays.
Why we started Cleo Pay
After years of running hospitality and event companies, including Full:Life Hospitality, which operates venues and rooftop F&B locations across New York City, and Project 91, one of the largest independent electronic music promotion and concert event companies, founder Duncan saw a problem that nobody was solving. There was no modern platform designed to onboard, manage, and pay the wide variety of vendors, contractors, and invoices that entertainment and hospitality businesses deal with every day.
Cleo Pay came out of that experience. We built the payment platform we wished existed, one that streamlines how money moves across an entire organization. Legacy systems are too slow for the way modern businesses operate. Cleo Pay is here to change that, giving companies one place to manage everything from invoice to payout.
What drives us
Speed
Vendors get paid in hours, not weeks. We built Cleo for same-day ACH because hospitality moves fast and your vendors should too.
Simplicity
No training manuals, no onboarding calls. If your team can send a text, they can pay a vendor with Cleo.
Compliance-First
W-9 collection, 1099 filing, and full audit trails are built in from day one. Stay compliant without extra work.
Built for Hospitality
We started in restaurants, hotels, and event production. Every feature is shaped by what operators actually need on the ground.
See Cleo in Action
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