YC-backed Confido raises $55M Series B to automate CPG accounting and planning
ycombinator · x · 2026-09-23
Confido raised a $55M Series B led by Insight Partners, automating accounting, sales, and demand planning for consumer brands like Olipop, Dude Wipes, and divisions of Mars and Unilever. The YC S21 founders pivoted from a fitness-instructor business, deferred Demo Day, and landed their first customer with just a Figma—winning enterprises by selling the work rather than the software.
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