Cello (cello.so)

Backed byHV Capital

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Total raised$5.7M
StageSeed
Hiring pace2 roles / 90d
Founded2021
Team size10-25
HQRemote
Industries
SaaSMarketing TechGrowth / ReferralB2B SaaSB2C SaaS

About Cello (cello.so)

Revenue Growth Infrastructure / referral platform for SaaS. Multi-tenant infra serving hundreds of customers, scaling millions of events. APIs, attribution across complex user journeys, MCP integration, AI recommendation engines.

Open positions · 2

Company at a glance

Location
Remote
Websitecello.so
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Founders & Leadership

SA

Sall Aq

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SB

Stefan Bader

CEO @ Cello | Referrals on Autopilot

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RC

Robert Coletti

Co-Founder Cello | User Referrals on Autopilot

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HT

Hando Tint

Head of Development at Cello

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Top Benefits

  • Competitive salary + eVSOPs (virtual stock options)
  • Remote-first with regular in-person meetups
  • Real influence on architecture and product direction
  • Work directly with founders and senior leadership
  • Lean budget for AI tooling and ongoing learning

Location

Why Clera highlights Cello (cello.so)

Hot Seed-stage SaaS scale-up with $10.3M raised and category-leader customers (Typeform, Miro, Veed).Tech stack is genuinely interesting: attribution at scale, AI recommendation engines, MCP integration — not a CRUD app.Strong leadership pedigree (ex Twilio, Wise, Skype). Philipp (Chief of Staff) is responsive and decisive.Closing 4–5 of 6 engineer hires by 8 June 2026 — move fast on intros.

About the Team

Team Distribution

  • Sales32%
  • Operations19%
  • Engineering16%
  • Other Specialized16%
  • Product6%

Where the Team Studied

  1. 1.WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
  2. 2.AGH University of Krakow
  3. 3.Harvard Business School
  4. 4.London Business School
  5. 5.Tsinghua University

Team Worked At

  • McKinsey & Company
  • Bain & Company
  • Google
  • Microsoft
  • Goldman Sachs

Team Composition

27 people
  • Engineering1 senior5
  • Customer Success and Support3
  • Leadership2 senior3
  • Business Development2
  • Product Management2
  • Arts and Design1
  • Consulting1
  • Education1

Culture & values

Remote-first (Europe, CET ±3h)

Senior, small team — direct stakeholder access, no ticket factory

AI-native engineering (Claude Code, Cursor, MCP servers)

Ownership > pedigree — early-stage / scrappy bias over big-tech

Strong work ethic — ship what you commit to

Regular company-wide and engineering-team meetups

Funding History

Cumulative Funding

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