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Flash closes R$ 150M Series D to become leader in benefits by 2030. The round was led by Battery Ventures and Kevin Efrusy and marks the entry of Endeavor Catalyst into the benefits startup's cap table. 19/08/2026 10:00 Read a summary of this news * Flash raises R$ 150 million in a Series D round, led by Battery Ventures and Kevin Efrusy, with the entry of Endeavor Catalyst. * The investment aims to boost product development, artificial intelligence, commercial expansion, and capital structure. * The startup seeks to surpass incumbents and become the leader in the benefits market by 2030, intensifying its go-to-market. * The company has been generating cash for almost a year and had already announced an investment of R$ 400 million to supercharge its platform. * Artificial intelligence will be the engine to integrate solutions and eliminate HR and finance bureaucracy, generating data for decisions. * The company plans to reactivate its M&A strategy to accelerate growth, after acquisitions such as FolhaCerta and ExpenseOn. Flash has a plan: to surpass the incumbents in the benefits market and become the segment leader by 2030. To do so, it has just strengthened its cash position by raising R$ 150 million in a Series D round led by Battery Ventures and Kevin Efrusy, two investors who were already part of the cap table. With the investment, which also marks the entry of Endeavor Catalyst, Endeavor's global high-impact fund, the company wants to drive the development of new products and artificial intelligence, commercial expansion, and strengthening of its capital structure. The Series D arrives more than four years after the Series C. It was in March 2022 that the startup raised an impressive US$ 100 million with Battery Ventures, a round almost three times larger than the current one. As the startup highlights in a note about the investment, the follow-on from two heavyweight investors in the new round shows the cap table's confidence in the business thesis. Kevin Efrusy, in fact, made an exception to his own strategy of betting on early stages to participate in this round. The arrival of Endeavor Catalyst reinforces a long-standing relationship: Flash has been recognized for three consecutive years on the Endeavor Outliers list, which maps the fastest-growing companies in the network's global portfolio. In the view of CEO Ricardo Salem, the investment comes at an opportune time, when the PAT (Worker Food Program) is undergoing a rule review that seeks to increase competition and curb anti-competitive practices, opening the game for startups that want to challenge those that dominate the sector - Alelo, Pluxee (formerly Sodexo), VR, and Edenred (Ticket). The CEO says that, internally, the work has already been done to enter this fight strongly. The company has been generating cash for almost a year, financing its own growth, and had already announced in 2026 an investment of R$ 400 million of its own capital to supercharge the platform and expand its presence in the sector. According to the executive, the goal is clear: to lead the market by 2030, and to that end, the go-to-market will be intensified. Currently, the company serves about 60,000 companies, from small to large, with more than 2 million covered workers. "In recent years, we have evolved into an integrated workforce management platform and have become the fifth largest company in the benefits market, behind only the incumbents," he says. "The growing number of clients hiring complementary solutions has proven the platform thesis and the maturity of our execution. The round happens at the ideal time to add even more speed and flexibility in the pursuit of sector leadership." AI and M&As. The other front where the money is going is artificial intelligence. Flash wants to intensify the use of technology to make the platform more fluid, with AI orchestrating data, offering insights, and connecting products behind the scenes, in an ecosystem integrated with the user experience. "At Flash, artificial intelligence is the engine to realize our strategy. We will use technology to accelerate the integration of all solutions invisibly, eliminating bureaucracy and repetitive HR and finance work, ensuring compliance and generating data that works in favor of our clients' decision-making," concludes Pedro Lane, COO and co-founder of Flash, in a note. According to Pedro, the company also plans to reactivate its M&A strategy to accelerate growth. The startup's last acquisition was in 2023, when it bought FolhaCerta, specialized in time and attendance, schedule, vacation, and shift management. Before that, it used part of the Series C money to make its first M&A, with the purchase of ExpenseOn, a corporate expense and travel management platform. Startups is part of the routine of more than 30,000 decision-makers. Are you going to stay out?