Mintago is a financial platform that aims to improve the “financial wellness” of employees. Founded in 2019 and based in Kent, UK, Mintago provides pension services designed to bring down National Insurance costs for businesses and employees.
Its pension dashboard and financial education library are currently available to users through employers and trusted partners.
In this Q&A, Mintago CEO and founder Chieu Cao explains how he launched the company, shares its funding strategy and reveals its future roadmap.
Where did the idea for Mintago come from?
Chieu Cao: I have always loved the idea of developing new and innovative solutions to problems. And given my previous experience with major tech companies such as Amazon and Microsoft, I identified a need to start using such technology to improve issues surrounding employee wellness. I made a promising start in tackling these issues after co-founding the employee experience platform, Perkbox, where I was CMO between 2010 and 2019. That business proved to be (and still is) highly successful, but I was ready for a new challenge and felt more could be done to tackle the leading causes of stress in the workplace – financial wellness....