{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","id":"cmtf13ema0035o3nea49ozcr6","name":"Lean Financial","slug":"lean-financial","url":"https://www.dhrmap.com/companies/lean-financial","shortDescription":"Fintech offering earned wage access / on-demand pay and cash advances to flex and gig workers via employer marketplaces; acquired by When I Work.","categories":[{"name":"Earned Wage Access","slug":"earned-wage-access"}],"verification":{"status":"unverified"},"meta":{"updatedAt":"2026-09-01T03:15:00.598Z","canonical":"https://www.dhrmap.com/companies/lean-financial","license":"© DHRMap. Facts may be quoted with attribution and a link to the canonical page. Not for bulk redistribution."},"nameShort":"Lean Financial","longDescription":"Lean Financial (Lean) was a San Diego fintech building financial products for the flex/gig workforce — instant on-demand pay and a $1,000 cash-advance product (SpendAdvance) delivered through employer and marketplace partners, scaling past $50M in annualised payment volume. Founded in 2020; $4.5M seed. Acquired by workforce-management platform When I Work in 2023.","hqLocation":"San Diego, California","country":"United States","foundedYear":"2020","founder":"Tilak Joshi, Eden Kfir","fundingStage":"Seed","totalFunding":"$4.5M","acquiredBy":"When I Work","social":{"linkedin":"https://www.linkedin.com/company/leanhq"},"leadership":[{"name":"Tilak Joshi","role":"co-founder","url":"https://www.dhrmap.com/people/tilak-joshi"},{"name":"Eden Kfir","role":"co-founder","url":"https://www.dhrmap.com/people/eden-kfir"}],"faq":[{"q":"What does Lean Financial do?","a":"Fintech offering earned wage access / on-demand pay and cash advances to flex and gig workers via employer marketplaces; acquired by When I Work."},{"q":"Where is Lean Financial headquartered?","a":"Lean Financial is headquartered in San Diego, California, United States."},{"q":"When was Lean Financial founded?","a":"Lean Financial was founded in 2020."},{"q":"Who founded Lean Financial?","a":"Lean Financial was founded by Tilak Joshi, Eden Kfir."},{"q":"How much funding has Lean Financial raised?","a":"Lean Financial has raised $4.5M (Seed) to date, per DHRMap records."},{"q":"What kind of HR technology is Lean Financial?","a":"Lean Financial is categorized under Earned Wage Access on DHRMap."}]}