Ship product,
not HR paperwork
You went from 3 to 15 people in 6 months. The WhatsApp group is chaos. Nobody knows who has which MacBook. Leave balances live in a Google Sheet that's already broken. You need HR infrastructure — not an HR department.
Built for startups and tech companies scaling across Africa
A day in the life of a scaling startup
Your 12th hire starts today — onboarding is improvised
You send them a Slack message saying 'welcome.' Someone gives them a laptop from the shelf — no record of which one. Their contract is 'almost ready.' You'll get their emergency contact 'later.' Later never comes.
An engineer asks about their leave balance
You check the Google Sheet. It was last updated 6 weeks ago. The formula references a deleted column. You spend 20 minutes recalculating instead of reviewing the sprint.
An investor asks for a headcount breakdown
How many engineers? How many on contract vs full-time? When did each person join? You open 3 different docs and still can't give a confident answer. Not a great look during due diligence.
A developer who joined 2 months ago is leaving
They have a MacBook Pro, an external monitor, a YubiKey, and company access to 6 services. Nobody has a list. You spend the afternoon trying to figure out what to collect before their last day.
You realise 3 laptops are unaccounted for
You've issued 15 laptops over 18 months. Two people left and you're not sure if they returned theirs. The asset spreadsheet hasn't been touched since last funding round. That's $3,000 missing.
Your co-founder asks: 'should we hire an HR person?'
You're 15 people. An HR hire costs $1,500–2,500/month. You can't justify it yet. But the current system — which is no system — is breaking.
HR infrastructure in 5 minutes, not 5 months
Team profiles that scale with you
Every team member — engineers, designers, marketers, ops, interns — one digital profile. Role, department, start date, employment type, emergency contacts. Search and filter instantly.
Investor asks for headcount by role and employment type? Filter, export, send. 2 minutes. Not 2 hours of spreadsheet archaeology.
Leave that doesn't need a Google Sheet
Team members request leave from their phone. Their lead approves with one tap. Balances auto-calculated. Country-specific policies pre-configured. No formulas to maintain.
Engineer asks about their balance? They check themselves via self-service. You stay focused on product.
Every laptop, monitor, and YubiKey tracked
MacBooks, monitors, phones, access cards, chargers, headphones, security keys — assigned with digital acknowledgement. Full chain of custody. Auto return checklist on departure.
Developer leaving? The return checklist shows: MacBook Pro (SN: C02X...), monitor, YubiKey, building access card. Everything collected. Nothing goes missing. $3,000 saved.
Onboarding in 60 seconds, not 6 emails
Quick-add a new hire: name, email, role, start date. Upload their contract. Assign their equipment. Push company policies for acknowledgement. They're set up before their first standup.
Hire #12 starts today? Profile created, contract uploaded, laptop assigned, policies acknowledged — all before the morning standup. No more improvised onboarding.
Contracts and documents in one place
Employment contracts, NDAs, equity agreements, ID copies, offer letters — stored per person, searchable, access-controlled. No more digging through Google Drive or email.
Due diligence? Every contract, NDA, and equity agreement exportable in minutes. Clean, organised, professional.
Self-service — because your team is technical enough
Your engineers and designers don't want to ask HR questions. They want to check their leave balance, update their address, and download their contract themselves. Cedrios lets them.
Zero 'hey, quick question' Slack messages about leave balances, contract copies, or equipment assignments. Self-service handles it all.
Cedrios grows with your startup
Pre-Seed / Founding Team
Free1–5 co-founders + first hires
Basic profiles, contracts stored, equipment tracked (probably 5 laptops and a printer)
Start organised from day one. It's free. Future you will thank present you.
Seed / Early Stage
Starter ($2/user)6–15 team members
Leave management, proper onboarding, growing asset list, first departments forming
This is where the Google Sheet breaks. Cedrios doesn't.
Series A / Growth
Starter or Business ($2–4/user)15–50 team members
Multiple departments, remote team management, investor-ready records, compliance documentation
Investors will ask for headcount data. Auditors will ask for contracts. Be ready.
Series B+ / Scaling
Business or Scale ($4–7/user)50–200 team members
Multi-country support, API integrations, advanced reporting, WhatsApp integration
You're scaling across cities or countries. One HR system for every office, every team.
Be investor-ready without thinking about it
Investors and acquirers look at your people operations during due diligence. Disorganised HR signals a disorganised company. Cedrios makes you look like you have your act together — because you do.
“Headcount by role and employment type”
Without Cedrios
Cobble together from Slack, email, and a spreadsheet. Numbers don't match. Not confidence-inspiring.
With Cedrios
Filter by department and type → export. Accurate, instant, professional.
“All employment contracts and NDAs”
Without Cedrios
Some in Google Drive, some in email, two are unsigned. Embarrassing during due diligence.
With Cedrios
Every contract stored per person. Filter 'contracts' → export ZIP. Complete and organised.
“Company asset register”
Without Cedrios
A spreadsheet from last year. 3 laptops unaccounted for. Not a good signal.
With Cedrios
Full asset register with serial numbers, assigned to people, condition tracked. Exportable.
“Employee equity / option agreements”
Without Cedrios
In a folder somewhere. Maybe on the lawyer's computer. You're not sure who signed what.
With Cedrios
Stored per person in their profile. Searchable, downloadable, always accessible.
“Data protection compliance”
Without Cedrios
'We're working on it.' Not what investors want to hear.
With Cedrios
Audit trail, encryption, access controls, data export — all built in. Compliant by default.
What it costs for your startup
15 people on Starter: $30/month. That's one team lunch. You're spending more than that in lost laptops every quarter.
| Stage | People | Plan | Monthly | Annual | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Founding team | 3 | Free | Free | Free | Free. Start organised from day one. |
| Pre-seed | 5 | Free | Free | Free | Still free. 5 people, zero cost. |
| Seed stage | 10 | Starter | $20 | $200 | Less than one month of a SaaS tool you're not using |
| Post-seed | 20 | Starter | $40 | $400 | Less than one lost MacBook charger |
| Series A | 50 | Business | $200 | $2000 | Less than one day of an HR consultant |
| Series B | 120 | Business | $480 | $4800 | 0.5% of one engineering hire's salary |
| Scaling (multi-city) | 200 | Scale | $1400 | $14000 | One system across Nairobi, Lagos, Kigali, Accra |
Pay annually and get 2 months free
Before Cedrios vs. After
Before
- New hire onboarding: a Slack message and a laptop from the shelf
- Leave tracked in a broken Google Sheet
- 15 laptops issued, 3 unaccounted for
- Contracts scattered across Google Drive and email
- Investor asks for headcount — takes 2 hours to compile
- 'Should we hire an HR person?' conversation every quarter
- Offboarding: 'did they return everything?' 'I think so?'
- Remote team members completely off the radar
After Cedrios
- 60-second onboarding: profile, contract, equipment, policies — done
- Leave balances always accurate, self-service for everyone
- Every device tracked with serial number and assignee
- Every contract, NDA, and equity agreement per person
- Headcount by role, type, department — export in seconds
- Cedrios is your HR system. $30/month instead of $2,000.
- Auto return checklist: MacBook, monitor, YubiKey, card — all collected
- Every team member has a profile regardless of location
What startups say
“We're 22 people across Nairobi and Lagos. Before Cedrios, our 'HR system' was a Google Sheet and vibes. Now everything is in one place and our Series A investors were impressed by how organised we looked.”
Co-Founder
FinTech Startup, Nairobi
“We lost 2 MacBooks during offboarding last year — $2,400 gone. Once we started tracking assets in Cedrios, every device is accounted for. The tool paid for itself in month one.”
Head of Ops
SaaS Startup, Kigali
“I was spending 3 hours a week on leave tracking and HR questions. Now it's zero. The team uses self-service. I get to focus on product.”
CTO / Co-Founder
EdTech Startup, Lagos
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