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Bepo provides a digital tipping platform to help service workers recover lost cash tips and businesses streamline tipping processes.

• Seamless Digital Tipping: Enables tips via QR codes, links, or tap-to-tip tokens, supporting major digital payment methods.
• Business Integration: Offers tools for managing tip pooling, tax compliance, and performance analytics.
• Rapid Growth: Active in 44 U.S. states and eight Canadian provinces with 1,100+ workers onboarded.
• Empowering Service Workers: Increases average tips by 220% while improving customer feedback and ratings.
• Untapped Market Potential: Targets the $80 billion untapped tipping market beyond traditional restaurant and bar sectors.

Bepo is a digital tipping platform designed to help service workers recover lost income from the decline of cash tipping while offering businesses a streamlined tipping solution. By enabling tips through QR codes, links, or tap-to-tip tokens, Bepo ensures seamless integration with digital payment methods like PayPal, Venmo, Google Pay, and credit cards. The platform not only increases the average tip amount but also improves customer satisfaction through feedback and ratings, making it a valuable tool for service industries such as hospitality, delivery, and personal care. Bepo also provides businesses with tools to manage tip pooling, tax compliance, and performance analytics, simplifying the administration of tipping programs.

With a dual revenue model of transaction fees and subscription services, Bepo is tapping into an $80 billion untapped tipping market outside traditional food and beverage sectors. Already operating in 44 U.S. states and eight Canadian provinces, the platform has demonstrated rapid growth and high user satisfaction. Founded by a serial entrepreneur with three prior exits, Bepo’s mission is to empower service workers, enhance their income, and provide businesses with the tools they need to support their staff effectively.

Company Info

Bepo is a digital tipping platform designed to help service workers capture tips through digital payment methods, streamlining the process for businesses and improving financial outcomes for workers.

Bepo is a fintech company focused on revolutionizing tipping for service workers by offering an all-in-one digital tipping platform. Service workers, especially in industries like home services, delivery, and hospitality, traditionally relied on cash tips, which are becoming less prevalent due to the shift toward digital payments. Bepo solves this problem by allowing workers to easily accept tips via digital payment methods such as PayPal, Venmo, Google Pay, Apple Pay, and credit cards, providing a seamless and efficient tipping experience for both workers and customers. The platform helps businesses streamline their tipping process, manage staff, track tips, and comply with payroll and tax obligations.

The platform’s business model is based on both transaction fees (up to 2% per tip) and a $10 monthly subscription fee per worker paid by the business. This dual revenue stream has the potential to unlock a significant share of the $80 billion untapped tipping market outside the food and beverage sector. Since its launch, Bepo has shown remarkable traction, with over 1,100 workers using the platform across 44 U.S. states and 8 Canadian provinces, and a 479% year-over-year growth in worker adoption. Bepo aims to capture a significant share of this market, empowering service workers and providing businesses with a modern, efficient tipping solution.