# Juan Jurado-Blanco

> Juan Jurado-Blanco is the Chattanooga-based co-founder and CEO of Clockout, which provides earned wage access infrastructure for banks and credit unions. His experience waiting to receive restaurant tips helped inspire the business, built with childhood friend Anthony Tardugno. Clockout moved from an employer-focused model to embedded banking, announced a $2 million seed round in June 2025, and its founders received the ICBA ThinkTECH All-Heart award that summer.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Clockout
- **Organizations:** Clockout, Walla Payments, Techstars
- **Education:** University of Florida
- **Known for:** Co-founded Clockout and Walla Payments., Participated in the 2022 Techstars Farm to Fork accelerator., Clockout announced a $2 million seed round led by Cofounders Capital on June 18, 2025.

## Career timeline

- **2021** — The Org lists the start of his Clockout co-founder and CEO role in July 2021.
- **2022** — Clockout launched its early workplace offering; Jurado-Blanco and Anthony Tardugno participated in Techstars Farm to Fork.
- **2023** — Clockout changed repayment from employers to employees, reducing employer implementation requirements.
- **2025** — Clockout marketed embedded earned wage access to financial institutions, announced a $2 million seed round, and its founders received the ICBA ThinkTECH All-Heart award.
- **2026** — Presented Clockout at FinovateSpring and was listed as its FinovateFall presenter.

## Achievements

- Co-founded Clockout and Walla Payments.
- Participated in the 2022 Techstars Farm to Fork accelerator.
- Clockout announced a $2 million seed round led by Cofounders Capital on June 18, 2025.
- Shared the ICBA ThinkTECH All-Heart award with Clockout founders in July 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — FinovateFall listed Jurado-Blanco as Clockout’s founder and CEO presenter; its company profile reported $3 million raised and a team of 10.
- **2026-05** — Discussed Clockout’s origin, bank distribution, configurable platform, and planned admin portal 2.0 in a FinTech Futures video interview.
- **2026-03** — Appeared with Armando Quintana on CUbroadcast to discuss embedded earned wage access.

## Links

- Website: https://www.joinclockout.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/juan-jurado-blanco-012b58121
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/JJurado_Blanco

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Last updated: 2026-10-09