payroll
Spain’s Factorial raises $80M on the back of strong traction for its ‘Workday for SMBs’
Factorial, a startup out of Barcelona that has built a platform that lets SMBs run human resources functions with the same kind of tools that typically are used by much bigger companies, is today anno
Homebase raises $71M for a team management platform aimed at SMBs and their hourly workers
Businesses use Homebase to manage activities related to hourly workers, including payroll, shift scheduling, timeclocks and timesheets, hiring and onboarding, communication and HR compliance.
Remote raises $150M on a $1B+ valuation to manage payroll and more for organizations’ global workforces
For many of us, going to work these days no longer means going into a specific office like it used to; and today one of the startups that’s built a platform to help cater to that new, bigger wor
Vara raises $4.8M from investors like Go Ventures and Sequoia India’s Surge to digitize Indonesian SMEs’ payrolls
If you follow startup news from Indonesia, you know that the country’s estimated 60 million small businesses are a hot target for tech companies. BukuKas and BukuWarung, for example, both recently r
Coatue direct deposits $20M into Pinwheel, a payroll API for neobanks
One of the most strategically important financial relationships for neobanks is becoming the account destination for a user’s paycheck. If you’re a bank and you own that specific relationship, use
Payroll automation startup raises $15.6M Series A led by General Catalyst
Payroll automation is not exactly the sexiest of startup areas but it’s a pretty decent business. The larger startup in the space is Payfit, which has raised upward of $208.4 million to do something
PayFit raises $107 million for its payroll and HR platform
French startup PayFit has raised a $107 million series D funding round (€90 million). Eurazeo Growth and Bpifrance’s Large Venture fund are leading today’s round. Existing investors Accel, Frst
Income verification is white-hot right now, and Plaid wants in
Fresh off the termination of its planned merger with Visa, Plaid announced Thursday a new income verification product, which it said is aimed at “improving the lending lifecycle” with payroll data
Minu, a Mexico City-based, pay-on-demand startup, lands a $14M Series A
Many of the startups raising capital in Mexico are focused on financial inclusion, aiming to level the playing field in a country that is largely unbanked and has a burgeoning middle class. One such c
Everee raises a $10M Series A to scale its worker-friendly payroll software service
This morning Everee, a Utah-based software as a service (SaaS) startup focused on payroll, announced that it has closed a $10 million Series A. The funding event was led by Origin Ventures and Signal
Small businesses are out of time, but COVID-19 aid comes with massive roadblocks
We need to flatten the curve of this disease, but we also need to bend the curve for small businesses on the brink of collapse.
Targeting payday lenders, Branch adds pay-on-demand features for hourly workers
Branch, the scheduling and pay management app for hourly workers, has added a new pay-on-demand service called Pay, which is now available to anyone who downloads the Branch app. It’s an attempt
Gusto raises $140 million to go after small business payroll and benefits with more gusto
Gusto, which sells payroll, benefits and human resources management and monitoring services to small businesses, has raised $140 million in its latest round of funding. The company said it will use th
Taking the pain out of accounting and payroll for small businesses, ScaleFactor raises $10 million
ScaleFactor, the Techstars alumnus that’s selling accounting and payroll management software as a service, has raised $10 million in a new round of funding as it looks to scale up its sales and
Disrupting the paycheck, Gusto’s Flexible Pay allows employees to pick when they get paid
People should get paid for work they have done. It’s a pretty simple principle of capitalism, but a principle that seems increasingly violated in the modern economy. With semi-monthly paychecks, the
NiYO raises $13.2M to digitize payroll and employee benefits in India
Fintech startup NiYO helps salaried employees access company benefits and other financial services, and now it has raised $13.2 million to offer its services to more of the country. Founded in 2015, N
Alan and PayFit hook up so that your health insurance and payroll work together
Two French startups liked each other so much that they’re now starting to see a future working together. PayFit wants to modernize the good old paychecks in France, while Alan wants to turn health i
Homebase raises $6 million to make hourly work easier to manage for local businesses
From rising rents to online competitors, local stores and restaurants face enough challenges outside of their own doors that basic stuff like scheduling employees’ shifts and breaks should feel easy
Zenefits Launches Its Own Payroll Platform
Zenefits CEO Parker Conrad danced around a question about building out payroll services at Disrupt SF 2015. "I can't announce anything about new products specifically, but you know payroll's a very im
ZenPayroll Is Now Gusto, Adds Benefits To Take On Zenefits
Payroll startup ZenPayroll changed its name to Gusto today and is moving beyond payroll, into benefits such as health insurance and workers compensation.
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