40 Best Employee Benefits Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Employee Benefits Startups

We track 71,000+ companies and rank them dynamically using our Seedtable Score – a score that uses quantitative and qualitative data points to signal the momentum behind a company. We then monitor the list manually leveraging our expertise as founders and investors.

There are 40 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $2.9b. The average funding per company in this subset is $71.8m.

Last update to the database: Feb 18, 2025. See changelog.

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Gravie logo

Gravie

An insurance technology company offering a platform for consumers to purchase and manage their healthcare expenses.

6

Funding Rounds

$144.3m

Money raised

Carrot Fertility logo

Carrot Fertility

Carrot Fertility is a company designing fertility plans and benefits for employees

4

Funding Rounds

$114.1m

Money raised

Humi logo

Humi

Humi is a Toronto, Ontario-based company offering an HR, payroll, benefits, and insurance platform.

5

Funding Rounds

$31.0m

Money raised

PayFit logo

PayFit

PayFit is Europe's leading cloud-based and integrated payroll and HR software. We give you the visibility and automation you need to easily manage your payroll, with the support of payroll experts. With many businesses often choosing between in-house or outsourced payroll, PayFit looks to offer a hybrid alternative. We believe that by providing the best of both -- e.g. the control and visibility of in-house and the expertise and specialism associated with outsourcing -- you can enjoy the best payroll experience possible.

9

Funding Rounds

$961.6m

Money raised

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Remote.com

Remote is a global payroll, tax, HR and compliance solution for distributed teams.

3

Funding Rounds

$760.1m

Money raised

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SmithRx

SmithRx is a company founded in 2016 by Jake Frenz.

4

Funding Rounds

$37.5m

Money raised

Akiba logo

Akiba

Akiba is a Mexico City-based company offering a platform for employee saving funds.

1

Funding Rounds

Blueboard logo

Blueboard

Blueboard is a company founded in 2013 by Taylor Smith.

1

Funding Rounds

$9.3m

Money raised

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Lumity (company)

A company offering a platform for helping people make health plan decisions.

1

Funding Rounds

$19.0m

Money raised

Ben logo

Ben

Employee benefits platform that provides a comprehensive solution in one place.

3

Funding Rounds

$34.5m

Money raised

Cobee logo

Cobee

their mission is to help you increase the satisfaction of ytheir employees by increasing their salary easily, without the company increasing salary costs or having to implement complex administrative processes.

5

Funding Rounds

$80.0m

Money raised

Qwil logo

Qwil

Qwil is a company founded in 2015 by Trevor Branon, Paul Tiplady and Johnny Reinsch.

2

Funding Rounds

$5.0m

Money raised

PayrollHero logo

PayrollHero

PayrollHero is a company founded in 2011.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.0m

Money raised

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Fairygodboss

Fairygodboss offers career communities, career advice, job openings and company reviews geared toward women.

3

Funding Rounds

$23.0m

Money raised

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Cooleaf

As an employee experience platform, Cooleaf empowers companies to engage and motivate their staff by capturing employee sentiment using pulse surveys, performance incentives, and bringing employees together with recognition and virtual activities.

1

Funding Rounds

$375.0k

Money raised

Goodly logo

Goodly

Goodly provides a platform that offers student loan debt repayment as employee benefit.

1

Funding Rounds

$1.3m

Money raised

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Rocketrip

Rocketrip is a company providing a platform that produces custom budgets based on real-time pricing data and company's travel policy guidelines. It aims to reduce business travel costs by giving employees an incentive to spend less on their trips.

4

Funding Rounds

$27.2m

Money raised

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Skuad

Skuad's Global HR & Payroll Platform streamlines digital onboarding, cross-border payroll, statutory benefits and local legal compliance in the country of employment. Skuad handles the entire employment lifecycle so companies can scale their business globally without heavy investments, complicated HR admin and months of effort.

4

Funding Rounds

$19.8m

Money raised

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Abhi (finance company)

Abhi is a Karachi, Pakistan-based financial services company developing a mobile application for salary advances.

1

Funding Rounds

$17.0m

Money raised

15Five logo

15Five

15Five is an employee benefits company founded in 2011.

4

Funding Rounds

$91.2m

Money raised

Disco logo

Disco

Disco is a live learning platform that allows creators, experts and next-gen teachers to easily build paid classes. It manages the end-to-end experience so that creators can focus on what they do best--engaging their communities.

1

Funding Rounds

$15.0m

Money raised

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Peerfit

Peerfit is a company founded in 2011 by Scott Peeples.

4

Funding Rounds

$38.3m

Money raised

Origin logo

Origin

Origin is a company founded in 2018 by Matt Watson.

2

Funding Rounds

$68.0m

Money raised

Opolis logo

Opolis

Opolis is a digital employment cooperative for the independent worker offering health benefits, shared services, and payroll

1

Funding Rounds

$5.0m

Money raised

Bennie logo

Bennie

Developer of employee benefits software designed to ensure a healthy workplace. The company's platform connects disparate systems across the benefits supply chain and offers features including benefits and claim questions, plan details, insurance cards, benefits marketplace, and identification of benefit providers.

4

Funding Rounds

$33.0m

Money raised

HealthJoy logo

HealthJoy

HealthJoy is a Chicago-based company founded in 2014.

5

Funding Rounds

$88.0m

Money raised

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SalaryFits

SalaryFits is a London-based company helping financial institutions to integrate their systems with payroll information.

3

Funding Rounds

$6.5m

Money raised

ThreeFlow logo

ThreeFlow

ThreeFlow is a provider of enterprise software for employee benefits brokers and carriers.

4

Funding Rounds

$45.0m

Money raised

ShapeUp logo

ShapeUp

ShapeUp is a Providence, Rhode Island-based company founded in 2006 by Brad Weinberg.

2

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

Compt logo

Compt

Compt is a company founded in 2018 by Amy Spurling.

3

Funding Rounds

$16.5m

Money raised

Infinitemd logo

Infinitemd

Infinitemd is a digital company that allows worldwide patients to receive second opinions.

1

Funding Rounds

AnyPerk logo

AnyPerk

AnyPerk is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2012.

1

Funding Rounds

$11.5m

Money raised

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Sorbet (company)

Sorbet is an Israel-based company founded by Veetahl Eilat-Raichel.

1

Funding Rounds

$21.0m

Money raised

ePassi logo

ePassi

ePassi is a company founded in 2007.

2

Funding Rounds

$45.2m

Money raised

MELP logo

MELP

MELP is an employee well-being management platform founded in 2020 by Jolita Palekaite.

1

Funding Rounds

$690.0k

Money raised

Comparably logo

Comparably

Comparably is a company founded in 2015 by Yadid Ramot.

1

Funding Rounds

$7.3m

Money raised

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Stork Club (company)

Stork Club is a company founded in 2018 by Jeni Mayorskaya.

2

Funding Rounds

$32.7m

Money raised

1

Funding Rounds

$3.5m

Money raised

Evive logo

Evive

Evive is a Chicago-based company founded in 2007.

1

Funding Rounds

$43.0m

Money raised

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ShiftOne (formerly MomentSnap)

ShiftOne is a Virginia-based company founded by Kam Desai.

2

Funding Rounds

$5.2m

Money raised