21 Best Payroll Startups to Watch in 2025

The Definitive Seedtable Ranking of Payroll 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 21 start-ups with an aggregate funding of $1.9b. The average funding per company in this subset is $88.3m.

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

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ScaleFactor logo

ScaleFactor

ScaleFactor is an Austin, Texas-based SaaS company offering services in bookkeeping and accounting.

4

Funding Rounds

$102.5m

Money raised

Decent (company) logo

Decent (company)

Decent is an Austin, Texas-based company founded in 2018 by Nick Soman, Richard Luck and Michael Lapinski Ph.D..

1

Funding Rounds

$10.0m

Money raised

Remote.com logo

Remote.com

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

3

Funding Rounds

$760.1m

Money raised

Bitwage logo

Bitwage

Bitwage is a San Francisco-based company developing solutions for remote workers, payroll, and human resources.

6

Funding Rounds

$1.6m

Money raised

Employment Hero logo

Employment Hero

Developer of a human resource management software designed to connect employers and employees.

8

Funding Rounds

$380.9m

Money raised

Fairygodboss logo

Fairygodboss

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

3

Funding Rounds

$23.0m

Money raised

Prizeout Corp. logo

Prizeout Corp.

Prizeout Corp. is a New York-based company founded in 2019 by David Metz.

3

Funding Rounds

$29.0m

Money raised

Pento logo

Pento

Fully automated payroll for companies in the UK and Denmark.

4

Funding Rounds

$43.4m

Money raised

Routefusion logo

Routefusion

Routefusion is an Austin, Texas-based company founded in 2018 by Richard Scappaticci Jr.

2

Funding Rounds

$14.1m

Money raised

MyDocSafe.com logo

MyDocSafe.com

MyDocSafe.com is a blockchain company founded in 2013 by Daniel Stachowiak.

3

Funding Rounds

$364.6k

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

Omnipresent (company) logo

Omnipresent (company)

Omnipresent manages clients' payroll, benefits, compliance and taxes.

4

Funding Rounds

$273.8m

Money raised

Archie (payroll) logo

Archie (payroll)

A payroll platforms for freelancers.

1

Funding Rounds

$4.5m

Money raised

Finch (company) logo

Finch (company)

Finch offers an API for Payroll and HR

3

Funding Rounds

$56.8m

Money raised

Prepaid Technologies logo

Prepaid Technologies

Prepaid Technologies is an expertise with innovative technology to manage efficient payments programs for banks and businesses.

1

Funding Rounds

$96.0m

Money raised

Stairwage logo

Stairwage

Stairwage is a Paris-based financial services company.

1

Funding Rounds

$610.0k

Money raised

Vara (staff management company) logo

Vara (staff management company)

Vara is a company founded in 2020.

1

Funding Rounds

$4.8m

Money raised

Panther (payroll company) logo

Panther (payroll company)

Panther offers a global payroll, benefits, taxes, and local compliance platforrm.

1

Funding Rounds

$2.5m

Money raised

Dapt Tech, Inc. logo

Dapt Tech, Inc.

Dapt Tech, Inc. is a Crofton, Maryland-based payroll company.

2

Funding Rounds

$250.0k

Money raised

eRoad Software logo

eRoad Software

eRoad Software is a China-based company.

1

Funding Rounds

$29.1m

Money raised

Puzzl Group Inc. logo

Puzzl Group Inc.

Puzzl Group Inc. is a San Francisco-based payroll company.

1

Funding Rounds

$14.6m

Money raised