Zeal

🎙️After announcing a $15M funding round last week, we're thrilled to share the latest episode of Commerce Conversations with Kirti Shenoy, Co-founder and CEO of Zeal! Vivek Krishnamurthy sat down with Kirti to go deep on the future of payroll technology. The two discuss everything from the evolution of Zeal, why modern businesses need flexible payroll solutions and how her upbringing influenced her entrepreneurial journey. You won’t want to miss this! #Fintech #PayrollTech #SaaS #Entrepreneurship #FutureOfWork https://lnkd.in/gqktcBSp

👏Congrats👏 to Kirti Shenoy, Pranab Krishnan and the entire team at Zeal on their💰$15M Series B allowing them to continue their work to Revolutionize Payroll for Modern Work. This round was led by Portage with participation from Spark Capital, Commerce Ventures, Cohen Circle, and Long Journey. (🫡 Y Combinator & BoxGroup as well) Read more from Zeal's Co-founder & CEO Kirti here: https://lnkd.in/gSgh426F

Fintech News 🚨: Zeal Secures $15M Series B Funding to Revolutionize Payroll for Modern Work Zeal, the modern payroll platform designed to power the workforce of today and tomorrow, proudly announces the successful close of a $15 million Series B funding round. This latest investment, led by Portage with continued support from existing investors Spark Capital and Commerce Ventures, marks a significant milestone in Zeal’s mission to redefine payroll for innovative staffing companies, gig-work platforms, and HR service providers, including industry leaders like Wonolo, Qwick, Lawtrades, Band of Hands, and WorkGenius. As workforces evolve and the demand for flexibility and automation grows, traditional payroll systems are falling short. Zeal is stepping up to fill this gap, offering a payroll platform automated and flexible to handle the complexities of modern work and native to meet the needs of modern workers. With this new funding, Zeal is doubling down on its commitment to innovate and provide cutting-edge payroll solutions that meet the unique needs of today’s dynamic labor market. The current workforce has an increasing preference for flexible work arrangements. Staffing companies, gig platforms, and HR service providers are rising to meet these demands, but they require modern tools to manage payroll efficiently. Zeal’s platform is built to accommodate these new working models, ensuring seamless payroll processes regardless of the complexity of work arrangements. "Zeal's mission is to empower companies to meet the needs of modern workers by automating payroll and enhancing worker experiences," said CEO and Co-Founder Kirti Shenoy. "We are seeing incredible interest in our modern payroll platform and new products. With this new funding, we’ll continue innovating to help businesses streamline operations, offer new services, and launch best-in-class worker experiences quickly." 👉 Subscribe for more news https://lnkd.in/d94JgWBU #fintech #payments #payroll

Hosted an amazing Labor Marketplace Dinner yesterday for #SFTechWeek along with our friends HyperTrack Was great to bring together customers and friends for conversation about the future of work & the labor marketplaces. We chatted about: 1️⃣ how our individual experiences as hourly workers has shaped the products we've built 2️⃣ how to use location intelligence to automate shift approvals 3️⃣ how to onboard and pay 1099 and W2 workers faster to meet our growth goals and stay competitive Instawork Standby CinemaHive VitaWerks sachi Packmates Braintrust Michael Mawn Kael Teodorowicz Shveta M. Aditya Mangal Saachi Dhingra John D. Jackson Claire Lee Pranab Krishnan Kashyap Deorah Gaurav Deshpande

Zeal (YC S19) has raised $15 million in Series B funding to bring powerful automation and native experiences to payroll for modern work. Workers have changed, work has changed, but payroll has not; until now. Zeal is the modern payroll platform that is purpose-built to handle modern work. Forget antiquated payroll providers, manual data entry, and bad worker experiences. Using Zeal, companies can create a better worker experience in minutes while automating payroll, taxes, and compliance for dynamic work arrangements. From onboarding to providing workers their final check, Zeal is the automated, flexible, and native platform that makes it simple to do payroll. Congrats to Kirti Shenoy, Pranab Krishnan, and the entire Zeal team on the round! https://lnkd.in/gSgh426F

Modern workers are digital and mobile natives who expect their payroll experience to be more like Amazon than AOL. There’s a new generation of workers that are primarily motivated by flexibility. In response, employers have changed how they hire and structure work arrangements and have turned to staffing companies, gig platforms, labor marketplaces, and HR service providers to help them find and retain important talent. Zeal is a modern payroll platform purpose-built to meet the needs of today’s dynamic labor market. By providing flexible, automated, and native payroll solutions, Zeal enables businesses to reduce operational costs, improve worker retention, and offer superior worker experiences.

Congratulations to the Zeal team on their exciting progress! I met Kirti and Pranab in 2019 ("the before times") while I was at Plaid, and they were coming out of YC. Since then, workers have changed, work has changed, but payroll has not. Zeal is here to change that with modern payroll.

Thrilled to share that Zeal has announced a $15M Series B round, led by Portage . As companies adopt broader tech solutions to manage workforces, it’s crucial that payroll functions are not left behind. Zeal is tackling the inefficiencies of outdated payroll systems, especially for businesses with a growing number of gig and freelance workers. We’re excited to be part of their journey to reshape payroll systems, enabling businesses to succeed in today’s fast-evolving workforce landscape. Kirti Shenoy Pranab Krishnan 🚀 🚀 Read more here: https://lnkd.in/gWFuMjzq