Paytech Gusto brings in $140m funding
Payroll, benefits, and HR platform Gusto has broadcast some news with, well… gusto. The San Francisco-based company closed $140 million in Series C funding, reports Julie Muhn at Finovate.
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This brings Gusto’s total amount raised to $310 million and boosts its valuation to almost $2 billion.
Joining existing investors in the round are MSD Capital (Michael Dell), portfolios managed by T. Rowe Price Associates, Dragoneer Investment Group, and Y Combinator Continuity Fund.
Josh Reeves, Gusto CEO and co-founder, says: “We chose these investors because they care about enabling small businesses with modern payroll, benefits and HR. There are millions of companies out there to help, and this is a long-term journey for us. We’re just getting started.”
Gusto will use the investment to enhance its payroll, benefits, and HR technology to add more direct-to-employee benefits that allow employees to manage how and when they get paid.
The company recently unveiled a development along these lines with the launch of Flexible Pay, a solution that allows workers to choose a payday that works best for their cashflow situation, outside of their employer’s standard payroll schedule.
Henry Ellenbogen, T. Rowe Price New Horizons Fund portfolio manager, notes that Gusto’s expertise isn’t just limited to payroll: “The company has a strong and focused management team, and it has the potential to become much larger as it expands its efforts to employees who seek to improve their financial mobility and achieve greater personal prosperity.”
Gusto, which launched in 2012 under the name ZenPayroll, has been busy lately. Not only has the company expanded its client base to serve more than 1% of all employers in the US, the company also paired up with Xero earlier this month and in June launched a directory of accounting firms suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.
