Zenefits is a company co-founded by Parker Conrad and Laks Srini that specializes in providing cloud-based software for human resource information management (HCIM). As a Software as a Service (SaaS) provider, Zenefits delivers a comprehensive platform designed to assist businesses in handling a variety of HR functions including benefits administration, payroll processing, regulatory compliance, paid time off management, and health insurance among other services.
Since its establishment, Zenefits has experienced rapid growth in the SaaS sector. Over 12,000 businesses have adopted Zenefits' cloud-based HR software, which is a testament to its success and the demand for efficient HR management solutions in the market.
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Founder: Parker Conrad, Prasanna Sankar
Zenefits Role: Co-Founder and CEO, Director of Engineering
Capital Raised: $1.2B
Investors: Y Combinator
Stage: Secondary Market
Rippling is a human resource management company that manages employees’ payroll, benefits, devices, and apps.
Founder: Jin Shieh, Tobenna Arodiogbu
Zenefits Role: Director of Engineering, Product Manager
Capital Raised: $141.6M
Investors: Menlo Ventures
Stage: Series B
CloudTrucks develops a virtual trucking carrier application designed to reduce operating costs for truck drivers.
Founder: Abhijeet Dwivedi, Hariharasudhan Viswanathan, Laks Srini
Zenefits Role: Chief Strategy Officer, Senior Staff Engineer, Co Founder and CTO
Capital Raised: $136M
Investors: Y Combinator
Stage: Debt Financing
A real estate startup that focuses on providing an affordable homeownership solution.
Founder: Juli Insinger
Zenefits Role: HR & Benefits Advisor, New Business
Capital Raised: $114.2M
Investors: CRV
Stage: Series C
Carrot Fertility is a fertility healthcare company for employers and health plans.
Founder: Jin Stedge
Zenefits Role: Manager, Strategy
Capital Raised: $62.1M
Investors: Y Combinator
Stage: Series B
TrueNorth offers software that helps truckers manage insurance, fuel, and maintenance.
Founder: Shannon Goggin, Dennis Lee
Zenefits Role: Product Management, Carrier Integration Manager, Carrier Relations
Capital Raised: $57.5M
Investors: Spark Capital
Stage: Series B
Noyo is a software company that provides digital infrastructure to bring health insurance with an API platform.
Founder: Venkat Thiruvengadam
Zenefits Role: Principal Engineer
Capital Raised: $49.5M
Investors: Mayfield Fund
Stage: Series B
DuploCloud offers an end-to-end DevOps software platform for dev teams that don’t have dedicated DevOps engineers and augments those that do.
Founder: Arisa Amano, Bob Remeika, Joshua Stein
Zenefits Role: Vice President Of Products, General Counsel & V
Capital Raised: $48M
Investors: Founders Fund
Stage: Corporate Round
Harbor is revolutionizing private securities using blockchain, enabling tokenized assets like real estate, equity, funds, and art.
Founder: Sam Jacobs
Zenefits Role: Sales Development Representative
Capital Raised: $47.2M
Investors: Drive Capital
Stage: Series C
Encamp automates environmental compliance, tracking hazardous materials and managing environmental data to ensure regulatory adherence.
Founder: Sam Bhagwat
Zenefits Role: Software Engineer
Capital Raised: $46.8M
Investors: Index Ventures
Stage: Series B
Gatsby is a software as a service open source web development tool and framework which is customizable and extensible for any purpose.
Founder: Akshay Buddiga
Zenefits Role: Product Operations Analyst
Capital Raised: $45.6M
Investors: General Catalyst
Stage: Series B
Traba is a marketplace that connects light industrial workers with businesses to fill open shifts.
Founder: Maddie Hall
Zenefits Role: Product Manager
Capital Raised: $36M
Investors: Y Combinator
Stage: Series A
Living Carbon is a public benefit company on a mission to fight climate change by genetically enhancing CO2 capture and storage in trees.
Founder: Vishnu Nair
Zenefits Role: Senior Engineer
Capital Raised: $25.6M
Investors: F-Prime Capital
Stage: Debt Financing
Delivering in-factory inspections leading to improved freight consolidations.
Founder: Peter Fishman
Zenefits Role: Vice President of Analytics & Growth
Capital Raised: $19.1M
Investors: Y Combinator
Stage: Series A
Mozart Data provides an out-of-the-box modern data stack.
Founder: Sarah Siwak
Zenefits Role: Marketing
Capital Raised: $16.5M
Investors: Village Global
Stage: Series A
Airhouse is an end-to-end fulfillment solution for ecommerce companies.
Founder: Arisa Amano, Bob Remeika
Zenefits Role: Vice President Of Products, VP Engineering
Capital Raised: $16M
Investors: Craft Ventures
Stage: Series A
Internal is a no-code software that helps companies resolve customer issues.
Founder: Ashutosh Singla
Zenefits Role: Software Engineer
Capital Raised: $12.8M
Investors: Y Combinator
Stage: Series A
BIK is an intelligent marketing platform helping brands to drive ROI with the power of conversations.
Founder: Will Bewley
Zenefits Role: Product Operations
Capital Raised: $10.9M
Investors: Craft Ventures
Stage: Series A
Woflow is a merchant data platform that automates catalog digitization in the onboarding process through an API.
Founder: Jeffrey Erickson
Zenefits Role: Director of Product
Capital Raised: $10.9M
Investors: Craft Ventures
Stage: Seed
Viable develops a qualitative AI designed for business teams.
Founder: Matthew Gonzalez, Mike Gonzalez
Zenefits Role: Sales Team Lead, Financial Products, Vice President, Finance & Strategy
Capital Raised: $8.3M
Investors: Greylock
Stage: Seed
Trace streamlines finance, talent, and HR collaboration, offering easy headcount and spend management for improved productivity and insights.
Founder: Rituraj Yadav
Zenefits Role: Senior Software Engineer
Capital Raised: $7.1M
Investors: Y Combinator
Stage: Series A
It is an AI powered platform to manage musculoskeletal conditions.
Founder: Nicholas Garcia
Zenefits Role: Finance and Strategy
Capital Raised: $6.4M
Investors: Vine Ventures
Stage: Seed
Fortunafi brings institutional yield products to DeFi by rebuilding the capital markets stack from the ground up.
Founder: Henry Liu, Sebastian Tonkin
Zenefits Role: VP Engineering, Core Platform, Director of Growth
Capital Raised: $6.1M
Investors: Global Founders Capital
Stage: Seed
Glide is a software development company for buying and selling homes.
Founder: Barron Caster, Itai Turbahn
Zenefits Role: Product Operations, Senior Director of Product Management
Capital Raised: $4.5M
Investors: CRV
Stage: Pre-Seed
Demox Labs develops a decentralized, trustless oracle protocol for the connection of smart contracts to any off-chain data source.
Founder: Kuberan Marimuthu
Zenefits Role: Staff Engineer/Tech Lead Manager
Capital Raised: $4.3M
Investors: Y Combinator
Stage: Seed
Cypher Wallet is a multi-chain crypto wallet focused on EVM+Cosmos chains with an in-built bridge and a non-custodial crypto debit card.
Founder: Dennis Qian
Zenefits Role: Staff Software Engineer
Capital Raised: $4.1M
Investors: BlockTower Capital
Stage: Seed
Definitive offers a financial management platform with cryptocurrency features and AI-powered customer support.
Founder: John Tan
Zenefits Role: Senior Software Engineer
Capital Raised: $4M
Investors: Harlem Capital Partners
Stage: Seed
TrashLab Software uses modern technology to improve the daily operations of haulers.
Founder: Calley Means
Zenefits Role: Operations Strategy
Capital Raised: $3.5M
Investors: Mark Hyman
Stage: Seed
TrueMed facilitates HSA/FSA payments for health businesses, with easy setup in under 30 minutes, no engineering needed.
Founder: Ethan Ruby
Zenefits Role: Business Operations
Capital Raised: $3.3M
Investors: Craft Ventures
Stage: Seed
SaaSGrid provide the insights SaaS executives require to make the most essential business choices.
Founder: Holly McKay
Zenefits Role: Sales Executive
Capital Raised: $2.4M
Investors: Precursor Ventures
Stage: Seed
Kindest takes the stress off fundraising so nonprofits can focus their resources on achieving their mission.