Remote
Global employer of record and payroll, founded in 2019 in San Francisco with a fully remote team. Valued at nearly $3 billion in 2022.
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Remote provides infrastructure to hire, pay and manage workers in several countries: it offers employer-of-record services through its own local entities, with payroll, benefits, compliance and contractor management, plus HR tools, mobility and employee equity services. It was founded in 2019 in San Francisco by Job van der Voort (CEO) and Marcelo Lebre (President); the team works entirely remotely and the holding is American, with a European entity in Amsterdam. It raised an $11M seed (April 2020), a $35M Series A (November 2020), a $150M Series B (July 2021) and a $300M Series C (5 April 2022, SoftBank Vision Fund 2), for $496M nominal. The Series C valued it at nearly $3 billion. Valuation and rounds after 2022 are not verified. By origin it is a non-European company.
The Story
Remote was founded in 2019 in San Francisco by Job van der Voort and Marcelo Lebre, with a fully remote way of working.
Products & Services
Key Products
- Employer of record tramite entitร locali
- Payroll, benefit e adempimenti
- Gestione dei contractor e mobilitร
Core Use Cases
- Hiring employees abroad without opening a local company
- Paying distributed teams in several countries
Market & Clients
Geographic Presence
Funding & Investors
Total Funding
Latest Valuation
Funding Rounds
- 2020 - Seed: $11M
Lead: Two Sigma Ventures - 2020 - Series A: $35M
Lead: Index Ventures - 2021 - Series B: $150M
Lead: Accel - 2022 - Series C: $300M
Lead: SoftBank Vision Fund 2
Key Investors
Founding Team
Founders
Key Metrics
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Read AnalysisSources
- Remote secures $300 million Series C financing — Remote
- Remote raises an $11M seed round — Remote
- Remote - Privacy Policy (03/08/2026) — Remote
- Remote - About — Remote
- Remote - homepage — Remote
- Remote raises $35 million — Remote
- Remote raises $150 million Series B — Remote