Names & Faces blog · Jan 2022
RFI Enterprises used Names & Faces with ADP Workforce Now to improve internal communication, help field technicians and office staff find colleagues, and maintain culture across five U.S. offices.
Technology to create fast, visual indexes of people and organizations.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
Names & Faces builds a visual employee directory and org-chart platform that turns HR data into searchable people profiles, helping teams recognize colleagues, understand reporting lines, and connect faster.
Primary product
Visual employee directory and org-chart software
Founded
2018
Headquarters
Palo Alto, California, United States
Team size
1-10
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Visual employee directory / org chart software
Offices
Cape Town, South Africa
San Francisco, California, USA
Business model
SaaS
freemium
per-employee monthly subscription
HRIS-integrated software
Funding
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$3.2M
Latest round
Seed-II · Oct 2018
Latest amount
$3.1M
Oct 2018 · Salesforce Ventures
Aug 2018 · Y Combinator
People & investors
Leadership
Founder & CEO
Head of Client Success
Co-Founder and Non-Executive Director
Work & culture
Public pages emphasize a human-first, recognition-focused culture: knowing names, making people feel seen, and reducing awkwardness. The company describes its support as provided by humans rather than bots and repeatedly frames the product around belonging, rapport, and human connection.
Compensation
No public company-wide compensation policy was found. Public company-profile snippets surface example software-role salary ranges in South African rand, including about ZAR 1,168,230/year for Senior Software Engineer and ZAR 1,194,779/year for Software Engineer.
Product & market
Pricing
Freemium plus per-employee monthly subscription
Differentiators
- —Visual, face-first employee directory
- —Org chart generation and export
- —HRIS sync and spreadsheet/manual import options
- —Web and mobile access
- —Search and filter by name, role, team, location, or skill
- —Human-centered design focused on recognition and belonging
- —Automated photo/profile collection and weekly digests
Technology
ADP Workforce Now
Paychex
Paylocity
Google Sheets
Stripe
Webflow
Slack
AMP
Customers
RFI Enterprises
Cosmopolitan Projects
Viz Media
Urban Waxx
schools
creative agencies
farms
financial institutions
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
≈$1.2M ARR (2024 estimate)
Estimated monthly visits
2.3K
Latest news
Names & Faces blog · Jan 2022
Cosmopolitan Projects adopted Names & Faces to replace outdated contact resources and spreadsheets with a synced visual directory for a 1,000-employee, multi-site operation.
Names & Faces blog · Dec 2021
Viz Media used Names & Faces with ADP Workforce Now to support onboarding and culture in a fully remote environment for a 153-employee team.
Names & Faces blog · Dec 2021
Urban Waxx replaced spreadsheet-based directories with Names & Faces across eight locations, using ADP Workforce Now sync to keep employee data current.
LinkedIn · Jan 2021
The company announced its ADP Workforce Now integration, positioning Names & Faces as a fast visual employee directory that stays up to date without manual maintenance.
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