Remote

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Updated Aug 5, 2026

Overview

Remote is a global employment-infrastructure and HR technology company that helps organizations hire, manage, pay, and support employees and contractors across borders. Its model combines software with owned legal entities, in-house payroll, legal, benefits, and compliance operations.

Primary product

Global employment platform covering Employer of Record (EOR), global payroll, Contractor of Record, contractor management, PEO, HR workflows, benefits, compliance, integrations, API, and Remote MCP.

Founded

2019

Headquarters

San Francisco, California, United States (some databases identify Amsterdam, Netherlands as the operating or legal headquarters; Remote's own recent releases dateline San Francisco).

Team size

Approximately 2,000 internal employees, according to a January 2026 CEO interview; third-party databases report materially higher mapped or estimated counts, so public figures conflict.

Work style

Remote

Industry

Human Resources Services / HR technology

Sub-industry

Global employment infrastructure, Employer of Record, payroll, contractor management, global mobility and compliance

Offices

San Francisco, California, United States

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Business model

SaaS-enabled Employer of Record services

Global payroll and payments

Contractor management and Contractor of Record

Professional Employer Organization services

Embedded/API infrastructure for HR platforms

Implementation and architecture services

Funding

Stage

Series C; private company

Total raised

$506M

Latest round

Series C · Apr 2022

Latest amount

$310M

Series C

Apr 2022 · SoftBank Vision Fund

$310M

Series B

Jul 2021 · Accel

$150M

Series A

Nov 2020 · Index Ventures and Sequoia Capital

$35M

Seed

Apr 2020

$11M

People & investors

Leadership

Job van der Voort

CEO and Co-founder

Marcelo Lebre

President and Co-founder

Barbara Matthews

Chief People Officer

Iarla O'Carroll

Chief Operations Officer

Michiel Boere

Chief Financial Officer

Sam Ross

Chief Legal Officer

Sofia Silva

Chief Technology Officer

Michelle Adams

Chief Business Officer

Sam Bonning

SVP, Finance & Strategy

Pedro Barros

SVP, Frontier

Founders

Elina Cadouri

Co-founder

Kyle Foundry

Co-founder

Nick Macario

Co-founder

Investors

9Yards Capital

Aaron Levie

Accel

Adams Street Partners

Work & culture

Remote describes itself as remote-first, fully asynchronous, globally distributed, and high-performance. Its stated values are Care, Innovation, Transparency, Intensity, and Excellence; the careers page emphasizes ownership, flexible hours, work from chosen locations, and teams spanning more than 90 nationalities and six continents.

Work style

Remote

Compensation

Remote advertises world-class compensation, equity options, flexible working hours, and country-specific benefits. Public job postings expose role- and geography-specific compensation in some cases, but no reliable company-wide compensation range was established.

Benefits

Flexible paid time off

Company stock options

Paid parental leave

Home-office setup

Mental-health support

Learning budget

Co-working allowance

Flexible working hours

Country-specific benefits

Branded swag

Product & market

Pricing

Public per-worker pricing with regional and product variations; recent public comparison material cites approximately $699 per employee/month for EOR, $29 per contractor/month for Contractor Management, $99 for Contractor Management Plus, and $325 for Contractor of Record. Enterprise and some services may be quote-based.

Differentiators

—Owns and operates 100+ legal entities rather than relying entirely on third-party local partners
—Unified EOR, payroll, contractor, benefits, and compliance workflows
—In-house payroll, legal, and compliance specialists
—Global coverage across 200+ jurisdictions/countries claimed by company materials
—Public integrations, APIs, and Remote MCP for AI-agent access
—SOC 2 Type 2 and ISO 27001 security posture
—Remote-first operating experience reflected in the product and company culture

Technology

REST API

Remote MCP / Model Context Protocol

AI-powered payroll engines

Workday integration

BambooHR integration

Personio integration

HiBob integration

SOC 2 Type 2

ISO 27001

Salesforce

TypeScript

Google Cloud

RabbitMQ

Haskell

Java

PostgreSQL/SQL

Customers

Anthropic

KFC

Datadog

Qdrant Solutions

HomeProject

Flowla

Tens of thousands of businesses, according to Remote

Competitors

Deel

Rippling

Papaya Global

Oyster

Globalization Partners (G-P)

RemotePass

Topia

Factorial

Workday

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

$300M+ ARR as of 2026-05-14 (company-reported); older third-party estimates of $1M-$10M are stale and inconsistent.

Signals & risks

Acquisition

Jan 2026

Remote acquired Atlas, an expense-management platform for global teams, adding employee cards, flexible points, and integrated healthcare capabilities.

Source

Acquisition

Apr 2026

Remote acquired Bravas, an identity and device-management software company, expanding from HR/payroll into employee lifecycle and IT infrastructure.

Source

Other

May 2026

Remote announced more than $300M ARR, cash-flow positivity, and more than 300% year-over-year payroll-business growth. These are company-reported figures and were not independently audited in the cited release.

Source

Other

May 2026

TechCrunch reported that AI adoption increased revenue per employee and that Remote deferred some hiring plans; CEO said this had not caused job cuts.

Source

Latest news

Payroll startup Remote says it grew revenue 50% per employee without adding headcount

TechCrunch · May 2026

Coverage of Remote’s AI-driven productivity push, deferred hiring plans, claimed $300M+ ARR, and cash-flow-positive status.

Remote’s modern payroll platform surpasses 300% growth, fueling ambitious next chapter

Remote · May 2026

Remote announced $300M+ ARR, cash-flow positivity, 100+ owned legal entities, and new Remote Build and Remote MCP offerings.

Remote acquires Bravas to simplify building and managing global teams

Remote · Apr 2026

Acquisition adds identity and device management to Remote’s global employment platform.

Interview with co-founder and CEO Job van der Voort

Pulse 2.0 · Jan 2026

CEO discussed Remote’s nearly 2,000-person global team, 200+ jurisdiction coverage, AI-powered payroll engines, partnerships, and product expansion.

Remote acquires Atlas to simplify how global teams spend and scale

Remote · Jan 2026

Acquisition adds expense management, employee cards, flexible benefits points, and global healthcare capabilities.

Jobs and careers at Remote

176 jobs at Remote

Senior Legal Counsel, Commercial Legal (APAC)

Remote

Employment Product & Commercial

Remote-APAC

1d ago

Remote

Full-time