LinkedIn / Founders Press · Jun 2026
Coverage of Thera Rewards and the company’s payroll-points proposition.
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Aug 16, 2026
Overview
Thera is a YC-backed financial operations platform for modern companies, centered on payroll with rewards, plus AP/AR, treasury, and payments for global teams. Public materials emphasize an AI payroll engine and positioning as a financial OS for SMBs.
Primary product
Global payroll platform with payroll rewards; adjacent AP/AR, payments, contractor management, Thera Card, and Thera Cash
Founded
2021
Headquarters
New York, New York, United States
Team size
20-30
Work style
Hybrid
Industry
Technology, Information and Internet
Sub-industry
Fintech / payroll software / workforce payments
Offices
1460 Broadway, New York, NY 10036, US
Union Square, New York City (new office mentioned in hiring posts)
Business model
SaaS
usage-based payments/financial services
B2B fintech
Funding
Stage
Seed
Total raised
$8.1M
Latest round
Seed · Aug 2024
Latest amount
$4M
Aug 2022
People & investors
Leadership
Founder & CEO
Head of Sales
Vice President Operations
Head of Operations
Vlad Shumov
Head of Growth
Yasmin Carpenter
Customer Success Lead
Founder & CEO
Founding Software Engineer
Founding Backend Engineer
Product Lead / Founding Software Engineer
Work & culture
Public posts suggest a fast-moving, product-oriented startup culture with emphasis on high-integrity engineering, founder-led sales, in-office collaboration for core engineering roles, and hiring across global geographies.
Work style
Hybrid
Compensation
No public salary bands were found in the sources reviewed. Hiring posts emphasize equity/early-stage startup opportunity and in-office roles, but do not provide compensation details.
Product & market
Pricing
Not publicly disclosed; likely SaaS plus payments/financial services monetization.
Differentiators
- —Payroll rewards / points earned on payroll spend
- —AI payroll engine
- —Global payroll and local payouts to 150+ countries (from leadership posts)
- —Financial OS positioning across payroll, AP/AR, cards, treasury, and invoicing
- —Publicly claims faster onboarding and lower cost versus traditional alternatives
Technology
kotlin
java
spring boot
typescript
react
sql
nosql
aws
mixpanel
figma
quickbooks online
quickbooks
tailwind
linkedin
palantir
Customers
Oceans
20four7VA
Landed
Zendrop
Oneleet
Codingal
Meru
Competitors
Gusto
Deel
Rippling
Remote
Plane
Paylocity
Papaya Global
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
Seed-stage B2B fintech with public hiring and traffic signals; likely below $5M ARR, but exact revenue is not publicly disclosed.
Estimated monthly visits
52.8K
Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026
Latest news
LinkedIn · Jun 2026
Third-party LinkedIn commentary confirms YC backing and the payroll-rewards positioning.
LinkedIn · Apr 2026
Founder post introducing Thera Rewards, the company’s differentiated payroll-points feature.
LinkedIn · Sep 2025
Thera hosted a fireside chat on founder-led sales, indicating community-building and GTM focus.
Jobs and careers at Thera
6 jobs at Thera
Content Creator (Copy Writer)
On-site
Sales & Marketing
NYC or Remote
1mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Staff Engineer
On-site
Engineering
New York
3mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Partnerships Lead
On-site
Sales & Marketing
New York
4mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Head of Growth
On-site
Sales & Marketing
New York
7mo ago
On-site
Full-time
VP of Marketing - NYC
On-site
Sales & Marketing
New York
8mo ago
On-site
Full-time
Founding Engineer
On-site
Engineering
New York
10mo ago
On-site
Full-time