Baseball is a sport that is supposed to favor the clubs with the largest payrolls. With no salary cap like in other professional leagues, the MLB caters to the organizations who have owners willing to break the bank. That’s why teams like the Dodgers, Mets, Yankees and Phillies are constantly competing for the World Series […]
Payroll startup Warp disavows ‘affiliate’ who posted about white superiority
Warp is under the spotlight following controversial posts from an account tied to the company. On Thursday, an account posting under the name Vittorio wrote on X, “i like White people more, they do more, they are better for the roles i need to climb the kardashev scale i’ll let blacks run and play basketball.” […]
Payroll startup Cercli inks $4M to build the “Rippling for the Middle East and North Africa”
While scaling and managing teams at two of the largest unicorns in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, Akeed Azmi and David Reche stumbled on what they believed was a $ 2 billion opportunity. They realized that their former employers at Careem and Kitopi as well as other local businesses in the region struggled with payroll management […]
Kenyan HR and payroll startup Workpay lands Visa as investor in $5M round
Businesses across Africa face challenges managing payroll, especially in a landscape with different regulations, remote employees, and hybrid workplaces. About 80% of small and medium-sized businesses still use Excel and Google Sheets as they can’t afford or maintain complex payroll systems. Here’s why: On-site third-party solutions offer limited features, while software designed for large companies […]
CloudPay, a payroll services provider, lands $120M in new funding
In 1996, two companies, Patersons HR and Payroll Solutions, formed a venture called CloudPay to provide payroll and payments services to enterprise clients. CloudPay grew quietly over the next several decades, adding workflow automation features to maintain pace with upstart rivals. It’s still growing, CFO Andy Thomson assures TechCrunch. Thomson claims that CloudPay is handling […]