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The company behind Deel

Deel

Deel is a privately held, venture-backed company that sells payroll, HR, employer-of-record and contractor services for teams in 150 countries. It earns money from monthly fees per worker on its plans, and its press page says it has passed $1.5 billion in revenue and serves 40,000+ customers.

deel.comRead on Oct 18, 2026 from the company’s own pages and from news reports.

Deel at a glance

Chief executive
Alex Bouaziz
Founded
2019
Based in
San Francisco
Last valuation
$17.3 billion
Reported Oct 16, 2025
Latest round
Series E, $300 million
Oct 16, 2025
Team
4,000 people
Ownership
Privately held

Deel's CEO and founders

The people Deel names itself, or a news report about it names, with the job given there. Their accounts are the ones its own pages link to.

Deel funding

Announced a $300 million Series E on 16 October 2025, co-led by Ribbit Capital and Andreessen Horowitz with Coatue and General Catalyst, at a $17.3 billion valuation. Earlier: a $425 million Series D led by Coatue (October 2021), $156 million Series C (April 2021), $30 million Series B led by Spark Capital (2020) and $14 million Series A led by a16z (May 2020). techcrunch.comtechcrunch.comthepaypers.comdeel.com

WhenRoundAmountInvestors
Oct 16, 2025Series E$300 millionLed by Ribbit Capital, Andreessen Horowitz. With Coatue Management, General Catalyst. techcrunch.com
Oct 18, 2021Series D$425 millionLed by Coatue. With Altimeter Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Neo, Spark Capital, YC Continuity Fund. techcrunch.com
Apr 22, 2021Series CUSD 156 mlnLed by YC Continuity Fund, Andreessen Horowitz, Spark Capital. thepaypers.com
September 2020Series B$30 millionLed by Spark Capital. techcrunch.com
May 2020Series A$14MLed by Andreessen Horowitz. deel.com

Every investor named

  • Andreessen Horowitz · led 3 rounds
  • Spark Capital · led 2 rounds
  • YC Continuity Fund · led a round
  • Coatue · led a round
  • Ribbit Capital · led a round
  • Altimeter Capital
  • Coatue Management
  • General Catalyst
  • Neo

Deel valuation

$17.3 billion

Oct 16, 2025

Deel announced the valuation with its $300 million Series E in October 2025, as TechCrunch reported, and its own press page still gives the figure. deel.com

A private company’s valuation is set when it raises money and is rarely updated in public. It is not a share price.

Company details

Ownership
Privately held and venture-backed: TechCrunch's report of its October 2025 Series E names Ribbit Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue Management and General Catalyst as investors, and Deel's pages name no parent company. techcrunch.com
Founded
2019 deel.com
Based in
San Francisco techcrunch.com
Team
4,000+ team members in over 100 countries, according to the CEO's biography on its about page, written when the company was under four years old deel.com
Hiring
260 open positions across all teams, the most in sales (89), product and design (36), payroll (31), operations (21) and engineering (15) deel.com
Affiliate program
$500 for each sales-qualified referral and $1,000 more when it becomes a paying customer, $1,500 per new customer in all, run through PartnerStack. A referral counts if it qualifies within 90 days of the first click. deel.com
Partner program
Partner program for advisory firms, investors and technology partners, with referral, resell and co-selling models that pay commission. The commission rates are not published. deel.com

Jobs at Deel

Any open roles at Deel are on its own careers page. We can’t read a count from there, so have a look.

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Deel on social media and the web

Only accounts Deel links to from its own site, so you know they are its own.

How to contact Deel

The ways Deel publishes for reaching it. We don’t list personal email addresses, guessed or otherwise.

Deel news and launches

Media kit

The Deel media kit

Everything on this page as a designed PDF to keep or pass on: the facts, the people, the funding with a chart of every round, the products with their grades and pictures, the news and every official channel. Put together by ToolGPA, not by Deel.

Questions about Deel the company

Who is the CEO of Deel?

Alex Bouaziz is Deel's co-founder and CEO, according to deel.com, as read on Oct 18, 2026.

Who founded Deel?

Alex Bouaziz and Shuo Wang are named as founders of Deel, which was founded in 2019.

How much funding has Deel raised?

Announced a $300 million Series E on 16 October 2025, co-led by Ribbit Capital and Andreessen Horowitz with Coatue and General Catalyst, at a $17.3 billion valuation. Earlier: a $425 million Series D led by Coatue (October 2021), $156 million Series C (April 2021), $30 million Series B led by Spark Capital (2020) and $14 million Series A led by a16z (May 2020).

Who are Deel's investors?

The announcements name Andreessen Horowitz, Spark Capital, YC Continuity Fund, Coatue, Ribbit Capital, Altimeter Capital, Coatue Management, General Catalyst and Neo. Andreessen Horowitz, Spark Capital, YC Continuity Fund, Coatue and Ribbit Capital led rounds.

When did Deel last raise money?

The most recent round announced was in Oct 16, 2025: Series E, $300 million, led by Ribbit Capital and Andreessen Horowitz.

What is Deel's valuation?

$17.3 billion, as of Oct 16, 2025. Deel announced the valuation with its $300 million Series E in October 2025, as TechCrunch reported, and its own press page still gives the figure.

Who owns Deel?

Privately held and venture-backed: TechCrunch's report of its October 2025 Series E names Ribbit Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue Management and General Catalyst as investors, and Deel's pages name no parent company.

Where is Deel based?

Deel gives its base as San Francisco.

How many people work at Deel?

4,000+ team members in over 100 countries, according to the CEO's biography on its about page, written when the company was under four years old.

Is Deel hiring?

260 open positions across all teams, the most in sales (89), product and design (36), payroll (31), operations (21) and engineering (15).

Is Deel on social media?

Deel links to its own accounts on X (Twitter), LinkedIn, Instagram and Facebook. The links are on this page, taken from Deel's own site.

Does Deel have an affiliate program?

$500 for each sales-qualified referral and $1,000 more when it becomes a paying customer, $1,500 per new customer in all, run through PartnerStack. A referral counts if it qualifies within 90 days of the first click.

Where this comes from

Read on Oct 18, 2026. Facts come from Deel’s own pages, news reports and investors’ own announcements; nothing from paid data sites. What no page states is left out. If something here is out of date, the company can send a correction through the vendor page.

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