The Deel media kit
Deel in a few pages, for writers, partners and anyone curious: the facts, the people, the money, the products and the news. Put together by ToolGPA, not by Deel.
Media kit
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.
Unofficial. Put together by ToolGPA from Deel’s own pages, news reports and our own grades, read Oct 18, 2026. Not made, paid for or approved by Deel. toolgpa.com
Part 01 · Company
Who they are, the facts in one place, and the people who run it
2019
The year Deel was founded, in San Francisco
In a sentence
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.
In a paragraph
Deel was founded in 2019 and is based in San Francisco. Alex Bouaziz is its co-founder and CEO; Shuo Wang is a co-founder. 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. Its last reported valuation was $17.3 billion, in October 2025.
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Joe Kauffman
President and CFO
260 open positions across all teams, the most in sales (89), product and design (36), payroll (31), operations (21) and engineering (15).
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Part 02 · Funding
Every announced round, who put money in, and what it was last valued at
$17.3B
Last reported valuation, Oct 16, 2025
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).
Filled: led at least one round. As each announcement names them.
Last 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, as ToolGPA grades it: five subjects, a letter for each, and a GPA.
Global payroll, contractor payments and employer of record
#3 of 19 payroll servicesFrom $29 per employee / month for self-service US payroll4.8 on the App Store
Our pick for companies hiring or paying people abroad.
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Part 04 · News
What they have announced lately, and every official channel
260
Open roles on Deel's careers page
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