Check
Check provides payroll APIs for SaaS and HR platforms, serving as an embedded infrastructure layer. The company has raised $119M, including a Series C in early 2022, and employs 179 people.
The growth story
Check grew from 86 to 179 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $119M along the way, most recently a Series C in February 2022.
About
Check sells API tools that let software platforms add payroll processing without building it themselves. Their customers are vertical SaaS, HR tech, and time-tracking systems that want to offer payroll as a feature.
The company reached Series C funding in under three years since its 2019 founding. Its investor list includes Index Ventures and Contrary, with payroll incumbents like ADP and Gusto appearing as talent sources.
Founders and leadership
Engineering makes up the largest department with 13 staff. The company has a flat structure typical of startups, with median tenure at just one year.
The Check org chart
Andrew Brown (Founder & CEO) leads 33 mapped leaders with 5 direct reports. Click +N to expand a team; names link to the person’s public profile.
Departments, and which ones grew
Headcount by function: Engineering 22 (0% YoY), Operations 21 (-12% YoY), Customer Success and Support 15 (+88% YoY), Accounting 13 (+18% YoY), Business Development 12 (0% YoY), Sales 8 (+33% YoY).
Talent flow
Check hires heavily from payroll providers, with ADP, Gusto, and Paychex as top sources. Alumni frequently move to other payroll and HR tech startups like Gusto, Rippling, and Deel.
Most common previous employers of Check staff: ADP (5), Google (4), Namely (4), Gusto (4), Paychex (3), Homebase (3). Former Check employees most often moved to Gusto (5), Onboarded (4), Clasp (4), Rippling (4), Deel (4), Stripe (4).
Alumni worth knowing
The Check mafia
Check alumni have founded at least 9 companies, including Onboarded (30 staff), Truckbase (21 staff), and Clasp (16 staff). Several spinouts focus on adjacent HR and payments problems.
12Mike Johnson, was VP of Sales and Partnerships until 2022Matt Wu, was Head of Solutions until 2022Bryan Jones, was Head of Business Operations until 2020Michael Borglin, was Engineering Manager until 2024
Sam Chretien, was Finance & Business Operations until 2024
Melissa Chambers, was VP of Sales & Partnerships until 2025
Alex Propp, was VP of Operations until 2023
Tyler Fallon, was All sorts of things until 2024
Tony Oliverio, was Senior Software Engineer until 2022
Aidan Anderson, was Head of Security until 2023Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 78% direct, 8% search, 2% social, 0% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Check: Microsoft Office (38), Customer Service (37), Leadership (35), Microsoft Excel (34), Public Speaking (25), Microsoft Word (25), Communication (24), Data Analysis (24).
Where the team actually sits
Check people are concentrated in New York, United States (20), California, United States (14), Georgia, United States (4), United States (4).
Search footprint
Check attracts about 1,305 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $17K a month if bought through ads. It gained 495 ranking keywords and lost 248 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 4.10 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.80 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.60 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.40 / 5
Frequently asked
Check has 179 employees as of September 2026.
Check has raised $119M in total, most recently a Series C round in February 2022.
Check was founded in 2019 by Andrew Brown.
Andrew Brown (Founder & CEO) sits at the top of Check's reporting structure, with 5 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Check staff are ADP (5 people), Google (4 people), Namely (4 people).
Former Check employees most often move to Gusto (5), Onboarded (4), Clasp (4).
At least 9 companies have a founder who previously worked at Check, including Onboarded, Truckbase, Clasp.
Check attracts about 1,305 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $17K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Check staff are Microsoft Office, Customer Service, Leadership, Microsoft Excel, Public Speaking.
Check staff are concentrated in New York, United States (20), California, United States (14), Georgia, United States (4).
Check has about 22 people in Engineering, up 0% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Check has about 21 people in Operations, down 12% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 78 current and 167 former Check profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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