RemoFirst
RemoFirst is a global payroll and compliance platform for remote teams that raised $39M in a March 2024 Series A. It operates in 185+ countries with 249 employees.
The growth story
RemoFirst grew from 6 to 249 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $39M along the way, most recently a Series A in March 2024.
About
RemoFirst helps companies hire and pay international workers by handling tax, legal and payroll compliance. It competes with other employer-of-record services by emphasizing speed and cost.
The company has scaled to 249 staff since its 2021 founding, with notable talent inflows from competitors like Deel (25 hires) and Remote (13). Its $39M Series A suggests rapid expansion in the crowded global payroll space.
Founders and leadership
Sales is the largest department with 33 employees, typical for a SaaS company scaling through direct outreach. The median tenure of 1 year reflects both recent hiring and industry churn patterns.
The RemoFirst org chart
Nurasyl Serik (Co-Founder & CEO) leads 60 mapped leaders with 2 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 45 (+80% YoY), Customer Success and Support 35 (+52% YoY), Sales 33 (+50% YoY), Human Resources 28 (+75% YoY), Operations 18 (+38% YoY), Finance 18 (+6% YoY).
Talent flow
The team draws heavily from rival payroll providers, with Deel alone contributing 25 hires. Alumni scatter thinly across competitors, with 4 returning to Deel and 2 each to RemotePeople and Multiplier.
Most common previous employers of RemoFirst staff: Deel (25), Remote (13), Omnipresent (12), DAR (10), LinkedIn (9), Multiplier (7). Former RemoFirst employees most often moved to Deel (4), RemotePeople (2), Multiplier (2), Oyster® (2), Sigma (1), Carnegie Mellon University (1).
Alumni worth knowing
The RemoFirst mafia
7 alumni founded companies, though most are tiny. The largest is Rette with 13 staff, followed by RGY Digital with 5 employees.
7Zharaskhan Aman, was Senior Back-End Developer until 2024Rustam Garayev, was Software Engineer until 2024Elizabeth Finn Payne, CPA, was Senior Vice President Finance until 2025Alona Shapoval, was Customer Success Manager until 2022Irtiza Haider, was Head of Sales & Marketing until 2022Dauren A., was Sales Development Representative until 2022
Ewa Jaworski, was Executive Assistant to CEO and COO until 2025Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 26% direct, 32% search, 10% social, 4% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at RemoFirst: Communication (95), Teamwork (91), Project Management (89), Microsoft Office (87), Leadership (83), Customer Service (82), Management (78), Microsoft Excel (78).
Where the team actually sits
RemoFirst people are concentrated in Almaty, Kazakhstan (12), England, United Kingdom (7), Kazakhstan (6), Spain (5).
Search footprint
RemoFirst attracts about 6,929 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $89K a month if bought through ads. It gained 2,695 ranking keywords and lost 2,817 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 1.00 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 1.00 / 5
- Senior management
- 3.00 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 1.00 / 5
Frequently asked
RemoFirst has 249 employees as of September 2026.
RemoFirst has raised $39M in total, most recently a Series A round in March 2024.
RemoFirst was founded in 2021 by Nurasyl Serik, Volod Fedoriv.
Nurasyl Serik (Co-Founder & CEO) sits at the top of RemoFirst's reporting structure, with 2 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current RemoFirst staff are Deel (25 people), Remote (13 people), Omnipresent (12 people).
Former RemoFirst employees most often move to Deel (4), RemotePeople (2), Multiplier (2).
At least 7 companies have a founder who previously worked at RemoFirst, including Rette, RGY Digital, Payne & Associates.
RemoFirst attracts about 6,929 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $89K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among RemoFirst staff are Communication, Teamwork, Project Management, Microsoft Office, Leadership.
RemoFirst staff are concentrated in Almaty, Kazakhstan (12), England, United Kingdom (7), Kazakhstan (6).
RemoFirst has about 45 people in Engineering, up 80% over the past year, as of September 2026.
RemoFirst has about 35 people in Customer Success and Support, up 52% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 199 current and 85 former RemoFirst profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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