Trolley
Trolley provides a global payout platform for internet businesses, handling tax compliance, identity verification and fraud detection. Since 2015 it has processed billions in payouts and filed 1.2M tax statements across 210 countries. Trolley sells a unified system for companies to manage global payouts and recipient operations, including tax compliance and fraud detection. Its customers include Envato, Canva and SoundCloud, who use it to handle large-scale payout operations. The company has grown to 108 staff and raised $32M, most recently in a Series B round in November 2024. Its investors include Pace Capital and Wavecrest Growth Partners. Engineering is Trolley's largest function with 19 staff. The company draws leadership from payments and fintech backgrounds, with founders and executives having worked at Currencycloud and other financial platforms. Trolley recruits heavily from Canadian universities, with Concordia and McGill being top sources. Its alumni have founded four companies, including VIALET which now employs 105 people.
The growth story
Trolley grew from 40 to 108 employees between 2021 and 2026, raising $32M along the way, most recently a Series B in November 2024.
About
Trolley is payout infrastructure built for modern internet businesses. It unifies payout and recipient operations into a single embeddable platform, enabling companies to onboard, verify, and pay millions of recipients globally—while maintaining full compliance and operational control.Since 2015, Trolley has processed billions in payouts and filed over 1.2M tax statements across 210 countries and territories. Leading platforms including Envato, Canva, SoundCloud, and Bugcrowd rely on Trolley to run mission-critical payout operations at scale.Trolley consolidates payment delivery, tax compliance, identity verification, fraud detection, reconciliation, and reporting into one unified system. Fi
Founders and leadership
The Trolley org chart
Tim Nixon (CEO & Founder) leads 30 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 22 (-4% YoY), Sales 13 (-19% YoY), Business Development 12 (+9% YoY), Operations 7 (0% YoY), Finance 7 (0% YoY), Legal 6 (+50% YoY).
Talent flow
Most common previous employers of Trolley staff: Currencycloud (3), Pockit (2), Pay360 (2), Pavilion (2), Unito (2), Apple (2). Former Trolley employees most often moved to Netskope (4), Alygra (2), VIALET (2), Replicant (2), Hint Health (2), Vinted (2).
Alumni worth knowing
The Trolley mafia
Trolley alumni have founded four companies, most notably VIALET which now employs 105 people. Other startups include Alygra and amberlix.ai.
4Mantas Staliunas, was VP of International Expansion until 2023Natalie Loop, was VP People & Culture until 2025Linas Ziogas, was Senior Engineering Manager until 2023Fer Patel, MBA, was Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer until 2018Hiring now
Web traffic
Traffic mix: 75% direct, 12% search, 7% social, 1% paid.
What this company is made of
Most common skills at Trolley: Leadership (29), Microsoft Office (27), Customer Service (25), Management (23), Teamwork (22), JavaScript (22), SQL (21), Communication (21).
Where the team actually sits
Trolley people are concentrated in Quebec, Canada (16), Ontario, Canada (13), Canada (10), Nova Scotia, Canada (6). 7 offices on record.
Search footprint
Trolley attracts about 7,924 organic search visits a month, traffic worth roughly $40K a month if bought through ads. It gained 729 ranking keywords and lost 1,063 in the last period.
What employees say
- Compensation
- 3.40 / 5
- Career opportunities
- 3.00 / 5
- Senior management
- 2.90 / 5
- Work-life balance
- 3.60 / 5
Frequently asked
Trolley has 108 employees as of September 2026.
Trolley has raised $32M in total, most recently a Series B round in November 2024.
Trolley was founded in 2015 by Tim Nixon.
Tim Nixon (CEO & Founder) sits at the top of Trolley's reporting structure, with 2 direct reports.
The most common previous employers of current Trolley staff are Currencycloud (3 people), Pockit (2 people), Pay360 (2 people).
Former Trolley employees most often move to Netskope (4), Alygra (2), VIALET (2).
At least 4 companies have a founder who previously worked at Trolley, including VIALET, Alygra, amberlix.ai.
Trolley attracts about 7,924 organic search visits a month, worth roughly $40K a month in equivalent ad spend.
The most common skills among Trolley staff are Leadership, Microsoft Office, Customer Service, Management, Teamwork.
Trolley staff are concentrated in Quebec, Canada (16), Ontario, Canada (13), Canada (10).
Trolley has about 22 people in Engineering, down 4% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Trolley has about 13 people in Sales, down 19% over the past year, as of September 2026.
Computed from 69 current and 108 former Trolley profiles, as of September 2026. Source: Crustdata.
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