Startup
Check
Embedded payroll infrastructure: APIs that let software platforms build and run payroll inside their own products, powering payroll for more than 250,000 businesses and four million employees across all US states.
| Founded | 2019, New York |
|---|---|
| Founders | Andrew Brown (CEO; sold his first company to Google), Eric Stromberg, Vivek Patel |
| Stage | Series C |
| Total funding | $119m |
| Last round | Series C, $75m, February 2022, led by Stripe with Bedrock, Thrive and Index ↗ |
| Earlier rounds | Series B $35m, January 2021, led by Stripe and Thrive |
| What it does | Payroll calculation, tax filing and payments, onboarding and compliance as APIs and embeddable components, so vertical software, HR platforms and banks can offer payroll under their own brand |
| Traction | Partner platforms including Warp; more than 250,000 businesses and 4 million employees paid through Check-powered products |
| Pricing | Not published; per-employee fees to platform partners |
| Markets | US |
| Peers | Gusto, Zeal, Salsa, Rippling, ADP |
Why it matters
Check raised $119 million, most of it led by Stripe, to be the payroll layer other software companies build on rather than a payroll brand itself. Four million employees are already paid through it, which makes it one of the most important companies in payroll that almost no finance team has heard of.
Updated September 2026.
Part of Accountio’s accounting technology coverage.
