FirstWork

Human Resources B2B Software and Services Employee Benefits Employment Information Technology Logistics

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San Francisco, CA, USAFounded 20249+ employees$5.5M raisedSeedPrivate

Last round: seed · $5M · Feb 2025(2 rounds total)

“Rippling for seasonal workers”

Backed by(11 investors)

Y CombinatorGradientDon StalterKulveer TaggarPhilippe BouazizHoughton Street VenturesFelipe NavioDan Westgarth468 CapitalSoma CapitalDeel

Next generation HR tech for the teams that keep the world moving

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YC S24

About the Company

Founders

Shubham Choudhary

Co-founder and CTO @Firstwork, Rippling for seasonal workers. Previously: Director of Engineering @Deel, led the development and management of PEO, Immigration/Mobility, Time-Off & Time-Tracking products at Deel. Built out the core infrastructure for the Employer Of Record (EOR) systems at @Rippling, which enabled Rippling’s market entry into end-to-end employee lifecycle in 50+ countries.

Vardhan Kapoor

Co-founder and CEO @ Firstwork, Rippling for seasonal workers. Previously: Head of Region, APAC at Remitly (NASDAQ: RELY) where I launched and scaled Remitly’s expansion into the APAC region, building the P&L from ground up to high-eight figures USD ARR across 5+ geographies. Strategy Head at Deliveroo (LSE:ROO) where I led regional growth and strategy.