Wikipedia:Zeal Payroll

Zeal is an API-based provider for payroll processing for businesses based in the United States. Zeal enables businesses to build embedded payroll products by utilizing its API and white-label components.

History
Zeal was part of Y Combinator’s Summer 2019 batch, founded by Kirti Shenoy and Pranab Krishnan. In Y Combinator, the Company started off as a labor marketplace for flexible workers. When California strengthened its labor laws via AB-5, the founders needed to move their workers to W2 classification status, and found trouble finding payroll vendors that could process high volume payroll via an API. This led to them creating an API-first service for payroll. In April of 2019, Zeal was selected to join Y Combinator’s 2019 batch, and secured $150,000 in preseed funding. In March of 2020, the company secured a $1.6M seed funding round led by Long Journey Ventures, with participation from Box Group. In August 2021, the company announced a $13M Series A funding round. The round was led by Spark Capital with participation from Commerce Ventures, and angel investors such as Vlad Tenev, CEO of Robinhood, Jason Gardner, CEO of Marqeta, and Packy McCormick of NotBoring. Natalie Sandman joined the board.