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Finch: Universal API platform connecting applications to payroll and HR systems, enabling secure employee data access for financial and HR platforms.
Based in San Francisco, California, Finch is a universal API platform that connects third-party applications to various payroll and human resources systems through a single integration point. The company's infrastructure integrates with over 200 payroll and HRIS providers, enabling secure access to employee data, pay information, and deductions. Developers utilize the platform to build financial products, benefits administration tools, equity management systems, and compliance software across the fintech and insurance sectors without managing hundreds of individual system connections. Operating on both pay-as-you-go and SaaS-based subscription models, the Y Combinator-backed enterprise currently employs 63 people and has connected more than 100,000 employers to its ecosystem. The platform provides access to 5 million employees and secured $40 million in Series B funding in February 2023. Finch was founded in 2020 by Jeremy Zhang and Ansel Parikh.
Finch has raised $76.0M across 8 funding rounds.
Key people at Finch.
Finch was founded in 2020 by Ansel Parikh (Founder) and Viraj Bindra (Founder) and Ben Weems (Founder) and Jeremy Zhang (Founder).
Finch has raised $76.0M in total across 8 funding rounds.
Key people at Finch.
Finch was founded in 2020 by Ansel Parikh (Founder) and Viraj Bindra (Founder) and Ben Weems (Founder) and Jeremy Zhang (Founder).
Finch has raised $76.0M in total across 8 funding rounds.
Finch's investors include Amasia, Ampli Ventures, General Catalyst, Indeed.com, Inventure, Mendoza Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Recall Capital, Jeff Seibert, Wayne Chang, Croom Beatty, Matthew Murphy.
Finch is a technology company that provides a universal API for payroll and HR systems, enabling seamless integration and access to employment data across hundreds of HRIS (Human Resource Information Systems) and payroll providers. Its platform standardizes and automates the synchronization of organization, payroll, and benefits data, serving sectors such as employee benefits, HR technology, B2B fintech, insurance, and tax compliance. Finch’s product suite includes APIs for managing payroll data, employee organization data, and payroll deductions, helping businesses streamline onboarding, payroll processing, and benefits administration. The company primarily serves software platforms, benefits providers, and fintech firms that require reliable, real-time employment data integration to build innovative workforce solutions. Founded in 2020 and based in San Francisco, Finch has gained momentum by simplifying complex employment data connectivity and enabling automation for its customers[1][2][3].
Finch was founded in 2020 by a team focused on solving the fragmentation and complexity of employment infrastructure. The founders recognized that the employment sector’s data systems were closed and inconsistent, creating barriers to innovation in payroll, HR, and benefits technology. By building a unified API that connects to over 200 payroll and HRIS systems, Finch aimed to democratize access to employment data and empower developers to create better products for employers and employees. Early traction came from partnerships with benefits platforms and fintech companies that needed seamless payroll deductions and real-time employee data, validating Finch’s approach to standardizing and automating employment data workflows[1][5].
Finch rides the growing trend of embedded payroll and HR technology, where software platforms embed employment data and payroll processing directly into their products to improve user experience and operational efficiency. The timing is favorable due to increasing demand for automation in HR and payroll, the proliferation of SaaS workforce platforms, and the complexity of managing compliance and benefits in a distributed workforce. By providing a universal API, Finch reduces integration friction, accelerates product development, and fosters innovation in the employment ecosystem. Its infrastructure approach parallels the success of companies like Plaid in financial data, positioning Finch as a foundational layer for future workforce technology[1][3][5].
Looking ahead, Finch is poised to expand its coverage of payroll and HR systems, deepen its write capabilities, and enhance automation features to support more complex employment workflows. Trends such as remote work, gig economy growth, and increased regulatory complexity will drive demand for unified, real-time employment data access. Finch’s influence may grow as it becomes the standard API for workforce data, enabling new products in benefits administration, payroll-as-a-service, and workforce analytics. Its mission to democratize employment infrastructure suggests ongoing innovation and potential expansion into adjacent areas like workers’ compensation and employee engagement, continuing to shape the future of work technology[1][5].
Finch has raised $76.0M across 8 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $1.0M Series U in April 2025.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 2025 | $1.0M Series U | Amasia, Ampli Ventures, General Catalyst, Indeed.com, Inventure, Mendoza Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Recall Capital, Jeff Seibert, Wayne Chang | |
| Feb 1, 2023 | $40.0M Series B | General Catalyst, Croom Beatty, Matthew Murphy | Advisors Fund LLC, Afore Capital, Ankona Capital, Dimension Capital, Menlo Ventures, Origin Ventures, Pelion Venture Partners, Prototype Capital, Renegade Partners, Startup Health, Vitalize Venture Group, Altman Capital, PruVen Capital, QED Investors |
| Nov 1, 2022 | $3.0M Seed | Inventure, Omid Ashtari, Sebastian Knutsson | |
| Jun 8, 2022 | $15.0M Series A | Matt Murphy, Matthew Murphy | Bedrock Capital, Alex Tran, SemperVirens, Y Combinator |
| Feb 1, 2021 | $1.0M Seed | Amasia, SOSV, Peter Bodenheimer | |
| Dec 8, 2020 | $10.0M Other Equity | General Catalyst | |
| Dec 1, 2020 | $4.0M Seed | Addition, Jana Messerschmidt, Liquid 2 Ventures, Tribe Capital, Daniel Graf, Jeff Seibert, Wayne Chang | |
| Sep 1, 2020 | $2.0M Seed | Mendoza Ventures | Kester Keating, DFJ Frontier, Jon Zanoff |