PayFit raises €254 million to strengthen its payroll solution for SMEs

PayFit raises €254M to strengthen its payroll solution for SMEs

Today we announced that we have raised €254 million (£216M) in a Series E funding round, a record-breaking amount for a French HR tech. This round now makes us a unicorn with a valuation of €1.82 billion.

General Atlantic, a leading global growth equity firm, led the round, with participation from our existing investors Eurazeo, Bpifrance and Accel Ventures.

We've got big goals for 2022 and the funds secured will help us to recruit 400 additional talents, accelerate the development of our payroll & HR software, improve our customer service and increase our market share across Europe.

Our mission is to simplify payroll and HR management, which has become even more important in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the many complexities it has introduced for businesses in managing human capital. We provide a leading next-gen payroll solution that automates complex and time-intensive HR processes, particularly for underserved small and medium-sized businesses. Our platform enables HR managers, finance managers, and business owners to easily conduct payroll calculations and streamline payroll & HR processes.

PayFit marks General Atlantic’s seventh investment in France’s technology ecosystem over the last five years, a region in which the firm has strong conviction.

Since our founding in 2015, PayFit has gained over 6, 000 clients and has raised €179M to date, prior to this funding round. Our €90M Series D funding round, which closed in March 2021, supported the company in the continued innovation of our current product suite and hiring of 300 new employees, reinforcing our leadership in the European HR tech sector. We now plan to scale from more than 700 current employees to over 1, 000 within the next 12 months. The expansion of the PayFit team has included key senior leadership hires across critical business functions spanning technology, finance, operations, and more.

We will leverage the proceeds from our Series E round to deepen our penetration in existing markets, invest in our core automated payroll software, and continue to expand our SME-tailored solution across HR management.