# Check

> Check is a New York-based fintech that provides embedded payroll infrastructure, letting software platforms build and sell their own payroll product through a single API. It handles the hard parts - tax calculation, money movement, tax filing, and multi-state compliance - so vertical SaaS, HR, and workforce-management companies can offer payroll without becoming payroll experts. Backed by Stripe, Thrive, Bedrock and Index, Check powers payroll for platforms like Wave, Homebase, Housecall Pro and 7shifts.

- **Founded:** 2019
- **Headquarters:** New York, New York, United States
- **Founders:** Andrew Brown (Co-founder & CEO), Eric Stromberg (Co-founder), Vivek Patel (Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~170 employees
- **Products:** Payroll Infrastructure API, Check Components, Embedded Setup & Onboarding, Benefits & Add-ons, Risk, Fraud & Credit Protection
- **Notable:** Raised $119M total across four rounds, reaching a $725M valuation with Stripe as lead investor., Grew to 65+ platform partners spanning startups to public companies., Pays 1M+ employees and serves 35,000+ businesses through partners.

## Products & services

- **Payroll Infrastructure API** — The core engine that runs payroll end to end - gross-to-net tax calculation, money movement, real-time payments, tax filing, and multi-state compliance - exposed through a single API.
- **Check Components** — Customizable, drop-in white-label UI components that let partners embed payroll onboarding and run flows directly in their own product without building the interface.
- **Embedded Setup & Onboarding** — Self-service onboarding and payroll migration tooling that moves employers and their employees onto a partner's payroll product.
- **Benefits & Add-ons** — Integrations for health benefits, 401(k), workers' compensation, and accounting/ERP connectivity layered on top of core payroll.
- **Risk, Fraud & Credit Protection** — Fraud detection and credit-risk monitoring tools that protect partners as they move payroll funds at scale.

## Achievements

- Raised $119M total across four rounds, reaching a $725M valuation with Stripe as lead investor.
- Grew to 65+ platform partners spanning startups to public companies.
- Pays 1M+ employees and serves 35,000+ businesses through partners.
- Processes over $15B in payroll annually; partners moved nearly $1B/month in Q1 2025, roughly 3x year over year.
- Filed hundreds of thousands of W-2s with a 99.9% success rate.
- Founded by the team behind Oyster, acquired by Google in 2015.

## Latest updates

- **2025-05** — Check reported strengthening market leadership as demand for embedded payroll accelerated - 65+ partners and nearly $1B/month in payroll volume in Q1 2025, about 3x year over year.
- **2025-04** — Wave launched full-service payroll on Check's infrastructure for 300,000+ small businesses across all 50 U.S. states.
- **2022-02** — Announced a $75M Series C led by Stripe at a $725M valuation.

## Links

- Website: https://www.checkhq.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/check-technologies
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/check_hq
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/checkhq/

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Last updated: 2026-07-22