# palm.hr

> palm.hr is a Riyadh-born, cloud-based HR and payroll platform built for small and mid-sized businesses across Saudi Arabia and the wider GCC. It brings employee data, time and attendance, WPS-compliant payroll, and employee engagement into one system that plugs directly into local government rails like GOSI and Mudad, so companies can run people operations that comply with regional labor law out of the box. Founded in 2019, it raised a $5M pre-Series A in 2023 to expand across MENA and pairs its software with an outsourced HR concierge service.

- **Founded:** 2019
- **Headquarters:** Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- **Founders:** Richard Schrems (Co-founder & CEO), Christoph Czichna (Co-founder & COO), Dragan Nikolic (Co-founder & CPO), Christoffer Haraldsson (Co-CEO / Co-founder)
- **Team size:** ~40 employees
- **Products:** People, Time, Pay (Payroll), Employee Engagement, Integrations
- **Notable:** Closed a $5M pre-Series A in February 2023 co-led by Speedinvest and RAED Ventures to fund MENA expansion., Built a compliance engine natively integrated with Saudi government systems GOSI and Mudad., Won named customers including Hala, Thmanyah, Mozn and Saudi Venture Capital Company.

## Products & services

- **People** — Centralized employee database with digital profiles, directory and org chart, document management, benefits, and onboarding/offboarding workflows.
- **Time** — Time and attendance with mobile check-in/out, absence and leave management, custom work schedules, remote-work support and timesheet approvals.
- **Pay (Payroll)** — Automated, WPS-compliant payroll with compensation management, GOSI compliance, multi-currency and multi-country support, expense claims and end-of-service pay.
- **Employee Engagement** — Company announcements, team celebrations, HR and time requests, custom approval workflows, feedback and surveys.
- **Integrations** — Connectors to accounting and business tools including Zoho, QuickBooks, Xero, NetSuite, Odoo, Dynamics, Qoyod, Wafeq, Tally, Zapier plus biometric/hardware like ZKTeco and CAMS, and government rails GOSI and Mudad.
- **Outsourced HR / Concierge** — Managed HR service staffed by certified professionals handling payroll, compliance, onboarding and government integrations for companies that want the software plus a team to run it.

## Achievements

- Closed a $5M pre-Series A in February 2023 co-led by Speedinvest and RAED Ventures to fund MENA expansion.
- Built a compliance engine natively integrated with Saudi government systems GOSI and Mudad.
- Won named customers including Hala, Thmanyah, Mozn and Saudi Venture Capital Company.
- Grew from a Riyadh-founded startup into a GCC-wide HR and payroll provider with a mobile app on Google Play.

## Latest updates

- **2023-02** — Raised $5M pre-Series A co-led by Speedinvest and RAED Ventures, with Wamda Capital participating, to expand across MENA.
- **2021-08** — Closed a bridge round led by Nama Ventures with participation from Saudi angel investors.

## Links

- Website: https://palmhr.net
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/palmhr
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/palmhr
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/palmhr/

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Last updated: 2026-07-25