The platform that onboards, manages, and pays global teams - then hands the worker a bank account too.
RemotePass - the brand mark of a MENA-founded global employment company, photographed against its Boston-to-Abu Dhabi backdrop.
By the numbers
What it does
RemotePass is a global employment and payroll platform. It lets a company hire someone in a country where it has no legal entity, pay that person in a working currency, and stay compliant with local labor law - all from a single dashboard. The product spans three groups of workers: independent contractors, employees hired through RemotePass's Employer of Record service, and a company's own direct hires paid through local payroll.
Where RemotePass differs from a plain payroll tool is the fintech layer underneath. Beyond moving money from employer to worker, it can give the worker a USD account, a global card, and health insurance - services that are often out of reach for people in emerging markets. As co-founder and CEO Kamal Reggad frames it, hiring is the entry point; the larger job is the financial infrastructure that distributed work depends on.
The company was founded in the UAE in 2021 by Kamal Reggad and Karim Nadi, and now runs a dual headquarters in Boston and Abu Dhabi - a structure that mirrors its customer base of global enterprises and regional champions alike.
The problem it solves
Hiring a person anywhere is easy. Paying them across a border - legally, on time, into an account that actually works - is where most companies stall. Setting up a local entity is slow and expensive. Compliance rules differ in every jurisdiction. And in many markets the worker's own banking options are limited.
RemotePass targets exactly those gaps: local entity setup, country-by-country compliance, and banking infrastructure. Instead of stitching together lawyers, local payroll providers, and banks, a company runs the whole workforce through one system - and the individual worker gets modern financial tools regardless of where they live.
Products & services
Legally employs staff on a client's behalf in 150+ countries with no local entity - contracts, payroll, and compliance handled.
Onboard, manage, and pay international contractors with compliant agreements and automated invoicing.
Multi-currency payroll for contractors, EOR employees, and direct hires, including local payroll in markets like the UAE and KSA.
USD accounts, global cards, and health insurance that bring modern banking to remote workers anywhere.
Corporate expense cards to manage and control distributed team spend.
AI agents that automate onboarding, surface compliance alerts, and handle routine support across the platform.
"Hiring is the entry point. Companies need an end-to-end platform including financial services for distributed work."
How it's different
The global employment category already has scaled players - Deel, Remote, Papaya Global, Oyster, Rippling, and Multiplier among them. RemotePass competes on two edges. First, the embedded fintech layer: most rivals stop at paying the employer's team, while RemotePass extends accounts, cards, and insurance to the individual. Second, depth in MENA and emerging markets, where it was built and where compliance and banking are hardest.
That positioning shows in the customer list, which mixes global enterprises with regional champions: Logitech, Tata Group, inDrive, Careem, and Tabby. And unlike much of the category, RemotePass reached profitability in early 2025 before raising its Series B - a sequencing that says as much about its discipline as its ambition.
Funding & business model
RemotePass charges companies per-worker fees for EOR, contractor management, and payroll, then layers financial products - accounts, cards, insurance - that add revenue while serving the worker directly.
| Round | Amount | Date | Lead / Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series B | $17.4M | May 2026 | EBRD Venture Capital (lead), 500 Global, Oraseya Capital, 212 VC, Access Bridge Ventures, Khwarizmi Ventures |
| Series A | $5.5M | 2024 | 212 VC |
| Early / Seed | - | 2021 | BECO Capital, Endeavor Catalyst, Wamda Capital |
Timeline
Kamal Reggad and Karim Nadi launch RemotePass to fix cross-border hiring and payment.
The platform begins offering workers USD accounts, global cards, and health insurance.
Raises $5.5M led by 212 VC to expand its EOR and payroll platform.
Reaches profitability in early 2025 and launches SpendCards and an AI Payroll Agent.
EBRD Venture Capital leads a round to accelerate expansion into Europe and the US.
FAQ
It is a global employment and payroll platform that lets companies onboard, manage, and pay contractors, EOR employees, and direct hires across 150+ countries - with an embedded fintech layer for workers.
Kamal Reggad (CEO) and Karim Nadi co-founded RemotePass in the UAE in 2021.
It raised a $17.4M Series B in May 2026 led by EBRD Venture Capital, following a $5.5M Series A in 2024 and earlier backing from BECO Capital, Endeavor Catalyst, and Wamda Capital.
Clients include Logitech, Tata Group, inDrive, Careem, and Tabby, among more than 35,000 workers served across 150+ countries.
Beyond EOR and payroll, RemotePass gives individual workers an embedded fintech layer - USD accounts, global cards, and insurance - and has deep coverage of MENA and emerging markets.
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