# Zeal

> Zeal supplies payroll, onboarding, payments and billing infrastructure to U.S. staffing firms and workforce platforms. Born from its founders' own gig staffing business, it lets customers build branded worker experiences while Zeal handles the tax and compliance machinery behind them.

- **Founded:** 2019
- **Headquarters:** San Francisco, United States
- **Founders:** Kirti Shenoy (Co-founder and CEO), Pranab Krishnan (Co-founder and CTO)
- **Products:** Onboard, Pay, Bill, White-label worker app and APIs
- **Notable:** Accepted into Y Combinator's Summer 2019 cohort., Raised a $13 million Series A in 2021 and a $15 million Series B announced in October 2024., ACE FMS reported about a 50% reduction in payroll processing time after moving to Zeal.

## Products & services

- **Onboard** — Configurable digital worker onboarding with document collection, e-signatures, tax forms, remote Form I-9 and E-Verify.
- **Pay** — Embedded W-2 payroll and 1099 payments, tax calculation and filing, direct deposit, instant pay, paycards and digital wallets.
- **Bill** — Converts worker pay and assignment data into staffing client invoices and supports collection and reconciliation.
- **White-label worker app and APIs** — Branded mobile experience, embeddable components, APIs and an admin dashboard for workforce platforms.

## Achievements

- Accepted into Y Combinator's Summer 2019 cohort.
- Raised a $13 million Series A in 2021 and a $15 million Series B announced in October 2024.
- ACE FMS reported about a 50% reduction in payroll processing time after moving to Zeal.
- Its 2026 benchmark analyzed more than 200,000 worker signups from Zeal-powered platforms in 2025.

## Latest updates

- **2026-06** — CEO Kirti Shenoy published Zeal's view that payroll needs connected, real-time infrastructure across onboarding, time, pay and billing.
- **2026-02** — Zeal introduced early-access custom reports and added overtime and tips detail to W-2s.
- **2026-02** — ACE FMS case study reported a roughly 50% reduction in payroll processing time.
- **2025-11** — Zeal described its integrated remote I-9 workflow for staffing companies.

## Links

- Website: https://www.zeal.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/zealdotcom
- Twitter/X: https://www.twitter.com/zealapi

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Last updated: 2026-09-29