Rippling

Rippling makes workforce management software for companies of all sizes. Parker Conrad, who earlier co-founded Zenefits, started the company in 2016 with Prasanna Sankar. It is based in San Francisco.

The product is built around a single record for each employee. From that record a company can run payroll, manage benefits and time off, handle hiring and onboarding, and set up laptops, apps and accounts. When someone joins, changes role or leaves, the change flows through every connected system. Rippling also offers corporate cards, expense tracking and global payroll for staff in other countries.

Its customers are mostly small and mid sized businesses, along with a growing number of larger companies. Rippling sells its tools as modules, so a customer can start with payroll and add more later. The company has been in a public legal dispute with its rival Deel, with each side bringing claims against the other. Rippling is privately held and has raised several large funding rounds.