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Pave

Employee compensation tools

201-500 employees
  • Fintech
  • B2B
  • HR
  • Market research
  • SaaS
1 Montgomery, San Francisco, CA 94104

Company mission

To make compensation open, transparent, and fair.

Top investors

Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

10% employee growth in 12 months

Otta's take

Sam Franklin headshot

Sam Franklin

CEO of Otta

Compensation survey and merit cycle processes are integral to so many businesses, and yet remain time-consuming manual activities. Staff often lack financial training resulting in spreadsheet induced errors. Pave saw a need to update and streamline the process.

The core advantage of Pave is its ease of integration with HRIS, ATS and cap table software, creating real-time compensation data views without the need for spreadsheets. Using the software creates a fair and transparent system that management can rely on and employees can respect. The company has seen strong momentum, with backing from big names like Y Combinator and az16.

Some organizations have been reluctant to adopt solutions like Pave’s on account of the radical transparency it provides. However, with companies like Credit Karma, Miro and Discord all signing on, Pave has proven its ability to draw lucrative enterprise-level clients. This bodes well for the company’s ongoing success.

Benefits

  • Compensation: Startup equity for full-time employees
  • Wellness: Top tier health insurance along for full-time employees
  • Food: All meals while working, plus snacks. We take our snacking seriously
  • Commute: Commuter pre-tax benefit accounts + employer contribution for full-time employees
  • Tech: Choose your laptop and accessories of choice
  • Team: Retreats, happy hours, and events for our team, friends, and family
  • Flexible Time Off: Take the time you need - we encourage our team to unplug with unlimited PTO
  • WFH Wednesday: A dedicated work from home day each week + additional flexibility by team!

Company values

  • Bring Your Fire
  • Be Intellectually Honest
  • Focus On Impact
  • Be Transparent
  • Hug Of Jawn
  • Stretch The Rubber Band, But Don’t Break It

Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)

Jun 2022

$100m

SERIES C

Aug 2021

$46m

SERIES B

$170m

Total funding

This company has top investors

Founders

Matt studied at the Wharton School before working as an Engineer at DollarsEd and spending 2 years as a Facebook Software Engineer. He left this role in June 2019 to co-found Pave in October.

Endorsements

All

Tech & tools (1)

Intelligent people (1)

Hard working team (1)

Team energy (1)

Innovative product (1)

Data-driven decisions (1)

My favorite thing about Pave is that everyone is really hard working, really great at what they do, and just genuinely good humans even outside of work! Everyone that I've had a chance to work with has been so driven, and we're constantly growing and learning together!

Sales & Account Management

Hard working team

Jul 2022

We really are solving some massive issues in the world of compensation. Compensation is necessary in any industry and any part of the world, so the fact that we have a tool that can help with those pains is game changing.

Sales & Account Management

Innovative product

Jul 2022

They're very transparent with us about the goals for the company and the goals for each team. Our CEO really knows what he's talking about and I trust the leaders when they make strategic decisions for Pave.

Sales & Account Management

Data-driven decisions

Jul 2022

Our product is disrupting an industry that touches almost anyone employed - compensation. I'm fired up about the impact Pave has in the market for individuals and companies globally!

People, HR, Recruitment

Tech & tools

Jul 2022

Every employee at Pave is an A+ candidate who works hard, thinks deeply and is passionate about making compensation transparent and equitable. I'm excited to come to work every day to learn everyone's background and how it's applicable to Pave!

People, HR, Recruitment

Intelligent people

Jul 2022

Every employee at Pave is an A+ candidate who works hard, thinks deeply and is passionate about making compensation transparent and equitable. I'm excited to come to work every day to learn everyone's background and how it's brought them to Pave!

People, HR, Recruitment

Team energy

Jul 2022

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