COMPANY PROFILE · UPDATED 18 NOV 2025

Gusto

It’s time to tame the chaos of payroll, benefits, and HR.

San Francisco, CA · Atlanta, GA · Burlingame, CA and +3 more locations

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Founded: 2011
Headcount: 1,539
Open roles: 102
Last raised: Series E

LOCATIONS

Where they work

Gusto offices

Atlanta, GA
Burlingame, CA
Denver, CO
Phoenix, AZ
San Francisco, CA525 20th Street
Scottsdale, AZ

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FUNDING

Capital raised

Total raised

$746,100,032

Investors

Y Combinator Kleiner Perkins Sv Angel Kapor Capital Gv Slow Ventures Quiet Capital General Catalyst #Angels 137 Ventures 9Yards Capital AFSquare Aaron Levie Aaron Patzer Acrew Diversify Capital Fund Adam Nash Aditya Agarwal Alex Bard Alexis Ohanian Altimeter Capital Management Ariel Emanuel Arjun Sethi Ashton Kutcher Aspect Ventures Aston Motes Aurum Partners Bobby Yazdani CapitalG Chang Charlie Cheever Clara Shih Cota Capital Cross Creek DCVC Dan Rose Daniel Gross David Sacks Designer Fund Dharmesh Shah Douglas Sleeter Dragoneer Investment Group Drew Houston Durable Capital Partners Dylan Smith Emergence Capital Emerson Collective Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc.Entrée Capital Eric Ries Evan Williams Felicis Fidelity Fifth Down Capital Flex Capital Friends & Family Capital Gail Goodman Generation Investment Management Glynn Capital Management Hiten Shah Homebrew Jacob Jaber Jared Leto Jay Simons Jed York Jeff Seibert Jeremy Stoppelman Jerry Yang Jessica Verrilli John Suh Josh Silverman Julia Justin Rosenstein Karen Gordon Mills Kevin Hartz Kevin Systrom Kris Duggan Larry Augustin Lee Linden Louis Beryl MSD Capital Marco Zappacosta Mariam Naficy Mark Leslie Matt Humphrey Matt Mickiewicz Matt Mullenweg Matt Rogers Max Levchin Michelle Wilson Obvious Ventures Paul Buchheit Pear VC Pejman Nozad Phil Libin Pivot Investment Partners Ram Shriram Ribbit Capital Ron Conway Rose Park Advisors Rothenberg Ventures Ruchi Sanghvi Ryan Holmes SWS Venture Capital Salesforce Ventures Sam Altman Sands Capital Management Seth Sternberg Sherpalo Ventures Steve Loughlin Sue Decker T. Rowe Price Tien Tzuo Tobias Lütke WME Ventures Wayne Chang

Funding rounds

Series E
Friends & Family Capital
$55MMay 11, 2022
Series E
T. Rowe Price, Generation Investment Management, 137 Ventures, General Catalyst, Durable Capital Partners, Cross Creek, Dragoneer Investment Group, Emergence Capital, Emerson Collective, Fidelity, Glynn Capital Management, Acrew Diversify Capital Fund, Sands Capital Management, 9Yards Capital, Flex Capital, Friends & Family Capital
$175MAug 9, 2021
Series D
Fidelity, Generation Investment Management, Dragoneer Investment Group, T. Rowe Price, General Catalyst
$200MJul 23, 2019
Series C
CapitalG, Dragoneer Investment Group, T. Rowe Price, Y Combinator, 137 Ventures, General Catalyst, Emergence Capital, MSD Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Rose Park Advisors, Louis Beryl
$140MJul 30, 2018
Series B
CapitalG, General Catalyst, Obvious Ventures, Slow Ventures, WME Ventures, Wayne Chang, Cota Capital, Felicis, Fifth Down Capital, Chang, Friends & Family Capital
$90MDec 17, 2015
Series B
CapitalG, Emergence Capital, General Catalyst, GV, Kleiner Perkins, Ribbit Capital, Glynn Capital Management, Altimeter Capital Management, Pivot Investment Partners, Designer Fund, Felicis, Rothenberg Ventures, Aspect Ventures, Aurum Partners
$60MApr 5, 2015
Series A
General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins, AFSquare, Obvious Ventures, Pivot Investment Partners, Designer Fund, Wayne Chang, Jeff Seibert, #Angels, Daniel Gross, Felicis, Douglas Sleeter, SWS Venture Capital, Chang, Friends & Family Capital
$20MFeb 18, 2014
Seed
Y Combinator, Aaron Levie, David Sacks, Drew Houston, Jeremy Stoppelman, Larry Augustin, Kris Duggan, Tien Tzuo, GV, DCVC, Salesforce Ventures, Sherpalo Ventures, Lee Linden, Matt Mullenweg, Kleiner Perkins, Homebrew, SV Angel, Aspect Ventures, General Catalyst, Designer Fund, Obvious Ventures, Emergence Capital, Pear VC, Glynn Capital Management, 137 Ventures, CapitalG, Entrée Capital, Ribbit Capital, Aditya Agarwal, Ron Conway, Ruchi Sanghvi, Max Levchin, Phil Libin, Michelle Wilson, Matt Rogers, Kevin Systrom, Kevin Hartz, Karen Gordon Mills, Evan Williams, Jared Leto, Clara Shih, Alexis Ohanian, Ashton Kutcher, Gail Goodman, Dharmesh Shah, Sam Altman, Sue Decker, Aston Motes, Jerry Yang, Aaron Patzer, Seth Sternberg, Ariel Emanuel, Dan Rose, Eric Ries, Matt Humphrey, John Suh, Ram Shriram, Justin Rosenstein, Ryan Holmes, Jessica Verrilli, Charlie Cheever, Mariam Naficy, Steve Loughlin, Marco Zappacosta, Tobias Lütke, Alex Bard, Josh Silverman, Mark Leslie, Jay Simons, Dylan Smith, Paul Buchheit, Adam Nash, Hiten Shah, Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc., Matt Mickiewicz, Jeff Seibert, Pejman Nozad, Bobby Yazdani, Jacob Jaber, Jed York, Arjun Sethi, Julia, Wayne Chang
$6.1MDec 10, 2012

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TECH STACK

How Gusto builds

Extracted from Gusto’s job postings we’ve tracked

×N is how many of Gusto’s open roles mention that technology.

Programming Languages

Ruby×22 TypeScript×11 Python×9 JavaScript×8 Java×3

Frameworks & Libraries

Rails×29 React×13 GraphQL×6

CRM & Sales Tools

Salesforce×24 Zendesk×5 Freshdesk×3

Collaboration & Productivity

Jira×7 Confluence×5 Slack×4

Other Software & Platforms

Workday×7 Google Sheets×5 NetSuite×3

Databases

SQL×8

Payments & Fintech

ACH×6

Analytics & BI

Tableau×3

OPEN ROLES

Hiring at Gusto

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LEADERSHIP

Founders & key people

Edward Kim

CTO at Gusto

GustoPicwingElectronics Research LaboratoryVolkswagen GroupStanford UniversityNorthrop GrummanStanford University

Joshua Reeves

CEO at Gusto

Gusto

Tomer London

Founder at Gusto

GustoStanford UniversityVizmoBump TechnologiesIsraeli Air ForceWriting WizStanford UniversityY CombinatorTechnion

Joshua Reeves

CEO at Gusto

GustoContext OptionalunwrapZazzleTECC, Inc.IntelStanford UniversityStanford Electrical Engineering

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