Gusto is a payroll and HR management platform. Gusto's payroll services include automated time tools that track time off, company holidays, and overtime alerts. Gusto, originally ZenPayroll, was founded in 2012 by Joshua Reeves, Edward Kim, and Tomer London Ph.D. and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.
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T. Rowe Price, Partner Ventures, Sands Capital, Fidelity, Durable Capital, Generation Investment Management, Emerson Collective, Glynn Capital, Friends & Family Capital, Cross Creek, 137 Ventures, General Catalyst, Emergence Capital, Dragoneer Investment Group, Franklin Templeton, Acrew Diversify Capital Fund
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
11,996,719
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
8.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
N/A
Key Investors
T. Rowe Price, Partner Ventures, Sands Capital, Fidelity, Durable Capital, Generation Investment Management, Emerson Collective, Glynn Capital, Friends & Family Capital, Cross Creek, 137 Ventures, General Catalyst, Emergence Capital, Dragoneer Investment Group, Franklin Templeton, Acrew Diversify Capital Fund
07/24/2019
Series D
$205MM
$xx.xx
$3.88B
Dragoneer Investment Group, Fidelity Management & Research, General Catalyst, Generation Investment Management, T. Rowe Price
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
15,399,176
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
8.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
N/A
Key Investors
Dragoneer Investment Group, Fidelity Management & Research, General Catalyst, Generation Investment Management, T. Rowe Price
07/31/2018
Series C-1
$15MM
$xx.xx
$2.31B
T. Rowe Price, MSD Capital, Dragoneer Investment Group, Y Combinator
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
2,466,168
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
8.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
N/A
Key Investors
T. Rowe Price, MSD Capital, Dragoneer Investment Group, Y Combinator
07/31/2018
Series C
$136.08MM
$xx.xx
$2.31B
T. Rowe Price, MSD Capital, Dragoneer Investment Group, Y Combinator
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
17,898,291
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
8.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
N/A
Key Investors
T. Rowe Price, MSD Capital, Dragoneer Investment Group, Y Combinator
12/21/2015
Series B-2
$90MM
$xx.xx
$1.09B
Google Capital, General Catalyst, Obvious Ventures, Pivot Investment Partners
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
17,911,873
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
8.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
N/A
Key Investors
Google Capital, General Catalyst, Obvious Ventures, Pivot Investment Partners
04/06/2015
Series B
$79MM
$xx.xx
$560MM
Google Capital, Altimeter Capital Management, General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google Ventures, Emergence Capital Partners, Kindling Capital, Kevin Colleran, Cota Capital, Ribbit Capital
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
28,073,910
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
8.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
N/A
Key Investors
Google Capital, Altimeter Capital Management, General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google Ventures, Emergence Capital Partners, Kindling Capital, Kevin Colleran, Cota Capital, Ribbit Capital
02/19/2014
Series A
$25.75MM
$xx.xx
$130.76MM
General Catalyst Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, GV, Wayne Chang, Y Ventures, Homebrew, Rothenberg Ventures
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
33,526,840
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
8.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
N/A
Key Investors
General Catalyst Partners, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, GV, Wayne Chang, Y Ventures, Homebrew, Rothenberg Ventures
12/11/2012
Series Seed
$6.07MM
$xx.xx
$20.22MM
Data Collective, Google Ventures, Start Fund, Signatures Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Sherpalo Ventures, Y Combinator, Atom Factory
Price per Share
$xx.xx
Shares Outstanding
26,060,490
Liquidation Pref Order
1
Liquidation Pref As Multiplier
1.0x
Conversion Ratio
1.0x
Dividend Rate
8.0%
Cumulative
Non-cumulative
Participating
Non-participating
Participation Cap
N/A
Key Investors
Data Collective, Google Ventures, Start Fund, Signatures Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Sherpalo Ventures, Y Combinator, Atom Factory
Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Board Member
Mike Taylor
Chief Financial Officer
Edward Kim
Co-Founder, Chief Technology Officer, Head of Engineering, Product, Design, and Data & Board Member
Fredrick Lee
Chief Information and Security Officer
Tolithia Kornweibel
Chief Revenue Officer
Tomer London Ph.D
Co-Founder, Chief Product Officer & Board Member
Board
Hemant Taneja
General Catalyst
Jason Green
Emergence Capital Partners
Laela Sturdy
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