Remote vs Cercli
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Global employer-of-record platform for compliant international hiring in 180+ countries; $550M+ raised at $3B valuation competing with Deel and Rippling for remote-work international employment infrastructure.
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Remote is a San Francisco-based global employment platform enabling companies to hire, manage, and pay international employees and contractors compliantly — without establishing legal entities in each foreign country — by acting as the employer of record (EOR) that employs workers locally on behalf of client companies across 180+ countries. Founded in 2019 by Job van der Voort and Marcelo Lebre and backed by Accel, Index Ventures, and SoftBank Vision Fund 2 with $550+ million raised at a $3 billion valuation, Remote serves companies from Series A startups to Fortune 500 enterprises managing global teams.
Dubai UAE YC W23 Rippling-for-MENA HR/payroll at $100M+ annual payroll across 50 countries with 10x revenue; $16M total ($12M Picus Series A Oct 2025 + $4M Afore/YC seed) competing with Bayzat for MENA multi-country workforce management.
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Cercli is a Dubai, UAE-based HR and payroll platform for the Middle East and North Africa — backed by Y Combinator (W23) with $16 million in total funding including a $4 million seed in September 2024 led by Afore Capital with Y Combinator, COTU Ventures, and Rebel Fund (with angels from Ramp, Rappi, Kitopi, Careem, and Rippling), plus a $12 million Series A in October 2025 led by Picus Capital — providing businesses operating across MENA and globally with a Rippling-style workforce management platform purpose-built for the region's multi-country payroll complexity, processing $100+ million in annual payroll across 50 countries and achieving 10x revenue scaling. Founded to address the absence of a modern, unified HR stack for MENA-headquartered companies, Cercli delivers AI-native payroll with agent-compatible architecture for the region.
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