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Gusto

Gusto

Private
San Francisco, CaliforniaEnterprise Softwarehttps://gusto.com/

Last Round

Tender

Jun 9, 2025

Est. Valuation

$9.3B

Total Funding Raised

$706.1M

Momentum

Top 10%

of companies Caplight tracks

Company Overview

Gusto is a human resources and payroll technology company that provides a cloud-based platform for managing payroll, employee benefits, and team management.

Sector

Enterprise Software

Verticals

HR, Accounting & Expense, Compliance, Workflow Automation, InsurTech

Business Model

B2B

Customer Profile

Subscription SaaS, Payment Processing Fee, Services & Consulting

AI Layer

Application

Keywords

payroll softwarepayroll providerHR platformbenefits administrationsmall business payrolltax complianceemployee onboarding401k administrationAI payroll assistantaccounting workflow automationSaaS payrollpayroll serviceHRIShuman resources information systemSMB payroll

Price History

Caplight MarketPrice™ estimate for Gusto, published with a 90-day delay.

Delayed data

Caplight MarketPrice™

$21.14

per share, as of April 2026

+25.2%

2-year change

The most recent months of MarketPrice™ are available to Caplight clients.

Caplight MarketPrice™ is an estimate of private secondary market pricing, shown here on a delayed basis for illustrative purposes only. It may be incomplete, is subject to change, and may not be relied upon for any purpose or considered investment advice.

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Gusto Comparables

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Gusto comparables — related companies by embedding similarity
CompanySimilarityMarket Cap
Rippling
85%
Paychex, Inc.
83%
Justworks
83%

Gusto Funding Rounds

Historical fundraising activity

Data table
RoundDateAmount RaisedValuationInvestorsSources
TenderJun 9, 2025
Series E ExtensionMay 12, 2022
Series EAug 10, 2021
Series DJul 24, 2019
Series CJul 31, 2018
Series B Extension
Dec 21, 2015

Key People

Founding team and executive leadership

Annie Portland

CEO Team

Executive Team

Scott Helmes

CEO Team

Executive Team

David Daniels

Lead People Partner (CTO Engineering Org)

Executive Team

Gusto Investors

Notable investors and investment history

Gusto investors
InvestorRounds
Human CapitalSeries C
Sherpalo VenturesSeed
Slow VenturesSeries B Extension
S32Series E Extension
AFSquareSeries A
Friends & Family CapitalSeries E, Series E Extension
Right Side Capital ManagementSeries D

Market signals

Structured signals derived from secondary market and firmographic data.

  • Apr 24, 2026

    Launched FanCAS-Kit, a new product offering.

  • Apr 24, 2026

    Released 75 new features for its platform.

Gusto Filings

SEC and related filings with document metadata.

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Gusto Filings

SEC and related filings with document metadata.

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Firmographic Details

HeadquartersSan Francisco, California
Employee Range4,450
Year Founded2011
Last FundingJun 9, 2025

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