Taktile, a remote-first B2B SaaS company headquartered in Germany, faced difficulties attracting top talent due to geographical limitations and candidates unwilling to relocate. This challenge restricted their talent pool and prompted them to seek an Employer of Record (EOR) solution. Their objective was to hire diverse global talent without the complexities and costs of establishing entities in multiple countries. Taktile partnered with Deel after experiencing issues with a previous EOR provider, finding Deel offered a smoother onboarding experience and more responsive customer support. Deel's mature immigration product, covering 25+ countries, and in-house mobility team handled all visa application processes, saving Taktile significant operational time. This partnership allowed Taktile to track progress transparently and successfully supported three employees through visa obtainment with minimal involvement from their internal team. In 2022, Taktile significantly expanded its workforce, growing fivefold from 12 to 60 employees, a feat difficult to achieve within Germany alone. This global hiring approach enabled them to find the best talent across Europe and the US, ensuring a smooth onboarding process through Deel's entities. The collaboration also facilitated rapid global hiring, demonstrated by one instance where an employee started work within five days of receiving an offer. Taktile continues to leverage Deel for managing contracts, ensuring compliance, and navigating US immigration for ongoing expansion.

Zip Co, a rapidly growing global fintech company with a workforce of over a thousand, needed an HR solution to support worker mobility in countries where they lacked a corporate entity. Their previous solution was expensive, lacked a unified dashboard for employee management, and made compliance work time-consuming and resource-intensive, prompting the need for a new platform. With Deel, Zip Co successfully facilitated employee relocations in multiple countries, including Israel, France, Mexico, Thailand, and Cyprus, achieving record-time mobility. The Deel team's expertise was crucial in resolving a challenging payroll onboarding delay for a new employee, ensuring timely payment. The unified Deel dashboard also provided visibility into employee statuses, enabling quick resolution of outstanding action items and streamlining operations. As a result of implementing Deel, Zip Co achieved a significant 30% reduction in compliance costs. They also cut the time spent on administrative and management tasks by 20%. The platform provided benefits in terms of speed and ease of use, establishing a robust global HR system that became a competitive advantage for talent retention and attraction during their continued global expansion.

Zerve AI, an Irish startup building an agentic development environment, aimed to operate as a distributed team from day one to access specialized engineering talent. As a fast-growing startup with over 60% engineers, they faced the dual challenge of hiring elite global talent and fast-tracking operational maturity for an enterprise-grade product. This required moving away from an an ad-hoc HR system. They needed a global HR platform with a centralized employee directory, compliant time-off policies, and security training verification to prepare for an ISO 27001 audit. Zerve AI, already utilizing Deel's EOR for senior developers in North America and Europe, adopted Deel's HR suite to centralize people operations. This new system was immediately tested in preparation for an upcoming ISO 27001 audit. A key factor in their choice was Deel's integration with their audit monitoring system, which automated the tracking of required security training. This integration provided the fastest path to compliance while fulfilling pre-audit requirements. The immediate success was confidently entering the ISO 27001 audit. Furthermore, consolidating on Deel enabled Zerve AI to fully incentivize talent by issuing equity grants to employees of record. They also increased financial transparency through itemized employment cost tracking for better budgeting. A distributed team was better engaged by facilitating performance recognition and real-time time-off management via Deel's Slack plugin. This foundation positioned Zerve AI to focus on maturing its people and culture programs and future growth initiatives.

Yodo1, a mobile game company, faced the challenge of scaling its global, fully remote workforce across 30+ countries during the pandemic. After an initial costly EOR solution, they needed a more efficient and cost-effective method for hiring, onboarding, and paying their diverse international team while ensuring compliance and ease of use. Yodo1 transitioned to Deel, leveraging its all-in-one platform to manage global hiring, onboarding, and payments. They specifically utilized Deel Contractor Management, which helped simplify payroll processing and provided an intuitive user experience for both HR/finance teams and employees, enabling hassle-free payment withdrawals in multiple currencies. As a result, Yodo1 saved over 100 hours by eliminating repetitive manual tasks in HR and finance. They successfully managed payments for one-third of their workforce across 30+ countries and significantly reduced the number of transactions required for global payroll, streamlining their international operations and ensuring an audit-proof setup.

Wayfindr, a Hong Kong-based logistics and supply chain provider, aimed to scale globally into new markets like Vietnam, the Philippines, Israel, and New Zealand. Without local entities, the company faced significant compliance challenges for hiring in these regions. Each international hire demanded weeks of effort, including researching local labor laws, managing onboarding workflows, establishing legal entities, and registering for tax IDs. This complex process also raised concerns among new employees regarding job security and legitimacy. Wayfindr initially attempted to manage international hiring internally but encountered significant roadblocks. Recognizing the need to move faster and maintain compliance, the company sought a scalable solution to streamline global hiring from end to end. They implemented an all-in-one platform that provided centralized hiring and compliance capabilities. This solution simplified complexities across multiple countries, offering features like localized contracts, fast payments, and secure infrastructure. By centralizing hiring and compliance, Wayfindr successfully expanded its workforce across Hong Kong, the Philippines, Vietnam, Israel, and New Zealand. This strategic implementation resulted in a significant 50–60% reduction in hiring and onboarding costs. Furthermore, onboarding time was cut by half, from one month to two weeks. These efficiencies enabled Wayfindr to scale faster and establish a foundation for more strategic business growth.

Water For People, a global nonprofit operating across 10 countries, faced significant challenges in managing consistent recruitment due to globally dispersed HR teams. They relied on a separate ATS from their existing payroll system, which caused non-US teams to routinely lose access, resulting in slow and unreliable re-access. Furthermore, their recruitment process was largely manual, lacking features for bulk candidate communication, automated screening, and centralized candidate history. Water For People adopted the ATS module within Deel HR, integrating recruitment, screening, and hiring into the HRIS they already used for payroll. This provided all country teams with a single platform, eliminating prior access issues and streamlining the entire process. The solution enabled bulk candidate communications, custom correspondence templates, and automated screening with knockout questions. Additionally, Deel’s AI capabilities provided candidate ranking and insights, and new hires could be moved from ATS to HRIS with a single click, automating onboarding data entry. Since implementing the new system, Water For People successfully managed 26 open roles and hired 21 individuals across 10 countries within a unified platform. This led to an estimated 30% reduction in recruitment admin time for the global HR manager, driven by automated communications, AI-assisted screening, and eliminated manual data re-entry. All country teams now operate within the same hiring system, resolving previous access challenges and centralizing the entire candidate journey. These efficiencies have reduced process friction and positioned the organization to scale its hiring efforts effectively as it grows.

Voiceflow, a remote-first company, faced significant challenges in expanding its team internationally. Setting up global entities was prohibitively expensive and time-consuming, preventing them from hiring talent in new regions. Additionally, their decentralized approach to purchasing and delivering equipment to international new hires resulted in inconsistent delivery dates, fluctuating costs, and a poor onboarding experience. To address these issues, Voiceflow partnered with Deel to manage global HR and compliance, and leverage Deel’s integration with Hofy for equipment delivery. This solution streamlined the process of sending laptops to new team members, making it quick and secure. The setup for equipment delivery took minutes rather than hours, simplifying operations for the internal team and ensuring a positive experience for new hires. Since implementing Deel, Voiceflow has successfully hired, onboarded, paid, and equipped its global workforce through a single platform. The team has grown to over 20 people across 7+ countries, saving $30K in entity setup costs. The streamlined equipment delivery process further saved over 60 hours of admin work and an additional $10K, resulting in zero complaints from new team members regarding their equipment.

Video Husky, a company working with over 50 contractors globally, faced significant compliance concerns regarding international tax and legal requirements. They previously used separate tools for contracts and payments, which lacked the necessary features to ensure adherence to local laws and tax regulations. The primary concern was the potential for tax and legal penalties due to incorrect documentation, such as W8 forms. Video Husky implemented a comprehensive solution to address its compliance fears. This involved utilizing features that ensured tax and contract compliance for its global workforce. The new system provided all necessary documentation and legal information to adhere to local laws worldwide, simplifying the management of over 50 international contractors. The implementation resulted in Video Husky achieving full compliance across its global operations, eliminating previous compliance worries. They gained efficient contract management and access to compliant contract templates, ensuring adherence to local labor laws without needing worldwide incorporation. This outcome provided significant peace of mind regarding international hiring and legal obligations.

Veriff, a global online identity verification company, was experiencing exponential growth and anticipated doubling its global team by Q2 2022. Scaling rapidly presented significant challenges, as setting up legal entities in new locations involved extensive paperwork and bureaucracy. As a hyper-growth startup, Veriff needed to quickly hire talent from around the world to support its expansion. This demanded an efficient solution to overcome the complexities of international recruitment and ensure timely team growth. To address their scaling challenges, Veriff partnered with Deel to manage their global hiring and expansion. Deel provided comprehensive support for international employment, covering critical areas such as employment law, payroll, taxes, and benefits. This solution facilitated Veriff's ability to hire talent from various countries, fostering cultural diversity within their team. Deel's professional team offered consistent assistance and solutions, irrespective of the new hires' locations. So far, this collaboration resulted in the hiring of seven individuals from the UK and Germany, with expectations for rapid continued growth. As a direct result of partnering with Deel, Veriff achieved noticeable benefits, including significant savings in both time and money. The administrative burden on their internal team was substantially reduced, leading to quicker operational turnaround times. Deel proved to be an integral strategic partner, efficiently managing the interests of all parties involved in establishing new business entities. This robust support system enabled Veriff to continue its rapid global expansion. Ultimately, the partnership was instrumental in helping Veriff become one of the fastest-growing startups.