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Everee

Holladay, US · Founded 2018 · Delaware corporation · 45 employees on LinkedIn · 4 known investors

Everee operates the Flex Platform, a payroll system that runs on flexible schedules (daily, weekly, or on demand) and pays both W-2 and 1099 workers with multi-state tax compliance across all 50 states. It serves staffing firms, gig-work platforms, and businesses with flexible workforces, and offers white-label/embedded payroll, financing via Flex Credit, and onboarding tools like remote I-9 and E-Verify.

Also known as Everee, Inc.

Founders & leadership

Everee was founded in 2018 by Brett Barlow.

BB
Brett BarlowFounder
SW
Scott WelchExecutive
GW
Greg WoodwardExecutive
MR
Michael Ron RossNamed on SEC filing
TP
Tyler PloegerNamed on SEC filing
SD
Steven DickertNamed on SEC filing

Board

BDBenjamin Dahl
Benjamin Dahlin𝕏Board directorGeneral Partner at Signal Peak Ventures
BHBrent Hill
Brent Hillin𝕏Board directorManaging Partner at Origin Ventures
JTJoshua-Marc Tanenbaum
Joshua-Marc TanenbauminBoard directorFounder and Managing Partner at Rebalance Capital Ventures

Investors · 4

Reported raises · per SEC filings

Form D private placements

$17.9M disclosed across 3 of 4 rounds · 2019–2026

$4.5MraisedApr 2026 · 3 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Benjamin DahlDirector
  • Scott WelchExecutive Officer
  • Brett BarlowExecutive Officer, Director
  • Greg WoodwardExecutive Officer, Director
  • Brent HillDirector
  • Joshua-Marc TanenbaumDirector
Offering amount
$7.5M
Amount sold
$4.5M
First sale
Apr 2026
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
$10MraisedApr 2020 · 12 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Brett BarlowExecutive Officer, Director
  • Michael Ron RossExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
  • Brent HillDirector
  • Tyler PloegerExecutive Officer
  • Steven DickertDirector
  • Greg WoodwardDirector
Offering amount
$10M
Amount sold
$10M
First sale
Apr 2020
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware, 2018
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗
$3.4MraisedMay 2019 · 11 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Michael Ron RossExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
  • Tyler PloegerExecutive Officer
  • Steven DickertDirector
  • Brett BarlowExecutive Officer, Director
Offering amount
$3.5M
Amount sold
$3.4M
First sale
Apr 2019
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware, 2018
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Everee is a payroll and worker-payments company built around what it calls the Flex Platform. Rather than tying employers to a fixed biweekly cycle, the software runs full gross-to-net payroll runs on a daily, weekly or ad hoc basis as work is verified, withholding federal, state, local and reciprocal taxes on each payment and handling the associated filings and remittances. W-2 employees and 1099 contractors are paid from the same dashboard, and the company distinguishes its approach from earned wage access or instant-pay advances, which it describes as fee-based draws on wages ahead of a payroll cycle that still runs later.

The platform has three main components. Flex Pay covers payroll scheduling and payout methods, including same-day ACH, the Everee Visa Pay Card (issued by The Bancorp Bank, N.A.), branded pay cards, an Auto Pay capability that runs recurring payroll automatically, and Early Pay for employers that keep a conventional cycle but want workers to access earned wages sooner. Flex Credit is an embedded payroll financing product under which Everee fronts worker payments for qualified clients when customer invoices have not yet been collected, with repayment on a contracted schedule. Flex Build is a white-label and embedded offering that lets partner platforms put their own brand on worker payroll experiences while Everee handles payment processing, tax operations and support. Flex Suite covers multi-state compliance, multi-jurisdiction tax calculations, multiple EINs and location-based tax forms, with an Onboarding+ module adding remote I-9 verification, E-Verify, credential tracking and custom document packages.

A companion worker mobile app provides instant or same-day access to earnings, pay stubs and tax documents, e-signature of documents, onboarding, time tracking and schedule viewing. The app is listed on Google Play by Everee, Inc., which gives a Salt Lake City, Utah business address.

Founding story

Co-founder Ron Ross conceived the idea after watching his college-age daughter struggle because the timing of her paycheck did not match her bills, despite her earning enough to cover expenses. That prompted him to question why workers remained tied to a two-week pay cycle that had changed little in roughly 80 years, leading to a payroll platform designed to let people be paid daily, weekly or on demand.

Business model

Everee sells payroll software on a per-worker subscription basis to employers, with tiered plans; at the time of its 2020 Series A the lower-cost plan started at $15 per worker per month, falling to about $10 per month at higher employee counts, and a more expensive tier enabled daily or weekly cash-out. The company also generates revenue from payment products such as pay cards and cash-out fees and from Flex Credit payroll financing, and offers white-label/embedded payroll to partner platforms through Flex Build.

Recurring per-worker-per-month software fees, supplemented by payment-related fees (including a small worker cash-out fee where a pay card is not used) and payroll financing under Flex Credit. Everee funds faster payouts using a credit facility and absorbs the cost of capital as cost of revenue, which it estimated reduced gross margins by roughly five points.

Traction

The company's website cites cumulative payments processed, workers paid and clients nationwide, and its worker app has surpassed 100,000 downloads on Google Play. Everee cites survey figures that 84% of U.S. gig workers consider fast access to earnings important or very important in choosing where to work and that 67% of staffing agency recruiters say same-day pay would significantly improve candidate attraction.

Latest developments

Everee markets the Flex Platform, including Flex Credit payroll financing and Flex Build white-label/embedded payroll, and its worker mobile app listing was updated in August 2026.

Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history, risks & controversies

Market position

Everee positions itself against legacy payroll providers built for biweekly cycles and against earned wage access or instant-pay apps, arguing that it delivers an actual completed payroll run rather than an advance. It also contrasts Flex Build with other payroll-as-a-service providers by taking on payment processing, tax operations and customer support itself.

Combination of employer-scheduled or ad hoc payroll runs, same-system handling of W-2 and 1099 payments, built-in payroll financing (Flex Credit), white-label embedded payroll, 50-state tax compliance, and named-rep customer support rather than ticket-based service.

Technology

A payroll engine that performs full gross-to-net calculations on demand rather than in fixed batches, with automated federal, state, local and reciprocal tax withholding, filings, multi-EIN and multi-jurisdiction support across all 50 states. Payout rails include same-day ACH (available after an initial qualification period, with a daily processing cutoff) and instant-eligible Visa pay cards usable on nights, weekends and holidays. APIs and prebuilt integrations support data exchange, and the platform includes onboarding tooling such as remote I-9 and E-Verify.

Go-to-market

Direct sales driven by demo bookings from the company website, a partner program, and integrations with staffing platforms, timekeeping software and benefits administration systems, plus APIs and timesheet upload for non-integrated systems. Flex Build provides an embedded/white-label channel through partner platforms.

Staffing agencies, gig-work and delivery platforms, workforce apps and other employers with flexible, distributed or ad hoc workforces that mix W-2 employees and 1099 contractors; also software platforms that want to embed or white-label payroll for their own customers.

Geography

United States, with payroll tax compliance across all 50 states; the Everee, Inc. developer listing gives a Salt Lake City, Utah address.

History

Everee raised a $3.7 million seed round in mid-2019 and announced a $10 million Series A in April 2020, co-led by Origin Ventures and Signal Peak Ventures, with Brent Hill of Origin Ventures and Ben Dahl of Signal Peak Ventures joining the board. Brett Barlow, previously of Pluralsight, was CEO at the time of the Series A. Around that announcement the company moved Pay On Demand into its Basic plan for all customers. The product has since been organized as the Flex Platform, spanning Flex Pay, Flex Credit, Flex Build and Flex Suite.

Risks & controversies

Funding faster worker payouts through a credit facility shifts cash-flow risk onto Everee and reduces gross margins by roughly five percentage points, and the Flex Credit product extends financing to clients ahead of their own customer collections. The company's growth is tied to hourly, gig and staffing employment levels, which coverage of its 2020 Series A noted were under pressure during the pandemic-era downturn.

Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Google Play app downloadsAug 2026100K+
Gross margin impact of funding faster worker payoutsApr 2020approximately 5 percentage points of gross margin
Starting price per worker per month (lower-cost plan)Apr 2020$15

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

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Timeline · 4

launches, deals, and filings
Apr 2020
Everee announces $10M Series A co-led by Origin Ventures and Signal Peak Ventures

Everee announced a $10 million Series A financing co-led by Origin Ventures and Signal Peak Ventures, adding Brent Hill of Origin Ventures and Ben Dahl of Signal Peak Ventures to its board. The company said the capital would accelerate its flexible-pay platform.

$10M source ↗

Apr 2020
Brett Barlow serving as CEO

At the time of the Series A announcement, Everee was led by new CEO Brett Barlow, previously of Pluralsight, alongside co-founder Ron Ross.

source ↗

Apr 2020
Pay On Demand added to Everee's Basic plan

Everee said it had made Pay On Demand, which lets employees access 100% of earned income at no cost to them, part of its Basic plan, making it available to all customers.

source ↗

Jan 2019
Everee raises $3.7M seed round

TechCrunch reported that prior to its Series A, Everee had raised a $3.7 million seed round in mid-2019.

$3.7M source ↗

Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

Legal entities · 1

corporate structure
EvereeDelaware

In the news

Research sources · 8

primary sources listed

8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Everee do?
Everee is a US payroll platform that pays W-2 and 1099 workers daily, weekly or on demand across all 50 states.
Who founded Everee?
Everee was founded by Brett Barlow in 2018.
Who are Everee's investors?
Everee's investors include Origin Ventures, Rainfall Ventures, Rebalance Capital Ventures, Signal Peak Ventures.
How much funding has Everee raised?
Everee has disclosed $17.9M raised across 3 of its 4 known rounds.
Where is Everee headquartered?
Everee is headquartered in Holladay, US.