Skuad
Acquired182 employees on LinkedIn · 2 known investors
Skuad is a platform that helps companies hire, onboard, pay, and manage remote employees and contractors across 160+ countries. It provides compliant employment contracts, payroll processing, tax compliance, benefits administration, and talent matching services for global teams.
Also known as Payoneer WFM · Payoneer Workforce Management
Founders & leadership
Investors · 2
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Skuad is a global HR and employer-of-record (EOR) platform that lets companies hire, onboard, pay and manage employees and contractors in more than 160 countries without establishing local legal entities. The platform covers digital onboarding with locally compliant contracts, document collection and work-device issuance; cross-border payroll and contractor payments in 70 currencies; invoicing; tax, deduction and payslip handling; benefits and perks administration (medical, dental, vision, pension, paid time off and reimbursements); and management of work permits and timesheets.
Compliance is positioned as a core function: Skuad states it applies security standards aligned to local employment laws, country-specific taxes and audit readiness, and guides customers through statutory requirements in each market. The company also offers talent-matching support, with talent experts sourcing employees or contractors in specific locations, and a country explorer plus a cost-to-hire calculator (available in USD, GBP and EUR) for estimating employment costs in new markets. Skuad now operates as Payoneer Workforce Management (WFM) following its move under Payoneer, retaining the same hire-pay-manage product scope.
Business model
Skuad sells subscription-based global employment services, with published entry pricing of $199 for hiring full-time employees through its employer-of-record model and $19 for onboarding and paying contractors, and no onboarding fee. It emphasizes 100% transparency in its fee structure.
Per-worker service fees for employer-of-record employment and contractor management, layered on payroll, payments, benefits and compliance services.
Traction
The company cites customers across SaaS, logistics and e-commerce and publishes testimonials from clients that used the platform for onboarding and payroll across multiple countries, including one expansion spanning six countries.
Latest developments
Skuad has been rebranded as Payoneer Workforce Management (WFM) and describes itself as a Payoneer company, stating that its global hiring, payment and workforce management offering continues under Payoneer's ownership.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography
Market position
Skuad positions itself as an award-winning EOR platform for global teams, differentiating on breadth of country coverage, owned entities and local presence, transparent pricing and dedicated support.
Coverage of 160+ countries with owned entities, presence and expertise across APAC, MEA, Europe and the Americas; payroll in 70 currencies via a single bulk payment; no onboarding fee; dedicated 24x5 support with employer and employee success managers and people-ops partners.
Technology
A single web platform consolidating onboarding, contracts, document collection, payroll, multi-currency payments, invoicing, tax filings, benefits and compliance workflows, enabling one-click global payroll runs and a single bulk payment that is disbursed in employees' chosen currencies.
Go-to-market
Inbound, demo-led sales through the website (request-a-demo and book-a-demo forms), supported by content and tools such as country hiring guides and a cost-to-hire calculator, plus customer testimonials from HR, talent and corporate development leaders. Talent experts and dedicated employer and employee success managers support accounts post-sale.
Businesses building distributed or international teams, including SaaS, logistics and e-commerce organizations as well as companies in a broad range of other sectors seeking to expand globally; the site's demo form segments prospects from 1-10 employees up to 5,000+.
Geography
Operates across 160+ countries with owned entities and local presence in APAC, MEA, Europe and the Americas; hiring guides highlight markets including the United Kingdom, India, Mexico, Indonesia, the UAE, Germany, Colombia, Singapore, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Nigeria, the Philippines, Spain, Vietnam, China, Australia, Canada, Brazil, Japan and Saudi Arabia.
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Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Timeline · 1
launches, deals, and filingsSkuad's website announces that the company is now Payoneer Workforce Management (WFM) and describes itself as "a Payoneer company," with its global hiring, payroll and management offering continuing under Payoneer.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
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primary sources listed
- Skuadskuad.io · web
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Skuad do?
- Skuad, now Payoneer Workforce Management, is an employer-of-record platform for hiring and paying teams in 160+ countries.
- Who founded Skuad?
- Skuad was founded by Sundeep Sahi.
- Who are Skuad's investors?
- Skuad's investors include Anthemis Venture, iSeed.