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Zenefits (YC W13) Lands $2.1M To Automate Startup HR
- nwenzel 13y agoIf there's anything begging to be fixed, it's the benefits administration process. After using the traditional vendors for my last company, I'm ecstatic to find something better. Think I'm going a little overboard over back office software? Then you've never had to add dental coverage to an existing employee.
- ams6110 13y agoBob Kocher, who led Venrock’s investment, was a key player in helping to write the Affordable Care Act Disgusting. Another bureaucrat seeking personal financial benefit from regulations he helped to write.
- lubos 13y agoYou think payroll is complicated because of Obamacare? You're ridiculous.
- parkerconrad 13y agoA different way to look at this -- someone who believes in the affordable care act, and wants to build companies that will help this law succeed.
- andrewljohnson 13y agoI love ZenPayroll. Thought this might be related, but it's not.
- barkerja 13y agoAre they ran by the same people? I ask because: http://www.zenefits.com/ZenPayroll http://www.zenefits.com/ZenPayroll
- parkerconrad 13y agoWe love Zenpayroll, but, sadly, no official relationship despite the name.
- sally888 13y agoIs there an API for Zenefits? Would be extremely useful for our clients.
- parkerconrad 13y agoNot right now -- but something we'd like to do down the line. Am curious what you'd want / how you'd use it. Feel free to reach out, parker [at] zenefits dot com
- tabako 13y agoOur company just started using Zenefits. Signing up for health insurance online was way less painful than filling out paper forms, and they had good summaries of the various plans.
- ket 13y agoIs solving the health insurance problem to single founders / freelancers much more difficult than 2 founders? or is it much smaller market? Honest question, because as far as I understand both Zenefits and SimplyInsured (both YC13 and pretty similar market) do not address the |company| < 2 market.
- thejteam 13y ago2 People and then you can get group insurance plans. Usually there are a completely different set of plans for groups and individuals. The forms and application process is different. The group process is usually more difficult,which I guess is why that is what they are trying to solve. Individual insurance is already as simple as filling out a form online.