Pave
Compensation management and benchmarking platform helping companies plan and benchmark employee pay with real-time market data.
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About
Pave is a compensation management platform that combines real-time compensation and market benchmarking data with workflows for compensation planning and communication, helping compensation and HR teams make data-informed pay decisions. It integrates with HR systems to replace spreadsheet-based comp processes. Founded in late 2019 by CEO Matt Schulman and headquartered in San Francisco, Pave has raised roughly $160M from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer Venture Partners, Craft Ventures, Index Ventures and Y Combinator.
Products
Pave Compensation Management Platform, Real-Time Compensation Benchmarking (live market data), Offer & Leveling Intelligence, Equity Management & Modeling, Total Rewards Communication, Compensation Planning & Budgeting, Pay Equity Analysis, Band Management, Headcount Planning, HRIS Integration (Workday, BambooHR, Rippling), Employee Compensation Portals
Leadership
founders · executives- Matt SchulmanFounder & CEO
Recent moves
funding · M&A · launches- Jul 23, 2024
- Jun 25, 2024
- Aug 30, 2023
- Jun 28, 2022
Pave in the news
All news →Greenhouse, a leading hiring platform, has partnered with Pave, a top compensation management platform, to introduce Offer Insights. This integration delivers real-time data from over 1 million job offers, enabling…
Aug 30, 2023Culture Amp Announces Partnership with Pave: Elevating Compensation Management for Businesses WorldwideMELBOURNE and SAN FRANCISCO and NEW YORK and LONDON -- Culture Amp , the leading employee experience platform, today announces a partnership with Pave , the category-leading compensation management software…
Jun 28, 2022Pave Raises $100M Series C and Acquires Option ImpactPave’s acquisition of Option Impact from Morgan Stanley increases our customer count to 5,700. This makes Pave the largest compensation provider for private companies in the world. Learn more here about the…
Jul 23, 2024Greenhouse's Summer 2024 Release: Revolutionizing Hiring with AI and Real-Time DataGreenhouse, a leading hiring platform, announced its Summer 2024 product release featuring new tools to optimize the hiring process and reduce bias. Key updates include Pave Market Data integrated with Greenhouse Offer…
Jun 30, 2023iiPay Expands into Mexico, Forging Strategic Partnership with Grupo Tress International for Global Payroll SolutionsDallas, Texas, Monterrey, Mexico, and Cheltenham, UK – 29 June 2023 – iiPay , a global leader in innovative cloud-based payroll software technology, is excited to announce its expansion into Mexico with a new office in…
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Open roles
All 17 roles →17 roles listed on Pave's careers page as of 2026-10-22, 1 in AI / ML. Most hiring in Engineering (6), HR & recruiting (4), Sales (3).
Salt Lake City, UT
Open roleSenior Software Engineer, Core PlatformSan Francisco, CA & New York, NY
Open roleTechnical RecruiterSan Francisco, CA
Open roleSenior Software Frontend Engineer, Market PricingSan Francisco, CA & New York, NY
AI / MLSenior Software Engineer, AgentSan Francisco, CA & New York, NY
Open roleAccount ManagerSan Francisco, California, United States
Pave — frequently asked questions
What does Pave do?
Compensation management and benchmarking platform helping companies plan and benchmark employee pay with real-time market data.
Where is Pave headquartered?
Pave is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, United States.
When was Pave founded?
Pave was founded in 2019.
Who founded Pave?
Pave was founded by Matt Schulman.
How many employees does Pave have?
Pave has 201-500 employees.
How much funding has Pave raised?
Pave has raised $175 million (Venture-backed; ~$160M raised total (a16z, Bessemer, Craft, Index, Y Combinator and others)) to date, per DHRMap records.
What kind of HR technology is Pave?
Pave is categorized under Salary Data on DHRMap.
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