Oyster® Stock
Oyster is a Distributed HR platform that empowers companies to hire, pay, and care for talented teammates regardless of location.
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Oyster is on a mission to create a more equal world by making it possible for companies everywhere to hire people anywhere. The company's HR platform for globally distributed companies enables growing organizations to give valued international team members the experience they deserve, without the usual headaches or expense. Oyster empowers hiring anywhere in the world with reliable, compliant payroll and great local benefits and perks. Founded in January 2020 by Tony Jamous and Jack Mardack, Oyster is itself a fully remote company with a diverse, globally distributed team.
Investors
Funding History
| April 2020 | $4.2M |
|---|---|
| February 2021 | $20.0M |
| June 2021 | $50.0M |
| April 2022 | $150M |
Management
CEO and Co-Founder
Tony Jamous
Co-Founder
Jack Mardack
Chief Workplace Officer
Mark Frein
Product Growth
Sooraj Chandran
President
Ellen Silver
Product Director: Payroll and Financial Automation
Francesco Scalambrino
Private Investor
Kamran Ansari
Advisor
Andrew Banks
Press
news - Sep, 15 2023
The Crunchbase Tech Layoffs Trackerglobenewswire - Sep, 15 2023
Oyster Consulting Hires Stephen Kuhs, Former Truist Operations Managing Directordisrupt-africa - Aug, 17 2023
Ghanaian agri-tech startup Oyster Agribusiness raises $310k funding to scaletechrseries - Mar, 14 2023
Oyster Hires First Chief Revenue Officer, Expands Board of Directors; Continues to Power Employee Centricity in Distributed Workforcesbizjournals - Feb, 2 2023
Charlotte startup Oyster HR cuts jobs less than a year after reaching $1B valuationstartuparound - Dec, 29 2022
Oyster Raises $3.6M For its Modernized Personal Insurance Platform – AlleyWatchbit - Dec, 16 2022
Oyster bags $3.6m to level up personal insurancevcnewsdaily - Dec, 15 2022
Oyster Launches With $3.6M Seed Roundbuiltinnyc - Dec, 14 2022
Oyster Gets $3.6M to Launch Embedded Insurance for E-Commerce Purchasescoverager - Dec, 14 2022
Oyster raises $3.6 millionbioworld - Nov, 10 2022
Viatris’ far-sighted binocular move brings aboard Oyster, Famy pipelinespymnts - Oct, 26 2022
Yaydoo Buys Oyster to Scale B2B Payments Solutions Across LatAmzpr - Oct, 25 2022
Yaydoo acquires payments solution Oyster Financial and consolidates its B2B Fintech leadership in Latin Americabestreviews - Sep, 28 2022
Oyster Reviewsnews - Aug, 30 2022
Special Series Part 1: These Future Of Work Startups Won Bignews - May, 11 2022
Meet The 35 Unicorns Who Joined The Board In Aprilnews - Apr, 22 2022
The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds: More Musk As The Boring Company Digs Up $675M, Upside Foods Cultivates $400M Roundprnewswire - Nov, 23 2021
Oyster® Expands Leadership Team With Appointment of Former Facebook VP Ellen Silver as President and HR Executive Mark Frein as Chief People Officerprnewswire - Sep, 24 2021
Oyster® Announces Funding From PayPal Ventures and HR Tech Investments as It Launches Discounts Program for Mission-Driven Companiesprnewswire - Sep, 24 2021
'The Future of HR': New Industry Report Predicts Dramatic Changes for Human Resources Leaders in the Post-Pandemic Eraprnewswire - Sep, 24 2021
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