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Gusto Pitch Deck

Seed · $6.1M · 2012 · 16 slides

Payroll, benefits and HR software for small and medium-sized businesses.

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Gusto pitched this 16-slide deck to raise $6.1M in its seed round in 2012. Investors in the round included Google Ventures, Salesforce, Sherpalo Ventures, Data Collective, Aaron Levie, Drew Houston, Jeremy Stoppelman and David Sacks. Gusto was founded in 2011 and is based in San Francisco, USA. The deck is public on SlideShare.

Facts checked against the sources below by LeadWave, curated by Khrystyna Oleksiienko · Updated November 3, 2026

The deck and the round

Round
Seed
Raised in the round
$6.1M
Year
2012
Investors
Google Ventures, Salesforce, Sherpalo Ventures, Data Collective, Aaron Levie, Drew Houston, Jeremy Stoppelman, David Sacks
Slides
16
Category
HR
Headquarters
San Francisco, USA
Founded
2011
Team today
1,001–5,000 employees
Total funding to date
$516.1M

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$6.1M, in its seed round in 2012. Investors in the round included Google Ventures, Salesforce, Sherpalo Ventures, Data Collective, Aaron Levie, Drew Houston, Jeremy Stoppelman and David Sacks.

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