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<ul><li>After growth decelerated to 30% year-over-year in 2022, Brex has re-accelerated to 50% year-over-year growth while simultaneously moving from burning $22M monthly to near-profitability.</li><li>Sacra estimates Brex hit $700M in annualized revenue in August 2025, up 50% year-over-year.</li><li>Brex has added top private growth companies as partners including procurement SaaS Zip ($2.2B valuation, $333M raised, BOND) and travel & expense startup Navan ($550M ARR in 2024) positioning as best-in-breed against Ramp’s all-in-one.</li></ul>

After growth decelerated to 30% year-over-year in 2022, Brex has re-accelerated to 50% year-over-year growth while simultaneously moving from burning $22M monthly to near-profitability.Sacra estimates Brex hit $700M in annualized revenue in August 2025, up 50% year-over-year.Brex has added top private growth companies as partners including procurement SaaS Zip ($2.2B valuation, $333M raised, BOND) and travel & expense startup Navan ($550M ARR in 2024) positioning as best-in-breed against Ramp’s all-in-one.

<ul><li>Handshake (2013) grew its campus recruiting portal & job marketplace to 18M students, ending 2024 at ~$190M in revenue (up 6% YoY) but with growth decelerating.</li><li>COVID dramatically accelerated Handshake's growth as remote recruiting exploded and in-person career fairs disappeared, driving revenue from $36M in 2020 to $75M in 2021 (108% YoY) and $120M in 2022 (60% YoY).</li><li>In 2023, frontier model companies drove massive demand for academically credentialed data labelers to power reasoning models and benchmarks in math, law & physics—driving the growth of companies like Mercor (Mercor $500M annualized revenue in August 2025)—with Handshake specifically well positioned to capitalize.</li></ul>

Handshake (2013) grew its campus recruiting portal & job marketplace to 18M students, ending 2024 at ~$190M in revenue (up 6% YoY) but with growth decelerating.COVID dramatically accelerated Handshake's growth as remote recruiting exploded and in-person career fairs disappeared, driving revenue from $36M in 2020 to $75M in 2021 (108% YoY) and $120M in 2022 (60% YoY).In 2023, frontier model companies drove massive demand for academically credentialed data labelers to power reasoning models and benchmarks in math, law & physics—driving the growth of companies like Mercor (Mercor $500M annualized revenue in August 2025)—with Handshake specifically well positioned to capitalize.

<ul><li>Slope raised $65M in equity and debt funding in July 2024, led by J.P. Morgan Payments.</li><li>Slope operates as an API-first order-to-cash automation platform that integrates directly into B2B marketplaces, ERPs, and checkout flows.</li><li>SlopeAI, introduced in July 2024, provides access to the company&#39;s LLM stack, including SlopeGPT and TransFormer models.</li></ul>

Slope raised $65M in equity and debt funding in July 2024, led by J.P. Morgan Payments.Slope operates as an API-first order-to-cash automation platform that integrates directly into B2B marketplaces, ERPs, and checkout flows.SlopeAI, introduced in July 2024, provides access to the company&#39;s LLM stack, including SlopeGPT and TransFormer models.

<ul><li>Now at a Sacra-estimated $1.15B in annualized revenue, up 70% YoY, Deel is colliding with Rippling & Gusto as global payroll goes domestic & vice versa as all three fight to own the full stack of payroll & HR.</li><li>Expanding from contractor payments, Deel launched EOR services (late 2020) to help companies hire full-time employees abroad, and then into global payroll (mid 2022) to unify compliance, tax & payments across their entire team, scaling from $4M annualized revenue in early 2020 to $295M by end of 2022, reaching an estimated $1.15B by August 2025 (up 70% YoY) at a $12.6B valuation for a 11x multiple.</li><li>After burning sub-$10M in 2021 and turning profitable in 2022, Deel has continued expanding its margins, hitting 16% EBITDA margin in 2025 with ~85% gross margins (vs. ADP at 46%), positioning the company for its stated goal of going public as early as 2026-2027.</li></ul>

Now at a Sacra-estimated $1.15B in annualized revenue, up 70% YoY, Deel is colliding with Rippling & Gusto as global payroll goes domestic & vice versa as all three fight to own the full stack of payroll & HR.Expanding from contractor payments, Deel launched EOR services (late 2020) to help companies hire full-time employees abroad, and then into global payroll (mid 2022) to unify compliance, tax & payments across their entire team, scaling from $4M annualized revenue in early 2020 to $295M by end of 2022, reaching an estimated $1.15B by August 2025 (up 70% YoY) at a $12.6B valuation for a 11x multiple.After burning sub-$10M in 2021 and turning profitable in 2022, Deel has continued expanding its margins, hitting 16% EBITDA margin in 2025 with ~85% gross margins (vs. ADP at 46%), positioning the company for its stated goal of going public as early as 2026-2027.

<ul><li>LayerX closed a $100 million Series B round in September 2025, led by TCV.</li><li>LayerX operates a B2B SaaS model with tiered subscription pricing based on feature access and usage volume.</li><li>LayerX is expanding its customer base from small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and mid-market clients to larger enterprises, with customer count increasing by 50%, from 10,000 to 15,000 companies, in just over a year.</li></ul>

LayerX closed a $100 million Series B round in September 2025, led by TCV.LayerX operates a B2B SaaS model with tiered subscription pricing based on feature access and usage volume.LayerX is expanding its customer base from small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and mid-market clients to larger enterprises, with customer count increasing by 50%, from 10,000 to 15,000 companies, in just over a year.

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Software for finance teams to manage corporate cards, bill pay, and accounting

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Brex At $700M/year Growing 50% YoY

TL;DR: After growth decelerated to 30% year-over-year in 2022, Brex has re-accelerated to 50% year-over-year growth while simultaneously moving...

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Handshake Vs Mercor

TL;DR: Handshake (2013) grew its campus recruiting portal & job marketplace to 18M students, ending 2024 at ~$190M in revenue (up 6% YoY) but with...

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Primer: Slope - 15 Sep 2025

B2B payments platform leveraging AI for order-to-cash automation, risk assessment, and embedded financing

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Deel At $1.15B/year Growing 70%+ YoY

TL;DR: Rising domestic labor costs and COVID catalyzed Deel’s explosive growth as a service that let startups hire globally from day one. Now at a...

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Primer: LayerX - 02 Sep 2025

AI SaaS platform automating enterprise back-office workflows including expense management, invoice processing, and corporate card operations

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