Ilias Athanasiadis

Sales Development Manager @ Deel

[Alex Bouaziz @Bouazizalex]

The best job in the world is going live on Thursday… Stay tuned!

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[Alex Bouaziz @Bouazizalex]

For the first time, contractors can get paid, hold, earn and spend, all inside the same app 💸

Introducing the Deel stablecoin wallet: hold earnings in DLUSD, earn rewards, spend anywhere, with no crypto exchange, separate accounts, or lost value in transit.

Launching in Latin America today, with APAC, MENA, and Africa to follow.

Coming soon for employees! 👀

Thanks to our partners at @Stablecoin, @privy_io, @tempo, @Morpho, and @Sentora for making this possible.

Read more in the comments 👇

[Alex Bouaziz @Bouazizalex]

Deel has acquired Sastrify, a leading AI-powered SaaS procurement & management platform.

Pumped to welcome Sven Lackinger, Max Messing, and the whole Sastrify team!

This is the 14th acquisition we've done at Deel.
Maybe good opp to speak about how we think about M&A:

- Don't make a deal unless it's a "hell yes"
Deals that didn't go very well were those that we were 70-85% certain. Aim for 85-99% certainty. There's enough information out there. Everything must make sense: product, roadmap, financials, and people.
You can't hope to convert hundreds of people into your culture. We go for those who already operate like we do.
Sven, Max, and their team are outstanding. We're lucky to now have them as colleagues.

- Acquire for expertise & accelerate time to market.
In 2019, we started going down the legal rabbit hole of hiring abroad. How to set up entities in other countries, different regulatory environments concerning payroll, gross-to-net salary calculations, tax compliance.
It took us 5 years of building to have an operationally great product. We can't pretend to do the same in 6 months for other products. People like Sven and Max -who have obsessed over theirs for 5-15- years are invaluable.

- We want to own 100% of the customer experience.
We started Deel IT with devices. Now we're expanding into the full software lifecycle - licenses, renewals, spend optimization. Customers want to use less vendors; it's simpler. And the more things we own at Deel, the more details we can be in.

- Integration time can get halved by doing the right things.
At Deel, we follow a simple process that cut integration time by 50%+ without adding extra risk.
Step 1: Rebuild frontend inside Deel while keeping the backend running underneath. v1 live within a month.
Step 2: Put that v1 in the hands of sales org so the 9–12 month ramp to selling comfort starts on day one.
Step 3: In parallel, engineering rebuilds the full backend natively and migrates all customers over 3–12 months.
Step 4: By month 12, the product is fully native and the sales team is already trained.

- AI is compressing the timeline even more.
The hardest part of M&A has always been rewriting backends, migrating data, and stitching systems together.
But engineers are shipping code at 4x the pace of two years ago. What used to be the bottleneck in every acquisition isn't one anymore.
And the faster you integrate, the faster you realize the synergies and compound your advantage.

- The only good deal is one where both sides look back five years later and say they're happy it happened.

[Alex Bouaziz @Bouazizalex]

Wednesday! 👀

The most ambitious launch in @deel's history. It's reshaped the company from the ground up and is the biggest internal breakthrough we've had.

I can't wait for you to see it.

[Alex Bouaziz @Bouazizalex]

Today, we’re launching @deel Founder Hours.

1-on-1 sessions with our exec team to help founders tackle the problems you can’t Google (ask Chatgpt?).

As you scale, the hardest decisions don’t come with playbooks. They come from people who’ve been there.

Deel is now 7,000+ people, 15+ products, and $1B+ in revenue - but none of that happened alone. We leaned heavily on founders, operators, and investors who gave us their time and hard-earned lessons.

Now it’s time to give back!

Twice a year, Deel execs (COO, CTO, CRO, and more) will spend a full day talking directly with founders ~10–20 deep, honest conversations.

No pitches. Just real problems, real stories, and practical advice.

I’m kicking it off and hosting the first Founder Hours on Jan 5.

If you’re wrestling with something hard and want a 1-on-1, apply in the comments - We won't be able to help everyone but will do our best!

Let’s pay it forward 💜

[Alex Bouaziz @Bouazizalex]

Introducing: AnyTime Pay 💸

"Payroll is on the 30th - but give me what I've earned till today."

This changes everything for 500M+ employees living paycheck-to-paycheck.

Deel is at $1B+ ARR serving only 1.5M employees. AnyTime Pay is how we completely change the payroll industry and 10x our scale.

Imagine this: you're a retail employee at a Deel-powered company. You take your earned pay on the 10th for rent, again on the 20th for groceries, and again on the 30th.

Once you experience that freedom, waiting 30 days to get paid anywhere else will feel ancient.

73% of employees say a one-week delay in their paycheck would cause major stress. That's because life is built around payday.

So why hasn't anyone done this before?

Because employers need to remit the correct taxes for each employee and mid-month payments would require instant tax calculations - which has been impossible.

Here's how it works today: Companies send employee data to local payroll providers who manually calculate taxes based on hundreds of constantly changing laws (brackets, job type, country, gender, etc.). The provider calculates everything and sends it back. This entire process takes 10+ days.

The bottleneck is that employers have to wait 10 days to know how much tax to remit for each employee, making mid-month payments impossible.

It's such a huge problem that there's a $1T loan industry to help people cope with 30-day pay cycles. 40% interest credit cards, BNPL, payday loans - they exist because people can't access their own earned money.

Deel is changing that. We're building global payroll infrastructure across 160 countries - our own rails that calculate taxes in real time.

Gross-to-net happens instantly, taxes are computed in seconds, and employees can access their earned pay - anytime.

This might sound boring. But to 500M+ employees living paycheck-to-paycheck, this is life-changing.

[Alex Bouaziz @Bouazizalex]

Deel has raised $300M at a $17.3B valuation

We started about 6 years ago, struggling to even make $10K.

I've never shared this before because of how embarrassing our start was.

The story of how we went from $1K to $1B and the advice I'd give to my younger self:

[deel @deel]

What if AI could take on your admin work? 🤖

Get a first look at the future of HR, payroll, and compliance.

Don’t miss The Deel Drop: Fall 2025 Edition 👉 https://t.co/FmwGjLjBXS

[deel @deel]

🔔 For a second year in a row, we've been named in the Top 10 of @forbes Cloud 100 List, and we're in good company 🏆

[deel @deel]

Scaling globally without HR support isn’t easy, but @mobbin found a way. 🚀

See how this Singapore-based startup manages hiring, compliance, and payroll across 12+ countries with Deel. Read more 👉 https://t.co/WJggxq0YAj

[deel @deel]

Today we’re announcing the launch of Deel Impact — our commitment to build a better future for the global workforce, by doing the right thing and proving it through action.

We kicked things off with a company-wide giving campaign where every Deeler had a vote — an incredible display of collective purpose from more than 6,500 team members.

Together, we committed $145,000 to three mission-aligned nonprofits:
🌍 @TBBforTalent
🌱 @Kiva
🌊 @TheOceanCleanup

These aren’t just donations — they represent Deel’s mission in action: our product, platform, and people driving impact.

This is just the beginning. Stay tuned for what’s next from Deel Impact.

[KittyBanuta @BanutaKitty]

We're celebrating 1 year of Deel IT🎉
The big wins from year one?
🚤  80% faster onboarding for customers see Filtered
🌍 Devices delivered in 130+ countries
🔗 HR + IT teams finally have one connected system.

Learn more here: https://t.co/G16bTwypP6

[Alex Bouaziz @Bouazizalex]

🚀 Big news @deel - We’re launching AI Workforce - where customers can deploy, manage, and build AI agents.

Today, you’ll get access to 7 agents to support admin-heavy tasks & the ability to build custom agents 🦸Take your team to the next level → https://t.co/xtTTUGBGtv

[KittyBanuta @BanutaKitty]

Post COVID everyone is talking about Hybrid vs Remote - so we went and asked multiple companies, how do they approach this, but importantly why?

For me, it's all about work/life integration -> work meeting you where you are right now in your life 🙏

[deel @deel]

We're thrilled to announce that Deel has been shortlisted for HR Tech Provider of the Year at the @personneltoday Awards 2025! 🎉

This recognition is a huge honour and a testament to our team's dedication to simplifying global payroll and HR for businesses everywhere. We're proud to be a part of a community that's shaping the future of work.

View the shortlist here: https://t.co/Uajvl2hCWd

#PTawards #HRtech #Payrolltech #HRTechProvideroftheYear

[deel @deel]

🌍 Europe has the talent.
💡 Europe has the ambition.
Now it has the infrastructure to build without limits.

We’re proud to partner with @ProjectEurope_ to help founders take bigger risks, scale faster, and hire globally from day zero.

From pre-incorporation compliance to seamless payroll across borders, Deel makes it possible to grow fearlessly—anywhere in the world.

Let’s unlock the next generation of European breakout companies. 🚀

[deel @deel]

💡Talent crisis? @LMAX found a global solution.

Hiring niche talent fast is tough, especially in highly regulated industries like finance. LMAX Group was losing top candidates due to slow onboarding and compliance hurdles. Then they discovered Deel.

With Deel’s EOR and Contractor of Record solutions, they hired 8+ specialists across 6 countries in days, not weeks, and cut onboarding time by 50%.

📚 Read how they did it: https://t.co/lrRlyaLANU[…]gn=emea-t1_consider_prosp_li__all--lmaxcasestudyq32025_all_all

[deel @deel]

Managing your entire worker lifecycle shouldn’t mean juggling 10 tools. 😕

From planning and hiring to onboarding, managing, and even offboarding—Deel HR lets you do it all in one place.

Swipe through to see how it works.
🔗Read the full breakdown: https://t.co/RohqLjmAKs

[deel @deel]

Our customers are building a truly global workforce, everyday.

They navigate time zones, build across borders, and prove what’s possible with the right partner.

Today, we’re celebrating 100 of them in a big way: meet the bold leaders shaping the future of work.

Welcome to the Deel 100. 🎉

[Charles Pelletier-Gagné @charles_o1buddy]

I know how stressful visa planning can be.
If you're building in the U.S., let's make sure your immigration plan is as solid as your product roadmap. 🌎