Valeria Raises $2M To Simplify Payroll For Frontline Workers

Founded by Pau Laporte, Carlos Saiz, and Sergio Morales Bonet, Valeria is developing a payroll and workforce management platform tailored for industries with high turnover and operational complexity, such as hospitality, retail, logistics, and services.

These sectors deal with frequent onboarding and offboarding, variable shifts, and complex compliance needs challenges that traditional payroll systems struggle to handle.

The founding team brings hands-on experience from companies like Uber, Getir, and Glovo, where they repeatedly faced payroll systems that couldn’t keep up with frontline operations.

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According to Laporte: “It brought me back close to the restaurant industry, which is where the first version of Valeria came from. Initially, Valeria started as an accounting solution for restaurants. But very quickly we realised payroll was the bigger opportunity.”

Before Valeria, Pau Laporte spent nearly 10 years in tech, starting in restaurant and operations-heavy businesses. He once paid around €2,000 per month for a payroll service that couldn’t match supply with demand, leading to losses. Later, he managed operations for up to 2,000 riders at larger tech companies.

With the new funding, Valeria plans to grow its team, increase automation across its platform, and expand into markets where labour-intensive businesses face similar workforce and payroll challenges.

“Early in my career, I was leading operations in restaurants where there was very high turnover. I was managing around 150 riders at one point.

Payroll was extremely complicated tips, variable hours, bonuses and sending all that information to the accountant was a nightmare. I also needed to onboard employees during the weekend, but the accountant wasn’t working.” CEO and co-founder Pau Laporte.

About Valeria

Valeria HR is your on-demand HR expert, providing instant support to streamline operations. Its mission is to give business leaders operational confidence and reclaim strategic time allowing them to focus on strategy and company culture rather than outdated spreadsheets and manual HR tasks.