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Kaaspo Enterprises raised a $24M Series B led by Peak XV Partners with participation from Lightspeed India and existing investors Blume and Better. Capital will fund expansion across South India manufacturing, Middle East market entry, and an India-built compliance engine for Tier-2 and Tier-3 employers.
Read the announcement →Forbes India listed pPULSE in its annual HR-Tech Hot 25 alongside three other India-built platforms. The list focuses on companies showing real revenue traction in the mid-market and a credible India-first product approach. Coverage is in the April 2026 print edition and online.
pPULSE will provide free hiring infrastructure to 400 NASSCOM Foundation skilling partners across 22 states under Skill India 2030. The integration plugs candidate pipelines from skilling cohorts directly into employer ATS instances, with consent-led data flow and DPDP-aligned defaults.
Press contact →pPULSE crossed 2,400 paying customers and processed 1.2 million payslips in March 2026, up 3.1× year on year. Annualised statutory remittances handled through the platform crossed ₹1,800 crore across PF, ESIC, PT, and TDS combined.
pPULSE joined Microsoft for Startups Founders Hub at the select tier, granting customers Azure-region data residency in Pune and Hyderabad and tighter Microsoft Teams interview integration. Migration to Azure-resident tenants is opt-in and rolling out from Q2 2026.
Lakshmi Iyer joins pPULSE as Vice President of Compliance and Risk. She was previously a partner at Khaitan & Co. leading the labour and employment practice, and has advised on PF, ESIC, gratuity, and DPDP matters for over a decade. She is based in Mumbai.
After nine months of design partner roll-outs across 90 customers, the pPULSE Applicant Tracking System is now generally available. The release adds AI scoring, structured interview kits, custom screening parameters, and one-click LinkedIn / Naukri / Indeed posting.
See ATS overview →pPULSE completed its second SOC 2 Type II audit covering security, availability, and confidentiality. No exceptions were noted across the 12-month observation window. The report is available under NDA via the trust center.
Trust center →Native, bidirectional sync of payroll journals and statutory remittances with Zoho Books and QuickBooks Online. Replaces the existing CSV exports for joint customers and brings month-close reconciliation down from days to minutes.
pPULSE became one of seven HRMS platforms empanelled by EPFO for direct-API ECR filing. Joint customers can now file the monthly Electronic Challan-cum-Return without leaving pPULSE, cutting EPFO portal time by an estimated 65 percent for mid-market employers.
Privacy & compliance →India SaaS Awards 2026 named pPULSE the Vertical SaaS Company of the Year in the Mid-Market category. The judging panel highlighted India-first product approach and statutory depth as the differentiators against horizontal HR suites.
Aurora Logistics consolidated payroll for 5,200 employees across 14 group entities on a single pPULSE tenant. Median payroll-cycle time fell from three days to ninety minutes, with annual statutory savings estimated at ₹84 lakh.
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