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https://ajourney.com

Automate work with AI

Ajourney helps businesses save time on repetitive and manual tasks. Using a workflow builder, businesses can automate complex workflows and repetitive tasks.
Ajourney
Founded:2022
Team Size:3
Location:Singapore, Singapore
Group Partner:Gustaf Alstromer
   

Active Founders

Jonathan Low, Founder

Jonathan is the co-founder and CEO of Ajourney. Prior, Jonathan worked at NTUC Enterprise leading product development and digital transformation for 2 business units. Between 2015 to 2019, he co-founded and led product development at a groceries startup in SEA named Honestbee that grew to $108M in annual GMV across 8 markets.
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Thomas Jiang, Founder

Thomas is the co-founder and CPO of Ajourney. Prior, Thomas worked as engineer no. 2 in a B2B startup selling enterprise compliance software which was acquired.
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Company Launches

🌊 Ajourney - Gusto for South East Asia (SEA)

Hi YC! We’re Jonathan, Thomas and Cayter.

Ajourney is building Gusto for South East Asia (SEA).

The Problem

Running payroll is a very repetitive activity. We’ve identified 3 areas that can be better.

First, most payroll software in SEA act as a calculator to calculate compliance contributions but do not automate the other aspects of running a payroll such as:

  • Collection of attendance or commissions data for salary computation
  • Handling payments through bank and government portals

Second, hiring of remote contractors in SEA is increasing with greater adoption of remote working tools for small businesses. Manual payments have to be made separately from payroll.

Third, businesses growing regionally in SEA usually outsource payroll as they do not want to build internal competency in payroll compliance for every market.

Our Approach

Ajourney helps businesses to manage their payroll end-to-end from data collection to disbursements, compliance filings and payments.

We reduce repetitiveness and time spent on payroll through integrations and workflow automation.

Besides software, we offer customer support to help companies on their payroll compliance needs. Customers can enjoy the benefits of both in-sourced payroll and outsourced payroll through a single offering.

We are currently building our product for the Singapore market and will expand to more markets at a later date.

Our Team

We are 3 technical co-founders and can relate to the problem well because of previous pains we have experienced.

I previously co-founded a groceries delivery startup in SEA. Payroll was messy - we outsourced and always had difficulty getting a consolidated view across markets.

Thomas worked with small medium businesses in a previous startup and saw the struggles of business owners running payroll manually on spreadsheets.

Cayter has wide exposure into payments and has seen the challenges and costs in handling payments across borders.

Our Asks

If you:

- Are based in Singapore

- and/or hire contractors remotely

- and/or have expanded regionally

We’ll love to speak to you to understand how you are handling your payroll.

If you can make referrals to potential customers in Singapore, we will really appreciate it!
Drop us a note at founders@ajourney.io

Thank you!