Central

Central kills back-office work for startups.

AI agents Legal and compliance FintechY Combinator

Latest funding

$8.6M Seed · August 27, 2025

Led by First Round Capital · Source: axios.com

Funding history ↓

Acquired by MMercury on April 2, 2026.

Website: centralhq.com.

X: @CentralHQX · 492 followers.

LinkedIn: 102778562.

Categories: AI agents Legal and compliance Fintech.

Stage: Seed.

Based in: San Francisco, United States.

Last round: Aug 27, 2025 · 445 days ago.

On Recent Funding since: Sep 29, 2026.

Signals

X account@CentralHQX · created Jun 27, 2024 (2 years old) · 492 followers

Website registeredJan 17, 2004 (22 years old)

About Central

While HR/payroll platforms give you software to figure it out, Central actually does all the work using AI agents and human experts: payroll, benefits, compliance, accounting, taxes, and more.

TIMELINE · MONEY RAISED

Central | 426 days from X account to first raise on record

@CentralHQX·Raised $8.6M in 1 sourced round·1 signal before the first raise

Money raised, round by round (amounts linked to their source). Pins are dated signals; hover the icons for dates.

Funding rounds

Date	Round	Amount	Lead	Source
Aug 27, 2025	Seed	$8.6M	FFirst Round Capital	axios.com

Timeline

April 2, 2026
Acquired by MMercury
June 27, 2024
X account created
January 17, 2004
Website created

Founders and team

JW
Josh Wymer Co-founder & CEO

LinkedIn · source: foundertrace.com
NM
Nilay Modi Co-Founder - Product/Design

LinkedIn · source: foundertrace.com
PK
Pranav Kashyap Co-Founder

LinkedIn · source: foundertrace.com

Investors

Companies like Central

EEvery$22.5M Series A · Sep 2024
FFundcraft$7M Series A · May 2024
NNeno Technology$7.63M Seed · Aug 2026
RRapidfolioSeed · Sep 2026
AAndera$37M Series A · Jul 2026
DDefinitePre Seed · Aug 2026

Other companies backed by First Round Capital

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MMach9$34M Series A · Oct 2026
TTown$108M Series B+ · Oct 2026
LLabelbox$100M Series B+ · Oct 2026
BBrellium$23M Series B+ · Oct 2026
HHealthleap$38M Seed · Oct 2026

First Round Capital portfolio →

Sources and API

Every amount links to the page it came from. * Estimated from an accelerator's published standard deal, not a company-specific disclosure. How Recent Funding sources and verifies funding data. The same data as JSON: /api/v1/companies/central (get a free API key).