Kleos | For founders & CEOs

If this sounds like your Tuesday, we should talk

These aren’t edge cases. They’re every founder’s reality when the team goes global

Your payment provider just cut off your entire region. Your devs haven’t been paid in 3 weeks. You’re Googling “how to send dollars to Serbia” at midnight.

Your best engineer needs a local contract for their visa. Yesterday. You don’t even have an entity in their country.

You spent 6 hours yesterday on one payout run. Checking wallets, converting currencies, confirming receipts — instead of closing your Series A.

Your investor asks: “Can you show me a clean audit trail for every cross-border payment?”

From firefighting payroll to forgetting about it

Your life now

6 hours per payout run — reconciling spreadsheets, FX rates, stuck payments

Your provider stopped supporting your team’s passports — scrambling for Plan B

Investors see direct links to high-risk jurisdictions in your payment chain

Key developers can’t get nomad docs — threatening to leave

Percentage fees eating up to 10–12% of payroll as salaries grow past $3–5k

Your life with

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Today, 2pm

One click. Upload a registry, everyone gets paid in the right currency

Today, 2:15pm

We pay in 242 locations. Regulatory changes, corridor shifts — that’s our problem, not yours

Tomorrow, 10am

One agreement with Kleos. Compliant contracts with every hire. Your cap table stays clean

Tomorrow, 11am

Each contractor gets a named contract and proper invoices. Banks accept it

Tomorrow, 2pm

Flat €50 per contractor. $3k salary or $8k — same fee. Plus zero fees from contractors themselves

Get your Tuesdays back

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From “we have a problem” to “wait, that was it?”

Step 1

You talk to us (30 min)

A real conversation about your situation: team locations, passports, corridors. We point out the risks, explain how it all works, and answer your questions. No forms, no "submit a ticket.”

Step 2

We set up the legal rails

Your company signs one B2B agreement with Kleos. We handle individual contracts with each team member — compliance, documentation, and local requirements included.

Step 3

Your team onboards themselves

Each contractor gets a personal dashboard to submit their details, KYC, and banking info. You don’t touch any of it.

Step 4

You press “Pay all”

Upload your registry. Your team gets paid. Invoices and compliance docs generate automatically. You’re done.

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You’ve already looked at alternatives

Here’s the honest comparison

Visa & income docs

Compliance isolation

Underserved regions

Pricing model

Admin time per payout

Scales past 30 people

Security & compliance

Global EOR

Visa & income docs

Only for supported countries

Compliance isolation

Your entity is on record

Underserved regions

Stopped supporting

Pricing model

% of salary + hidden FX + withdraw fee

Admin time per payout

2+ hours

Scales past 30 people

If you’re in a supported country

Security & compliance

Varies

Freelance platforms

Visa & income docs

Basic

Compliance isolation

Your entity is on record

Underserved regions

Limited, unreliable

Pricing model

% of salary + “tasks” overhead

Admin time per payout

Hours of manual work

Scales past 30 people

Painful UX

Security & compliance

Crypto / DIY

Visa & income docs

None

Compliance isolation

Fully exposed

Underserved regions

Works until bank blocks you

Pricing model

1–2% + your time

Admin time per payout

6+ hours at 30+ people

Scales past 30 people

Breaks down

Security & compliance

Kleos

Visa & income docs

Named contracts, invoices, certificates

Compliance isolation

Two-contract structure

Underserved regions

Active, with fallback routes

Pricing model

€50 flat per contractor + zero contractor fees

Admin time per payout

Minutes. One upload.

Scales past 30 people

Built for 10–200+ contractors

Security & compliance

ISO 27001 + GDPR

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“Once we hit 50 people, crypto payouts became simply impossible to administer. It was taking a huge amount of time. Kleos automated the whole thing.”

Sarah C.

Founder, SaaS company

“It’s extremely important for us to keep our US entity’s payment trail clean. Kleos’s structure solved that completely.”

Charles R.

CEO, US startup

“My developers were nervous and anxious about unstable payouts. Now money just lands — and I don’t think about it.”

Natalie D.

CTO / Co-founder

Processed across 80+ countries

$80M+

Missed payouts since launch

Zero

Faster than manual payroll

20x

What payroll really costs you

Your current system

Your time

(hours × hourly rate)

Wire transfer fees

FX spread

Failed payment recovery

Compliance consultant

Stress, weekends, sanity

(priceless)

Total (example for 30 people)

$10,200/mo

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€50 per contractor

Flat fee, zero fees from contractors

All compliance included

242 locations supported

Delivery on the promised day

Total (example for 30 people)

Save $97,200+/year

The questions keeping you from clicking that button

Fair questions, honest answers

How do I explain this structure to my investors / auditors?

Your company has a standard B2B services agreement with Kleos. You receive invoices from our entity. There’s no direct contractual or payment link between your company and individual contractors in sanctioned regions. We provide full documentation that satisfies audit requirements.

What happens if a payment corridor gets blocked?

We maintain multiple routes per corridor. If one path closes, we switch — often before you even notice. Corridor resilience is core infrastructure, not a feature.

Can I start with just 1–2 people to test?

Yes. Most founders do exactly this — a “trial balloon” with 1–2 contractors. You’ll see the money land, check the documents, and decide.

My team members need documents for Digital Nomad visas — do you provide those?

Yes. Each contractor gets a named contract and monthly invoices from a foreign legal entity. These are accepted by banks and immigration authorities in Spain, Portugal, Serbia, and other popular relocation destinations.

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You didn't start a company to reconcile payroll spreadsheets at 2 AM

If this sounds like your Tuesday, we should talk

From firefighting payroll to forgetting about it

Your life now

Your life with

From “we have a problem” to “wait, that was it?”

You’ve already looked at alternatives

What payroll really costs you

Your current system

$10,200/mo

Save $97,200+/year

The questions keeping you from clicking that button

You don't have to fix payroll. You have to stop doing it