Case Study: Kintsugi scales global hiring and passes VC diligence with Deel

How Kintsugi hired top global talent and passed VC due diligence with Deel

Kintsugi, an AI-powered compliance company, was scaling rapidly after raising nearly $30 million and needed to hire top global talent across Canada, Mexico, Asia, and Europe without creating compliance risk. The team also faced strict VC diligence requirements around IP protection, SOC 2 readiness, and legal clarity, making a fragmented HR setup untenable. Kintsugi chose Deel for global hiring and HR infrastructure, using products including EOR, PEO, contractor management, and Deel HR.

Deel gave Kintsugi a unified platform for compliant hiring, onboarding, HRIS, and compliance automation, while integrating with JumpCloud to support SOC 2 controls. The result was investor-ready documentation with zero redlines from VC lawyers on Deel’s global IP contracts, no onboarding delays, and no full-time HR headcount even as the company scaled to 90 people across 13 countries. With Deel, Kintsugi built a hypergrowth engine that kept the team focused on product and revenue instead of global payroll and admin.

Kintsugi

Jeff Gibson

Founder