[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":132},["ShallowReactive",2],{"insight-\u002Finsights\u002Fbacked-by-the-reward-world":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":7,"cta":118,"date":123,"description":124,"extension":125,"meta":126,"navigation":127,"path":128,"seo":129,"stem":130,"__hash__":131},"insights\u002Finsights\u002Fbacked-by-the-reward-world.md","New backing, a new look, and the problem we set out to solve","James Morris, CEO and Co-founder",{"type":8,"value":9,"toc":110},"minimark",[10,14,17,25,30,33,36,40,43,46,49,53,94,98,101,104,107],[11,12,13],"p",{},"We have closed an investment round.",[11,15,16],{},"The money matters, but the people behind it matter more. Our investors come from the HR and reward world. They have done the job our customers are doing, they know what good compensation intelligence looks like, and they know exactly where the gaps have been.",[18,19,20,23],"blockquote",{},[11,21,22],{},"\"Closing the round matters, but who closed it matters more. Our backers have run reward teams and lived the exact problem we set out to solve. That is a vote of confidence from people who know precisely where the gaps have been.\"",[11,24,6],{},[26,27,29],"h2",{"id":28},"a-new-look","A new look",[11,31,32],{},"What began as a benchmarking tool for Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man has grown into something much bigger, and it was time for the look and feel to catch up.",[11,34,35],{},"The new logo mark is a pulse wave, because our benchmark is a living signal rather than a static snapshot. It shows you where the market is now, not where it was when a survey happened to be published.",[26,37,39],{"id":38},"but-the-real-story-is-the-problem","But the real story is the problem",[11,41,42],{},"Not the investment, and not the new look. The reason PayPulse exists is the problem the platform solves.",[11,44,45],{},"Salary benchmarks are built on the annual survey, and the survey is rushed at the point of input. A deadline lands, a spreadsheet circulates, roles get levelled by guesswork, and every benchmark built on top inherits the damage. It is not the fault of any one survey. It is structural.",[11,47,48],{},"So we rebuilt PayPulse to solve the input, not just the output.",[26,50,52],{"id":51},"what-we-built","What we built",[54,55,56,64,70,76,82,88],"ul",{},[57,58,59,63],"li",{},[60,61,62],"strong",{},"Our own job levelling framework, and an AI trained on it."," We built a levelling framework for the Crown Dependencies and trained an AI agent to place roles on it. The agent reads a job description and maps it to the right family and level, the same way every time, so the benchmark stays accurate and comparisons are like for like.",[57,65,66,69],{},[60,67,68],{},"Direct HR system integrations."," PayPulse connects to the HR system you already run, so nobody has to update a spreadsheet or chase a return. The data flows from the source of truth.",[57,71,72,75],{},[60,73,74],{},"An always-on benchmark."," Instead of publishing once a year, the pool refreshes as new data arrives, so the market picture stays current.",[57,77,78,81],{},[60,79,80],{},"PayPulse Insights."," Level-by-level dashboards you can switch between base salary, base plus benefits, and total compensation, so you see the whole reward picture at the level you care about.",[57,83,84,87],{},[60,85,86],{},"Board-ready in seconds."," Export your Insights straight to a presentation-ready slide deck, no reformatting.",[57,89,90,93],{},[60,91,92],{},"Gender pay gap insights."," A clear heatmap and a report-ready summary, built from the same levelled data.",[26,95,97],{"id":96},"what-comes-next","What comes next",[11,99,100],{},"We are going to use this investment to bring you more on benefits and bonuses, and to support our continued expansion across the Crown Dependencies and beyond.",[11,102,103],{},"The platform stays free for every customer until 31 December 2026. Billing begins on 1 January 2027. No asterisk. We would rather spend this year building the deepest salary dataset the islands have ever had than spend it invoicing.",[11,105,106],{},"Built by People professionals, for the islands, from the islands. If you already use PayPulse, the rebuilt platform is the one you log in to today. If you do not, bring your hardest role and we will show you where it sits.",[11,108,109],{},"Annual surveys tell you where the market was. PayPulse tells you where it is. Come and see where you stand, free, today.",{"title":111,"searchDepth":112,"depth":112,"links":113},"",2,[114,115,116,117],{"id":28,"depth":112,"text":29},{"id":38,"depth":112,"text":39},{"id":51,"depth":112,"text":52},{"id":96,"depth":112,"text":97},{"eyebrow":119,"title":120,"emphasis":121,"sub":122},"The new PayPulse","Ready to see it for yourself?","for yourself","Book a demo and we will show you the rebuilt platform, benchmarks and all.","2026-07-08","PayPulse has closed an investment round, backed by people from the HR and reward world. Our CEO on why the investors matter more than the money, the new pulse-wave brand, and the platform that solves the problem where it starts, at the point of input.","md",{},true,"\u002Finsights\u002Fbacked-by-the-reward-world",{"title":5,"description":124},"insights\u002Fbacked-by-the-reward-world","sNgFBSiu-R2YsskLcoLvvmjy7m0rA2IzG1QPqdobDME",1783525901282]