14/06/2026
2026 Pertronic Industries Limited - TECHNOLOGY GOLD Finalist
PAYSAUCE
Wage against the machine
Petone-built, NZX-listed, and the only truly mobile payroll platform in the country.
PaySauce is fintech SaaS for the businesses payroll usually forgets β micros and SMEs β and it's quietly running the numbers for 8,500+ employers and around 80,000 employees.
The 45-strong team grew processing fee revenue 14% in the past year, raised $5M in December, and took their new payroll product to enter Australia.
CEO Asantha Wijeyeratne, (pictured): explains "We turn payroll expertise into easy-to-use technology, so employers can focus on what really matters to their business.β
PayNow gives staff free earned wage access (a polite poke at the payday lenders), and across their product portfolio are serving payroll in 14 APAC countries.
A previous Gold alumni - and clearly still hungry.
http://www.paysauce.com
www.linkedin.com/company/paysauce