Deel CEO, Alex Bouaziz on Raising $300M+ at a $17BN Valuation

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Oct 20, 2025

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Alex Bouaziz is the Co-Founder and CEO @ Deel, the $17BN global payroll juggernaut that just last week announced their latest $300M fundraise led by Ribbit, a16z and Coatue. Deel has been on the most insane journey, they do $1BN+ in ARR, they just had their first $100M revenue month and they have been profitable for over 3 years.

In Today’s Episode We Discuss:

  • Announcing $300M Fundraise at a $17BN Valuation

  • Rippling vs Deel: WTF is Going On? Where is the Lawsuit?

  • Why 1-1s Are BS and Leaders Should Stop Doing Them

  • Do Rich Leaders Make Better Leaders

  • Biggest Lesson from Ben Horowitz? Why Most CMOs Are Bad?

  • Lessons from Nik @ Revolut and Why Companies Need to Make Their Own Software

  • Deel's Acquisition Playbook: Lessons from 13 Acquisitions

  • How to Price Acquisitions? How to Align Incentives with Founders?

  • Deel is Profitable and Growing Fast: When is the IPO?

  • Best Acquisition Ever + Worst Ever: What Did We Learn?



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