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  "markdown": "Co-founder and Chief Product \u0026 Technology Officer.\n\nDave Tong co-founded Employment Hero with Ben Thompson in 2014 and is its Chief Product and Technology Officer. He leads the company's product and technology strategy across its HR, payroll and employee platform, including its work on AI and automation.\n\n- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-tong-a1764431/\n- X: https://x.com/dave_tong\n\n## What Dave builds\n\n- [Employment Hero Payroll](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/employment-hero.md), graded D, 50.6/100, in Payroll infrastructure. Employment Hero Payroll (formerly KeyPay) is cloud payroll for Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Singapore and Malaysia. Its REST API covers businesses, employees, timesheets, leave, pay runs and reports, with an API key or OAuth 2.0. Co-founder and Chief Product \u0026 Technology Officer, researched 2026-10-27.\n\n## Works with\n\n- [Ben Thompson](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/ben-thompson/), Co-founder and CEO\n\n## Backed by\n\n- [TCV](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/tcv/)\n- [Insight Partners](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/insight-partners/)\n\n## Questions\n\n### Who is Dave Tong?\n\nDave Tong co-founded Employment Hero with Ben Thompson in 2014 and is its Chief Product and Technology Officer. He leads the company's product and technology strategy across its HR, payroll and employee platform, including its work on AI and automation.\n\n### What does Employment Hero Pty Ltd make?\n\nAnchor Terminal lists Employment Hero Payroll from Employment Hero Pty Ltd. Employment Hero Payroll (formerly KeyPay) is cloud payroll for Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Singapore and Malaysia. Its REST API covers businesses, employees, timesheets, leave, pay runs and reports, with an API key or OAuth 2.0.\n\n### Who has invested in Employment Hero Pty Ltd?\n\nThe sources our research read name TCV and Insight Partners.\n\n### How are Dave's tools graded?\n\nEmployment Hero Payroll is graded D, 50.6 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.\n\n## Sources\n\n- https://employmenthero.com/about-us/\n- https://x.com/bnthompson\n- https://employmenthero.com/authors/dave-tong/\n- https://about.me/davetong\n- https://www.linkedin.com/in/dave-tong-a1764431/\n- https://x.com/dave_tong\n- https://employmenthero.com/\n- https://help.employmenthero.com/hc/en-gb/articles/17426647805327-Contact-support-for-help\n- https://help.employmenthero.com/hc/en-gb/articles/17426655792911-Access-Hero-Connect\n- https://employmenthero.com/contact/\n\nThese are the people building the tools we list, named for their public role in the company or project behind a listing, from public pages, with the date it was researched. They don't work for Anchor Terminal (our own team is on the about page, /about/#author). We show public roles, public profiles and what the listing pages show, nothing private. To correct something, send an about or a photo, or have a page removed, write to privacy@anchorterminal.com.\n",
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