# John Kramer (slim)

> John Kramer is co-founder and CEO. Salsa on Anchor Terminal, with grades, an about and public profiles.

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Co-founder and CEO.

John Kramer is co-founder and CEO of Salsa, which gives software platforms an API to embed payroll in their products.

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-kramer

## What John builds

- [Salsa](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/salsa.md), graded D, 46.3/100, in Payroll infrastructure. Embedded payroll from Salsa Software Inc. for software platforms. A partner's backend onboards employers and workers, sends pay data, previews and confirms payroll runs and reads pay statements through a REST API, while Salsa files taxes and moves money. Co-founder and CEO, researched 2026-10-27.

## Works with

- [Juan Barroso](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/juan-barroso/), Co-founder and CTO

## Backed by

- [Altos Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/altos-ventures/)
- [SemperVirens](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/sempervirens/)
- [Greycroft](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/greycroft/)
- [Definition Capital](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/definition-capital/)
- [Better Tomorrow Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/better-tomorrow-ventures/)
- [Cambrian](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/cambrian/)
- [Forum Ventures](https://www.anchorterminal.com/investors/forum-ventures/)

## Questions

### Who is John Kramer?

John Kramer is co-founder and CEO of Salsa, which gives software platforms an API to embed payroll in their products.

### What does Salsa Software Inc. make?

Anchor Terminal lists Salsa from Salsa Software Inc..

### Who has invested in Salsa Software Inc.?

The sources our research read name Altos Ventures, SemperVirens, Greycroft, Definition Capital, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Cambrian and Forum Ventures.

### How are John's tools graded?

Salsa is graded D, 46.3 out of 100, on Anchor Terminal's benchmark, which scores every listing against the same checklist.

## Sources

- https://www.salsa.dev/company
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-kramer
- https://www.linkedin.com/in/jmbarroso/en
- https://www.salsa.dev/
- https://x.com/salsa_dev
- https://www.salsa.dev/product
- https://www.salsa.dev/blog-category/company

These 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.