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Trainual

Can a business-process documentation platform become the operational system of record that every growing SMB uses to onboard, train, and scale its team?

Founded2018
HQScottsdale, AZ, USA
FoundersChris Ronzio
Latest roundSeries A, 2021
IndustryVertical SaaS / HR & Training
The story

Founded by Chris Ronzio — who learned operational documentation running a youth sports video production company as a teenager — Trainual was built to solve the universal SMB problem of knowledge capture and employee onboarding. The platform positions itself as the system of record for company processes, enabling growing businesses to standardize training without manual repetition. Trainual has integrated with payroll and HRIS systems like Gusto and QuickBooks to sit earlier in the employee lifecycle, but has not itself built embedded financial products.

Last 12 months
Product timeline
2018
Trainual founded by Chris Ronzio in Scottsdale, AZ, as an online platform for documenting business processes, policies, and procedures.· pivot
2021
Raised $6.75M Series A led by 4490 Ventures and MATH Venture Partners to scale the employee training and onboarding SaaS platform.· ipo
The stack
Accounting
QuickBooks
Accounting gap: minor