Remote Acquisition Targets Complex HR Admin Hurdles
Remote, a global employment operating system, has bought Bravas, a device management, identity and access technology company.
Through the deal, Remote aims to bring “best-in-class mobile device management and identity and access management” into its platform. The business also aims to extend its vision of providing a “single system” that manages the “full employee lifecycle” for teams operating across the globe.
Speaking exclusively to HR Chief Magazine, Remote’s CEO and Co-Founder, Job van der Voort said: "We’re thrilled to welcome the Bravas team to Remote.
“Our Global Workforce Report shows companies employ people in 3.6 countries on average, but managing those teams often means piecing together many different tools just to keep things running. With this acquisition, we’re bringing identity and device management into the same platform companies already use for employment, payroll and compliance.”
The invisible IT revolution
Remote, a platform for employment, payroll and compliance, supports companies as they expand into multiple international markets. Historically, enabling globally distributed teams to operate efficiently has often required organisations to rely on a fragmented mix of tools, external vendors, and local IT expertise.
By buying Bravas, Remote is adding device management, identity and access capabilities to its platform.
Bravas, Co-Founded by François-Xavier Signori, Yoann Gini, and Olivier Gaudéchoux in France, brings together these functions in a single system, with a focus on automating IT processes while incorporating data security and compliance.
By joining forces, the two businesses aim to provide customers with a stronger foundation for managing the full employee lifecycle from a single platform, building on Remote’s existing global infrastructure and expertise.
“Global teams are becoming the default, not the exception, and the tools supporting them have to keep pace,” Job added. “The team at Bravas has built device and identity technology that meets the demands of international teams today while also being ready for what comes next.
“Our vision has always been that Remote is the single system that makes global teams work. Bravas bring us closer to that.”
Preparing for the future of work
The acquisition of Bravas marks Remote’s third strategic purchase, expanding its reach across the modern employee lifecycle. It joins Easop, which focuses on equity incentive management, and Atlas, which supports global spend management.
Each of Remote’s deals has expanded what the business’s customers can do without adding unnecessary complexity to how they work. This is said to help Remote achieve its goal of becoming a single platform that global teams can rely on to scale, allowing them to focus on building their business rather than managing the tools behind it.
What’s more, through the deal, Remote is striving to better serve its customers, both today’s workforce and those of the future.
As AI agents and automated workflows continue to grow in importance in how companies operate, the identity layer that governs access is becoming increasingly critical and complex.
By building on the open standards the industry is building around, Bravas ensures Remote customers have the infrastructure to manage every identity across their business as the landscape evolves.
“We built Bravas for the companies operating at the frontier of global work, where the stakes around identity, access, and compliance are highest," said François-Xavier Signori, CEO of Bravas. “Remote has built that same rigour into its global employment infrastructure, and together we can keep raising the bar for what global teams can expect from their platforms.”
