We make hiring a Sri Lankan engineer as safe and easy as ordering an Uber.
Compliance. Payroll. Operations. Handled end-to-end.
Western companies want to hire Sri Lankan talent. They know the cost savings. But they don't. Why? Compliance Friction.
Sri Lanka's 401K equivalent. Get it wrong and you're breaking the law.
Microsoft paid $97M. IRS enforcement up 400%. Real risk.
No contract, no recourse, no backup plan. You're stuck.
Customs, taxes, logistics. Every step is a potential blocker.
Microsoft misclassification settlement
IRS enforcement increase
Per worker fine risk
Companies either overpay for local hires or gamble on Upwork freelancers.
Neither is a real option.
We build the legal shield so they can build the software.
Find → Vet → Hire → Manage → Retain. All in one platform.
We find them. We vet them.
They prove themselves.
We handle everything.
Result: As safe and easy as ordering an Uber.
Everyone does one piece. No one does the whole thing.
| Platform | Source | Vet | Hire | Manage | Retain |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upwork/Fiverr | — | — | — | — | |
| Toptal/Turing | — | — | — | ||
| Deel/Remote | — | — | — | ||
| WorkVire |
CFOs cutting headcount costs (2023-2024 layoffs)
Remote work normalized permanently
Sri Lanka crisis = talent surplus + USD hunger
IRS enforcement = demand for compliance
The window is open. It won't last forever.
of first-year salary
per event
per employee
perks & verification
We're building infrastructure, not a services business. The platform needs to scale.
"Every time I post about Sri Lankan talent, I get DMs asking: When can we use this?"
$1.5-2M post-money valuation • 10-13% equity
24+ months runway at current burn
"I watched brilliant engineers — my friends, my colleagues — get paid $500/month while their US counterparts made $12,000 for the same work.
That's not a skill gap. That's geography tax.
WorkVire is the bridge. We're bringing serious foreign currency into Sri Lanka while giving Western companies access to talent they couldn't confidently hire before.
This isn't just a business. It's how we put Sri Lanka on the map.
Or email directly: sathira@workvire.com