California-based Ease, a benefits administration and human resource software company, has secured a $19 million Series B funding.
The funding round was led by New York-based Centana Growth Partners, a private equity firm focused on the financial services sector.
Other backers in the round included Compound, Freestyle Capital, Upside Partnership and Propel Venture Partners, bringing Ease’s total funding to date to over $27 million.
The company intends to use the new capital to boost its sales operations to build on its momentum in states like Minnesota and California as well as extend into new markets in Texas, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania and Florida.