As a high-growth SaaS innovator, Carbyne couldn’t afford the months-long bureaucratic delays of setting up a legal entity before hiring. They also needed a partner who could navigate Portuguese labor law to deliver a benefits package worthy of their A-player engineering talent, and who could own HR, payroll, and compliance entirely so their team could stay focused on the product.
Case Study • Carbyne
From Employer of Record to Company as a Service
March, 2026
At a glance
Scaling Mission-Critical Engineering Through Company as a Service
Learn how Carbyne, a B2B/B2G SaaS company building AI-powered emergency response technology, scaled its technical engineering team in Portugal at record speed using BRIDGE IN's Employer of Record services, on a path toward establishing its own local entity.
Explore the step-by-step process, detailed timelines, and the strategic framework used to achieve these results.
Carbyne
- Industry: B2B / B2G SaaS
- Headquarters: New York (USA)
- Company Size: 190+ employees
The Challenge
The Solution
Carbyne sourced its own world-class technical talent while BRIDGE IN provided the legal and administrative framework to hire them without a local entity, reviewing offer letters for compliance and executing a 48-hour onboarding process per hire.
As the team scaled from 1 to 9 employees, BRIDGE IN ran the full local operational arm (payroll, HR, compliance, and government filings) and is now preparing to support Carbyne’s transition into its own Portuguese legal entity.
