Seattle startup Syndio raises $17.1M as demand spikes for HR software that helps identify pay gaps January 7, 2021 at 9:53 am Maria Colacurcio of Syndio Solutions during the GeekWire Elevator Pitch finals at the GeekWire Summit in Seattle in 2019. (GeekWire Photo / Dan DeLong) Syndio, the Seattle startup that works to eliminate gaps in pay equity, has raised $17.1 million in new funding, the company announced Thursday. The new investment, led by Bessemer Venture Partners, comes just eight months after Syndio raised $7.5 million in a Series A round in May 2020. “We have seen incredible demand in 2020, and this investment gives us the ability to innovate faster, creating new products that address some of the most difficult and embedded problems organizations face,” Syndio CEO Maria Colacurcio said in a statement.