The trust layer for service payments.
Vendors deserve power. Customers deserve protection. WorkPay gives both.
Workpay
Giving power back to service vendors while keeping customers safe.
The payment trust layer for service businesses.
Vendor payout
AED 2,450
Work should not end with begging.
Vendors do the work. Then come the excuses.
WorkPay gives vendors a better default.
Service vendors are tired of chasing money they already earned.
“We’ll pay next week.”
“Boss is not available.”
“Send the invoice again.”
“Just one small extra change.”
“We’ll release after final delivery.”
“Can you reduce the price now?”
36Hour CompanyWe built WorkPay because we lived this.
Unpaid invoices lost by 36Hour Company in 2 years.
When service businesses don’t get paid, they still carry the cost.
This is not rare. It is normal.
Unpaid and delayed payments are a service-business problem everywhere.
of small businesses surveyed were owed money from unpaid invoices
QuickBooks 2025 small-business report
average unpaid amount per business
QuickBooks 2025 small-business report
of global freelancers say they completed work and were never paid
Global freelance industry reports
of UAE B2B credit sales are affected by late payments
UAE B2B payment data
of UAE B2B invoices end up as bad debt
UAE B2B payment data
This is not a payment issue.
It is a trust issue.
Clients don’t trust vendors. Vendors fear non-payment.
Both sides are exposed. The vendor usually carries more risk.
Customer fear
- Will I get what I paid for?
- What if the vendor disappears?
- What if the work is poor?
Vendor fear
- What if the client delays payment?
- What if they ask for more after delivery?
- What if they give irrelevant excuses?
- What if they simply don’t pay?
Today, the vendor often works at the mercy of the customer.
Put a trusted party in the middle.
That trusted party is WorkPay.
Customers stay safe.
Vendors stop begging for payment.
Simple for customers. Safer for vendors.
Vendor creates project or payment link
Customer pays
Funds are protected
Vendor delivers milestone
Customer approves
Vendor gets paid
One link. Clear milestones. Protected payouts.
Vendor creates project
Customer checkout
Milestone approval
Vendor payout dashboard
Dispute / refund view
Revenue built into the flow.
Customer payment protection fee
Vendor payment processing fee
Premium vendor tools later
Corporate / API workflow later
Growth levers
- More vendors
- Higher project value
- More repeat customers
- More milestones per project
- Referral loop
Trust creates repeat usage.
The better the trust, the faster the adoption.
Built by operators who know this pain.
Roshan Hegde
CEO / CMO
Built and scaled 36Hour Company. Experienced unpaid invoices and service-business payment risk firsthand.
Umar
CTO
Engineer with experience in large-scale banking / government systems.
Shams
COO
Focused on operations, execution, and customer / vendor support.
We are building the trust layer for service businesses.
The future of service payments is protected, milestone-based, and vendor-first.
Let’s rebuild how service businesses get paid.
Raising
USD 350K
Use of funds
Supporting detail.
Deeper context for the questions investors ask next.
A large, underserved service economy.
Vendors, freelancers, agencies and project businesses across MENA and beyond
Every project where work happens before payment is settled
Launch market with high B2B late-payment exposure, then expand
Bottom-up: vendors × projects × average project value × take rate.
Payment links collect money. WorkPay builds trust.
Risk and dispute operations, built in.
- Identity and business verification before payout
- Structured milestone evidence and proof trail
- Chargeback and refund handling workflow
- Fraud and risk monitoring on every project
- Compliance-ready records and audit logs
From early access to the default payment layer.
Early access
- UAE vendors
- Project links
- Milestones & approvals
- Daily payouts
Scale
- Vendor dashboard
- Premium tools
- Referral loop
- More categories
Platform
- Corporate / API
- Regional expansion
- Risk automation
- Partnerships
Revenue compounds with every milestone.
Protection + processing fee on each protected project
Repeat vendors and customers lift lifetime value
Premium tools and corporate / API add revenue layers
Detailed financial model available on request.
A trust layer other platforms can plug into.
- Embed protected project payments via API
- Milestone and approval flows for marketplaces
- Corporate vendor onboarding and controls
- White-label payout and dispute tooling