The firm will use the funds to scale its go-to-market operations, expand its in-house engineering team and enhance its product offerings, it said in a statement on Monday. The company works with more than 80 customers and partners, which include banks, fintech lending platforms, credit bureaus, insurance providers, and recruitment agencies. Payroll and workforce management startup Tartan on Monday said it has raised $4.5 million in funding from 500 Global (previously 500 Startups), InfoEdge Ventures, Naval Ravikant-backed Quant Fund. Founded in June 2021, Tartan provides a white-labeled application programming interface (API) suite for financial institutions to access their consumers' payroll data with their consent to verify income and employment status. Since launch, Tartan claims to have scaled its data connectivity coverage to more than 20 million white-collared employees and gig workers in India.