PaySauce CEO’s Australia move: From NZ start with $500, to chasing success across Tasman

PaySauce’s co-founder and chief executive Asantha Wijeyeratne is shifting his family across the Ditch. (Image: PaySauce)

Rebecca Stevenson

Tue, 16 Dec 2025

PaySauce co-founder Asantha Wijeyeratne says he arrived in NZ in 1988 with $500 in his pocket. Now, he’s about to shift his family to Melbourne and will call Australia home as his payroll software company embarks on a plan to be the Xero of payroll for micro businesses. PaySauce offers payroll solutions for the farming sector and the smallest businesses, those with one to four employees.It has a pilot underway in Australia and is targeting 2026 for a commercial launch across the Tasman. Australia’s size is pulling Pay...

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