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Startup Accelerator Alumni
We've identified key startups around the globe leading in innovation. We're proud to have partnered with these organizations in order to help them move their ideas forward.
Below are the Startup Accelerator Alumni companies that have evolved their businesses in new and interesting ways.
2023 Cohort
TaxPlanIQ
TaxPlanIQ is a SaaS software that automates an entire tax planning engagement from selling the plan, to implementing all tasks throughout the year, and educational resources to support the accountant with videos, checklists, and templates of 100 tax strategies. TaxPlanIQ was created for accountants by accountants at Meyer Tax Consulting, The Concierge CPA. Jackie Meyer converted her practice to value-priced tax advisory services, niching down to high-value offerings and quality clientele using The ROI Method(tm) of tax planning. She is on a mission to coach and consult other accountants toward better health, wealth, and relationships via tax planning, the Certified Concierge Accountant Training Program, and Tax Planning Masterclasses.
To learn more about TaxPlanIQ, click here.
VERIFYiQ
VERIFYiQ is a practice management solution that automates Xero and QBO quality control via file reviews for bookkeepers and bookkeeping managers ensuring that you're only a few clicks away from catching 80% of all bookkeeping errors before it ever gets to a reviewer. VERIFYiQ's second product, code named "SALESiQ", enables our customer's sales teams to scope a potential client's books in under 5 minutes. The approach at VERIFYiQ is to augment other systems that are already working, so the software is built to augment workflow systems and CRMs.
To learn more about VERIFYiQ, click here.
4impactdata
4impactdata was created to change the odds for business owners by providing easy, affordable access to the codified wisdom and advice of fellow successful business leaders, peers, & professionals. 4impactdata has created the “first ever knowledge as a service” business guidance system for business owners. It is pre-built on the latest Analytics-AI cloud platform, includes industry best practices, proactive alerts, benchmarking across clients, and can be deployed within 24 hours. It equips CPA firms with the advisory tool to be the strategic partner clients’ need to change the odds in their favor.
To learn more about 4impactdata, click here.
Synder
Synder is a BI platform for CFO and accounting professionals that helps automate repetitive tasks around multi-source e-commerce data and translate it into actionable insights for businesses, enabling accountants with a monthly advisory service for their clients.
For more information about Synder, click here.
Audit Sight
Audit Sight is a leading technology platform that eliminates manual work for auditors, diligence and private equity providers by automating financial transaction verification. The solution automates the audit testing process from start to finish and generates a GAAS-compliant workpaper.
To learn more about Audit Sight, click here.
2022 Cohort
Auditminer
AuditMiner allows 401k auditors download standardized audit packages and pre-populated testing templates for use during their audit fieldwork, no matter where the retirement plan assets are located. Currently, these firms are required to navigate and manipulate data from multiple different sources for audit purposes. AuditMiner streamlines and standardizes audit packages and workpaper preparation in a retirement plan audit and saves the auditor 10-20 hours on each audit engagement.
To learn more about Auditminer, click here.
Caesar Sustainability
Corporate ESG reporting has quickly grown in importance and popularity, but the processes for ESG data collection and management have largely remained manual and inefficient. Caesar's ESG data platform provides a simplified, automated, and centralized enterprise ESG data solution. Companies can reduce internal complexity while increasing transparency by using Caesar to ensure high-quality ESG data is collected efficiently and reliably.
To learn more about Caesar Sustainability, click here.
ESG Trust
ESGTrust, a leading provider of cloud software solutions for ESG data management, dynamic materiality analysis, and stakeholder relationship management, empowers companies of every size and industry to digitally transform, build trust, and create a 360° view of their stakeholders.
To learn more about ESG Trust, click here.
Fieldguide
Fieldguide is on a mission to increase trust in commerce and capital markets. We are an enterprise software company building automation and collaboration software for purpose-built for cybersecurity and ESG risk practitioners. Fieldguide enables faster revenue growth, better engagement margins, and more practitioner happiness for dozens of CPA firms ranked across the top 400 nationally. We are based in San Francisco and are backed by Silicon Valley's best venture capitalists, including 8VC, Floodgate, Y Combinator, Justin Kan, Eric Ries, and many more.
To learn more about Fieldguide, click here.
Good Lab
Good.Lab was started to create a more equitable and sustainable economy by unleashing the power of Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) data. As companies are increasingly evaluated on a long-term commitment to delivering positive outcomes in their communities, on the environment, to their workers, customers and shareholders, sustainability has become a competitive advantage. Good.Lab empowers its clients to act on ESG issues through ESG performance management & compliance software. Our solutions transform our clients’ ESG data reporting engine to deliver actionable insights to management, reliable data to investors, and transparent data to customers. Good.Lab is a 1% for the Planet member, as well as a pending B-Corporation.
To learn more about Good Lab, click here.
Knuula
Knuula is the end-to-end engagement letter solution. It allows you to choose from templates drafted by industry experts, customize every aspect of the engagement letter, send to all of your clients for e-signature with just a couple of clicks, and organize all your engagement letters in one place.
To learn more about Knuula, click here.
Lumiq
LumiQ is a native podcast app where engaging conversations with business leaders count as verified CPE for CPAs. With a slick mobile app, new episodes weekly and automatic CPE tracking, LumiQ has made CPE enjoyable for tens of thousands of CPAs across North America. Some of their guests include: Allen Shim (CFO of Slack), Colleen Johnston (Fmr CFO of TD), Brian Jones (Global Head of Product, Excel) among hundreds of other successful professionals.
To learn more about Lumiq, click here.
Once Accounting
Once Accounting is a middleware single hub to manage all your client’s books in a single location, regardless of what accounting package they have allowing a CPA to seamlessly integrate those records into their tax or accounting firm solution suite. By functioning as middleware between a client's ERP and a CPA’s tax prep, our transaction-based workflow creates proactive alerts and notifications and a Living Trial Balance in an integrated solution that adds the ability to address an issue, rather than just identify it.
To learn more about Once Accounting, click here.
Standard Carbon
Standard Carbon sits at the intersection of ESG, Blockchain, and Assurance. It is Standard Carbon’s mission to adopt AI as an adjunct tool to accelerate ESG auditing. In its current state, the Carbon Markets lack high quality, real, meaningful carbon offsets. Standard Carbon aims to offer a Verification/Validation (Assurance) solution at a fraction of the price of legacy environmental assurance techniques.
To learn more about Standard Carbon, click here.
Sustain.Life
Sustain.Life is on a mission to make sustainability accessible for companies of all sizes, regardless of budget or expertise. Launched in 2021, Sustain.Life is a modern, easy-to-use software that empowers organizations to embrace sustainable practices, manage carbon emissions, reduce costs, and help distinguish them to customers, partners, investors, and recruits.
To learn more about Sustain.Life, click here.
2021 Cohort
Electroneek
Automate work by imitating user actions in business software. Free Attended and Unattended RPA. Forever.
To learn more about Electroneek, click here.
Guardd, Inc.
GUARDD is a financial disclosure tool that collects, verifies, and disseminates private company information, including financial data, facilitating transparency for investors and allowing private companies to compliantly trade on Alternative Trading Systems.
To learn more about Guardd, Inc., click here.
Saasable
Intelligent algorithms to automate documents, processing, accounting and finance management for SMEs.
To learn more about Saasable, click here.
Valid8 Financial
Valid8 extracts and reconciles banking transactions from multiple sources creating a database of financial evidence for professionals.
To learn more about Valid8 Financial, click here.
2020 Cohort
The Climate Service
Software as a service to help companies measure, manage and disclose climate-related financial risks.
To learn more about The Climate Service, click here.
Tally Street
A “virtual analyst” that helps boost cash flow by using accounting data to find opportunities and anticipate problems before they happen.
To learn more about Tally Street, click here.
Scanye
Intelligent algorithms to automate documents, processing, accounting and finance management for SMEs.
To learn more about Scanye, click here.
Gilded
Seamless invoicing, payments and accounting for global business -powered by blockchain.
To learn more about Gilded, click here.
2019 Cohort
Client Hub
All in one workspace for accountants and clients to share information.
To learn more about Client Hub, click here.
Dryrun
Cash flow management and financial forecasting software.
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Gappify
Automating time consuming, repetitive tasks and streamlining processes for corporate accounting teams.
To learn more about Gappify, click here.
2018 Cohort
North Capital
Marketplace solutions and advisory firm whose technology platform allows broker-dealers, funding platforms, and issuers to conduct online private securities offerings.
To learn more about North Capital, click here.
RegroupTAX
Cloud-based program and app that creates workpapers for business tax preparation with a trial balance feature.
To learn more about RegroupTAX, click here.
TrueUp
Uses gamification to help companies assess the technical skills of job candidates and improve the skills of current employees.
To learn more about TrueUp, click here.
Pluma
Automating time consuming, repetitive tasks and streamlining processes for corporate accounting teams.
To learn more about Pluma, click here.
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