Afternoon.co - Bookkeeping and tax platform for ecommerce & startup founders

TL;DR: Afternoon.co is a bookkeeping and tax platform for ecommerce & startup founders. We provide real-time access to core financial metrics like runway, burn, and ARR, while handling your bookkeeping, sales and year-end taxes.

Our platform connects with your other financial systems, like billing and payroll, and uses a blend of AI and expert accountants to keep your finances up to date.

Ask: If you need help with bookkeeping or year-end corporate taxes, book a demo! We serve startups including YC companies and e-commerce brands, and would love to take bookkeeping off your plate.

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Problem

Good bookkeeping is the financial foundation for startups. Legacy accounting products make the process unnecessarily complex and confusing, failing to provide the metrics and reporting that founders and investors need.

Solution

Afternoon.co is new accounting software purpose-built for founders, with two key differentiators:

1. Built-in Intelligence: Afternoon.co leverages AI to handle tasks traditionally done by humans. For example, it finds receipts in your Gmail inbox and automatically matches them to expenses, sparing you from constantly uploading receipts. Our AI assistant also helps answer questions instantly, so you’re never blocked.
2. Collaborative from Day 1: Bookkeeping is a team effort, often involving lengthy email chains. We’ve embedded collaboration features into our software for seamless communication and task tracking between founders and accountants, ensuring nothing falls through the cracks.

Today, we offer a fully managed service, pairing our software with bookkeeping and tax filing services handled by expert accountants.

Team

Hey all, we are Ben and Roman! We’ve spent the last 10 years working at Square, Gusto, Brex, and Notion, leading teams as engineers and PMs that built accounting integrations, enterprise FP&A software, and personal banking products. We believe that having a good grasp on company finances for founders is crucial for startup success, and excited to make it effortless.