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Monthly close in eight business days
Finance that keeps pace with your startup
Tally is the finance team for venture-backed startups. Bookkeeping, tax, payroll and a fractional CFO for one monthly fee, with books your board can trust.
Runway
Base case
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
October close
Day 6 of 8
Bank reconciliation
Done
Payroll journal
Done
Deferred revenue
Done
Variance review
In review
Board report
Day 8
Finance partner to more than 140 venture-backed teams
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Fernhill
Quillo
Brightpath Labs
Orbitly
Kestrel Health
Paperplane
Cobalt Bio
Northloop
Fernhill
Quillo
Brightpath Labs
Orbitly
Kestrel Health
Paperplane
Cobalt Bio
Northloop
Fernhill
Quillo
Brightpath Labs
Orbitly
Kestrel Health
Paperplane
Cobalt Bio
Northloop
What we do
Your whole finance function, run by one team
Most startups stitch together a bookkeeper, a tax firm and a spreadsheet. We replace all three with one team that knows your numbers every week.
Transactions
1,284 categorised
Stripe payout
+$48,210
Cloud hosting
-$6,420
Payroll run
-$131,040
Bookkeeping
Books closed by day eight
Every transaction categorised, every account reconciled and a monthly report your investors can read without a call.
Cash runway
19.4 months
Series A closes in May, runway resets
Planning
Runway you can plan around
A rolling 18-month forecast with three scenarios, and a hiring plan tied to the date the cash runs out.
Filing calendar
4 upcoming
1099 forms
Jan 31
Delaware franchise tax
Mar 1
R&D credit claim
With return
Tax
Deadlines handled early
Federal and state returns, R&D credits, sales tax registrations and 1099s, tracked on one shared calendar.
How we work
Built around the way startups actually run
Weekly check-ins, a shared Slack channel and a named team that stays with you from your first hire to your Series B.
Monthly close
Clean books on a calendar, not a whim
We connect your bank, cards, payroll and billing tools in the first two weeks. From then on the close runs on a fixed eight-day calendar with a second reviewer on every account.
Accrual-basis statements every month
Deferred revenue and prepaid schedules kept current
A plain-language variance note with every report
September close
Signed off on day 7
Fractional CFO
A CFO in the room when it counts
Board meetings, pricing changes, a hiring plan or a term sheet. Your partner has seen dozens of them and joins the conversation with the numbers already prepared.
Board packs sent three days before the meeting
Fundraising models and data room preparation
Unit economics your investors will recognise
Q3 board pack
Sent 3 days early
Tax and compliance
No surprise letters from the state
Income tax, franchise tax, sales tax and payroll filings tracked on one calendar we own. We also prepare R&D credit claims, which often pay back a good share of the year's fee.
Federal and state returns prepared and filed
Sales tax nexus reviewed every quarter
R&D credit documentation built during the year
R&D credit, 2025
$84,600 claimed
By the numbers
Standards we hold ourselves to
We publish these to every client each quarter. If a number slips, you hear it from us first.
8 days
Average monthly close
From the last day of the month to a signed-off report.
140+
Startups on our books
Pre-seed to Series C, mostly software, fintech and health.
210
Data rooms prepared
Financial diligence packs for seed to growth rounds.
97%
Client retention
Measured across the last three years of engagements.
Pricing
One monthly fee. No hourly surprises.
Your plan covers the close, payroll, tax filings and CFO hours. If your company grows into the next plan, we tell you a month ahead, never on an invoice.
Invoice, November
Growth plan
Monthly close and reporting
Included
Payroll for 24 people
Included
CFO hours used
5 of 6
Total
$1,290
Workspace
A shared workspace, not an inbox
Bills to approve, questions about a transaction and next month's deadlines live in one place your whole leadership team can see. Most requests take a founder under a minute.
Waiting on you
3 items
Approve bill: design agency
$8,500
Receipt needed: team offsite
$2,140
Option grant approved
Done
Getting started
From first call to first close in 30 days
Switching finance teams sounds painful. We have done it more than a hundred times and do the heavy lifting ourselves.
Step 01
A 30-minute call and a fixed quote
We look at your stage, tools and transaction volume, then send a plan and a monthly price within two days.
Step 02
Two weeks of cleanup and setup
We connect your accounts, fix historical books if needed and agree on a close calendar and reporting format.
Step 03
Your first close, then every month
The first report arrives on schedule, followed by a review call. From then on it simply keeps arriving.
Tally closed our books in eight days every month of our seed round. Our investors stopped asking for updates because they already had them.
Client name
Role, Company
Tally closed our books in eight days every month of our seed round. Our investors stopped asking for updates because they already had them.
Client name
Role, Company
Tally closed our books in eight days every month of our seed round. Our investors stopped asking for updates because they already had them.
Client name
Role, Company
Tally closed our books in eight days every month of our seed round. Our investors stopped asking for updates because they already had them.
Client name
Role, Company
Tally closed our books in eight days every month of our seed round. Our investors stopped asking for updates because they already had them.
Client name
Role, Company
Pricing
Plans that grow with your company
Fixed monthly fees based on your stage and transaction volume. Every plan includes a named accountant and a shared workspace.
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FAQ
Questions founders ask us
Something else on your mind? A partner answers every enquiry within one business day.
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How we close a startup's books in eight business days
A fast close is not about working late. It is about deciding in advance what happens on each of the eight days, and who owns it.
The runway model your board actually wants to see
Boards do not need a 40-tab spreadsheet. They need three scenarios, the assumptions behind them and the month you run out of cash in each.
R&D tax credits for software startups: what counts
The research credit is one of the few tax benefits that pays a pre-revenue company. The hard part is documenting the work as it happens.
Ready when you are
Close the books. Get back to building.
Book a 30-minute call. You will leave with a plan, a fixed monthly price and a date for your first close.