Top Accounting Startups in 2026

Tipalti provides a holistic, multi-entity accounts payable solution. Organizations that employ Tipalti typically reduce 80% of their supplier payments workflow and are able to move towards a cost-neutral payables operation. Tipalti runs on a secure, cloud-based platform that includes a brandable supplier portal to enhances self-service, a true OCR-driven touchless invoice processing automation workflow with two-way and three-way PO matching, a KPMG-certified tax compliance module, global payment remittance to over 190 countries and 120 currencies across six payment methods, a friction-less early payments capability that streamlines negotiation and adoption, and bi-directional, real-time payment reconciliation. Tipalti is trusted by Amazon, GoDaddy, Roku, Twitter, and hundreds of other innovative companies looking to transform payables so their finance teams can focus on more strategic efforts and company growth.

Pilot specializes in bookkeeping and tax prep for high-growth technology startups, ranging from pre-seed to Series C. (We're built by startup founders for startup founders. This is the third startup for this founding team and we've felt this pain before, so we know what it's like.) When you work with Pilot, you’re paired with a dedicated finance expert who takes the work off your plate (and is available to answer your questions)—so you can focus on your business.

AppZen delivers the world’s leading AI platform for modern finance teams. Starting with business spend, we automate manual process, uncover problems, and optimize decision making for enterprises around the globe, including one-fourth of the Fortune 500. Our platform combines patented deep learning, computer vision, and semantic analysis with intelligence from thousands of online data sources to understand financial transactions in business context and make decisions before those transactions happen. AppZen is a must-have for CFOs and their teams to reduce spend, comply with policy, and streamline process.

We started with the ambition to bring banking and financial services technology into the digital-first world and to make it accessible for all. Dreaming big but wisely, Mambu began with servicing microfinance institutions and fintech startups. Within two years our engine was adopted by 100 microfinance organisations, in 26 countries worldwide. Mambu exists to empower our customers to deliver great modern financial experiences easily to everyone around the world. Who are these people that we want to empower? They are the developers, the architects, the business analysts, the innovators of our customers. They work with our platform, our teams, and our services to create great outcomes for their millions of customers - be they entrepreneurs in NYC, farmers in Kenya or SMEs in Brazil. Today our customer list includes fintech start-ups, telcos and top tier banks. We operate on six continents and help customers constantly change the way financial institutions operate and innovate. As the industry leader in cloud banking and fintech, we are taking on the $250B market of banking technology worldwide, and service more than 200 customers with over 53M end users.

Kipsi is a venture-backed, accounting software company. We are passionate about using technology to improve the accounting profession and make the lives of accountants easier. Kipsi is based in the Bay Area but we are a remote-first company.

Fieldguide is a vertical AI company offering an end-to-end, agentic AI platform for audit and advisory firms. The company helps firms increase margins, win new business, and build stronger client relationships. Fieldguide is backed by leading venture capital funds, including Bessemer Venture Partners, 8VC, Floodgate, Y Combinator, Justin Kan (Twitch/justin.tv), Elad Gil, Qasar Younis (Applied Intuition), Tracy Young (PlanGrid) & more.

As a group of CPAs with both Big 4 public accounting and industry experience, we can do a lot. Literally. We're not auditors and we don't do any tax work. Instead, we can help your team in a ton of ways. This list isn't all-inclusive but it will give you a pretty good idea of what we can do. OUTSOURCED GENERAL ACCOUNTING - Interim accounting and financial team support - Project or workflow augmentation - Personal and business related bookkeeping - Large ERP (JDE, Peoplesoft, etc.) through QuickBooks accounting system implementation and/or optimization - Outsourced & interim Controller services AUDIT & SOX PREPARATION SERVICES - Preparation, analysis, and update of audit workpapers and schedules - Reconciliation of balance sheet accounts - Evaluation of revenue and expenditure accounts - Substantive testing procedures - External audit assistance - Process walkthroughs and internal control documentation - Internal controls risk assessment - 404 testing

Karbon is the global leader in AI-powered practice management software for accounting firms. We provide an award-winning cloud platform that helps tens of thousands of accounting professionals work more efficiently and collaboratively every day. With customers in 40 countries, we have grown into a globally distributed team across the US, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom, and the Philippines. We are well-funded, ranked #1 on G2, growing rapidly, and have a people-first culture that is recognized with Great Place To Work® certification and on Fortune magazine's Best Small Workplaces™ List.

The product helps high growth technology startups and establish technology companies with finance functions. It helps with automating accounting bookkeeping and also with board meetings, investor relations, forecasting, ERP implementation, term sheet modeling / negotiations, capital structure, budgeting, and organizational cash flow.

We're changing the way millions of small businesses make money, spend money and track money. Wave delivers innovative financial services and award-winning free software to small- and micro-businesses around the world. By improving cash flow (Payments), delivering money to employees (Payroll), helping businesses get paid (Invoicing), preparing for tax time and providing business insights (Accounting, Receipts), Wave covers the spectrum of a small business owner's financial life, and helps businesses grow and thrive.