Solve Intelligence runs their US and UK accounting with Flare so the team can stay focused on building AI tools for patent lawyers.
TRUSTED BY 250+ HIGH GROWTH COMPANIES
Fundraising
How Flare helps you close
Raising your next round? Flare supports you end-to-end — from building your data room through to getting the round closed.
012-3 months
Data Room Preparation
Flare works through standard requests to build your data room — management-level information, forecasts and more.
Est. 30-35 hours (assuming books are in order)
022-8 weeks
Due Diligence Support
Once term sheets are received and the diligence process starts, Flare handles ad hoc questions from investors.
Est. 20-80 hours
03Until close
Closing
Flare is on hand until the round has closed, supporting everything needed to get it over the line from an accounting perspective.
Est. 2-10 hours
$16M Series A
“Thank you for all the support. You and the Flare team have been exceptional to work with — always responsive, transparent, and incredibly helpful. I'll absolutely be recommending you to other YC founders in my network.”
Brian Kelly
Chief of Staff @ Heron Data (YC S20)
Acquired
“Thanks again for your calm support throughout and for the team's hard work compiling the financials. Really appreciate it — hard to imagine going through this process without your help.”
Matt Williamson
Cofounder @ Vizzly (YC S22)
Expertise
Why Flare
Hire an outsourced finance team that deeply understands startups and technology.
Startup experts with Big 4 experience.
Founded by YC founders and a former KPMG Director, built around how high-growth companies actually run finance.
A dedicated team in your time zone.
A named US account manager that responds on your preferred channel and can jump on calls to dive deeper each month.
Replies in your shared channel
Calls in your working hours
AI native & Secure.
Flare's engineering team develops internal software to drive secure, faster and higher quality closes.
close.tsOne team across every entity.
Keep the context with one provider and let Flare handle your consolidated books with multi-entity bookkeeping and our network of local compliance partners.
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Growth
Accounting for every stage of growth
Flare scales with you from your first set of books to an established finance team.
For pre-seed to Series A teams that need accurate numbers without the complexity. We can setup your general ledger with an appropriate chart of accounts and close the books every month ready for your annual tax filings.
Suggested Scope
- Monthly bookkeeping
- Monthly Variance analysis and Investor KPI pack
- State & federal returns filed by our in-house tax team
- R&D Tax Claim
- Series A fundraising support
For Series A, B, PE backed or later stage companies that have outgrown their accountant. You get the advanced bookkeeping and AP/AR a finance hire would run, without the headcount, plus the detailed reporting your investors ask for.
Suggested Scope
- Advanced Bookkeeping (accrual basis)
- Accounts Payables/receivables handled on your cadence
- Custom Investor Reporting
- Dedicated account manager in your time zone available on Slack
- Fundraising, diligence and data room support
For established finance teams that want more capacity without the hiring headache. US Controllers give you dedicated hours from US-based controllers, for a more integrated role in your existing finance function. Alternatively, Flare Resourcing embeds experienced offshore talent — from associates to managers — so you can also add capacity without the cost of local hiring.
- Dedicated hours from US-based controllers
- Qualified offshore talent from Associate to Manager
- Fully employed by Flare
- Hourly, daily, or monthly — scale up and down as needed
- US GAAP and IFRS expertise that slots into your existing processes
Customers
Proud to support founders
High-growth teams who run their accounting on Flare.
Model ML uses Flare for fundraising support, so finance does not pull the team away from the product.
Cosine leaves their books to Flare so the research team can stay focused on their next training run.
Investors behind our clients
“I'll just say now that these guys are fantastic and you won't be disappointed. From bookkeeping to fundraising support they have saved us countless hours & budget.”
Chaz Englander
Co-Founder @ Model ML (YC W24)
“This team understands startups and the fact that they are always changing — Flare was with us from our seed round through to acquisition, helping us at every stage.”
Jack Wilson
Co-Founder @ Fancy (YC S21)
“We used Pilot.com previously but thankfully we found Flare who have dramatically sped up closing our monthly books, last month this took less than a week.”
Angus Duncan
Co-Founder @ Endorsed AI
AI-Powered
The AI-native accounting firm.
Flare's engineering team develops the client facing dashboard and internal-tools to drive more insights, ever-extensive checks & faster closes.
Flare Client Dashboard
Queries, documents and month-end status in one place, so nothing important lives in an email thread.
Secure AI Agents
Our agents speed up our team's deterministic workflows without delegating judgement to AI which means your information is always kept secure.
Variance Analysis
Catch unexpected expenses with Variance Analysis. Control AI token spend, catch unexpected expenses and monitor missed & new payments for no extra charge.
Investor Ready Financials
KPIs, Supplier variance analysis and financial statements all readily available for you to download from your client dashboard.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
How Flare supports startup fundraises.
The round
Before the process starts, if you can. Clean books and a current pack shorten diligence. We also step in mid-process when a data room request list lands and the current accountant cannot keep up.
Seed, Series A, B and beyond. The work changes with the round — a Seed raise needs a tight pack; later rounds need diligence depth and a data room that holds up.
Yes. We have taken multiple Y Combinator companies through their raises and continue to support 2026 processes.
Working with Flare
Fundraising support is a scoped engagement around a round. Fractional CFO is an ongoing retainer. Many companies use both — reserved hours that spike when diligence starts.
It is faster if we already close the books. We can still run diligence support after a historic review if you are switching mid-raise.