Solve Intelligence runs their US and UK accounting with Flare so the team can stay focused on building AI tools for patent lawyers.
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R&D Tax Credits
Claims built all year, not scrambled at filing.
Because we already close your books, we can identify qualifying R&D spend as it happens and keep the documentation current. You are not reconstructing a year of engineering work from Slack threads at tax time — and you only pay when you receive your credits.
15%
Success fee paid only when you get paid by the IRS
$50,000
Average credit reclaim
$500,000
Total claim amount depends on qualifying spend
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 builds R&D credit claims for US startups.
The claim
Eligible startups can receive up to $500,000 in R&D tax credits paid back. The actual amount depends on qualifying spend — we identify that from your books rather than a one-off survey.
Only when you receive your credits. There is no upfront claim fee sitting against work that may not pay out.
No — it is not required, but it is preferred. Being your bookkeeper lets us provide better support, because the claim is built from the same ledger we close every month.
Working with Flare
Software and product development that meets IRS criteria — typically the engineering work your team is already doing. We map that activity to the books rather than asking founders to write a technical narrative from memory.
We can review historic books as part of onboarding and then run the claim on an ongoing basis. A mid-year switch still benefits from documentation going forward.