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Bookkeeping, tax, & tax credits on autopilot for 1,000+ startups
Fondo is the easy way for startups to get their bookkeeping done, taxes filed, and cash back from the IRS (average startup gets $21k). We’ll optimize and file your taxes, and you’ll get cash back — up to $500k per year. Need more help? We’ll also do your bookkeeping, so you don’t have to worry about a thing.
Fondo offers an all-in-one accounting platform for startups, handling bookkeeping, taxes, and R&D tax credits with a CPA-led team. It emphasizes autopilot financial management and onboarding in minutes to free founders from accounting work.
Fondo provides integrated bookkeeping, corporate tax filing (federal and state), and R&D tax credits. Users connect their bank, payroll, and accounting tools; transactions are categorized and closed on a chosen cadence (monthly, quarterly, or annually). The platform automates tax deadlines management and filings through TaxPass, and identifies and files eligible R&D tax credits to materialize cash savings. The onboarding is designed to be quick, with most founders finishing in under 15 minutes, and ongoing services are handled by a CPA-led team who take ownership of bookkeeping, taxes, and credits.
Who it’s for: Startups seeking outsourced, autopilot accounting, ongoing tax compliance, and cash-backed RD tax credits; founders and early-stage companies needing simplified financial operations.
Evidence of traction and endorsements (high ratings, YC/Product Hunt mentions) and customer reviews; no explicit funding amount or active hiring data provided in text.
CEO at Fondo — accounting on autopilot for 1,000+ startups. Angel investor: Flexport, LiquidDeath, Rippling, 100+. Started my career as an accountant at Deloitte, then learned to code. I was previously co-founder & CEO at Hackbright Academy, a 3 month coding school, where we trained 1,000+ software engineers and helped them get jobs at Uber, Google, Lyft, Meta, Disney and others. We bootstrapped to $3.6M per year in revenue were acquired by Capella University (NASDAQ: $CPLA) for $18M.
Automatically get cash back from the IRS (average startup gets $21,000)
Fondo Tax Credits publicly launches to help startups obtain R&D tax credits from the IRS, claiming up to $500k per year for eligible companies and handling the end-to-end process (study, tax forms, payroll updates). Targets startups with under $5M gross receipts and emphasizes automatic cash back through Fondo’s services.
From the original launch (Aug 2022) — may be outdated.
Formerly “BloomJoy” · why startups rename →
Magically simplify accounting and taxes
Bookkeeping, compliance and tax for founders
