Startup accounting, diligence-grade
Ready for the raise. Ready for the exit.
Staxiom handles bookkeeping, tax prep, and the capital strategy behind a raise, an exit, or just steady growth. Books clean enough to hold up the day a term sheet or an LOI shows up.
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Founded by operators who've raised and exited startups.
Built and backed by industry leaders with proven experience
Seed round led by Conductive & Sovereign's Capital, with participation from Operate & Gumshoe Ventures.
Startup accounting. Same product, different emphasis depending on what's next.
It doesn't matter whether the goal is bootstrapping forever, raising next quarter, or exiting in three years. We're not here to tell you which one to pick. We're here to make sure the financial side is ready for whichever one you choose.
Getting ready to raise
Clean books and the right structure before a data room opens, so diligence is a formality, not a scramble.
Staying ready, always
Bookkeeping and tax prep that give you a clear, current read on your financial position, with straight guidance on what it means, not just numbers waiting to be explained later.
Getting ready to exit
Tax decisions made before the window closes, not discovered during an LOI. Books that hold up under a buyer's scrutiny.
Work with a CPA firm instead? We partner, not compete. Ask us about the referral relationship.
The work that makes a raise or an exit go smoothly, not a fire drill.
The first three are the relationship. The fourth is what we catch along the way.
Capital strategy
Raise or bootstrap, seed or Series B — each path costs differently in dilution, structure, and taxes. We've raised and exited startups ourselves, so you get the real numbers before you choose.
Bookkeeping
Your books, kept current and diligence-ready: categorized, reconciled, and clean enough to hand over without a scramble.
Tax & entity structure
Returns filed on time, with structure and election decisions made before their deadlines close, not after.
Credits & incentives
We're already in the books, so we catch what got left behind: unclaimed credits, missed elections, overpaid years.
Diligence brief
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We handle your monthly bookkeeping and annual tax prep. Our AI finds the credits along the way.
Our platform runs the first pass on your books automatically, checked against the full credit menu every time. Then a CPA who specializes in startups reviews what it finds before anything goes in your return. What you get is a plain-language read on what's actually worth pursuing, not a guess.
We scan your books and public records against the full federal and state credit menu and catch what most businesses miss.
Every finding gets checked before it reaches you, so nothing goes in your return unverified.
Most back offices are a cost. Ours tends to pay for itself.
We're in your books anyway, so we find what got left behind: unclaimed credits, missed elections, overpaid years. Add your website above and we'll check it against the full menu below, not reconstructed a year later by someone who's never seen your business.
R&D Tax Credit
Building or improving software, hardware, or process. It's the headline credit.
State R&D / Incentive Programs
Many states run their own R&D credits on top of the federal one.
Retirement Plan Startup Credit
For small employers starting a new 401(k) or retirement plan.
Small Employer Health Insurance Credit
For small employers covering at least half of premiums.
QSBS Exclusion
For eligible C-corp stock, can exclude a large share of capital gains when shares are eventually sold.
409A Valuation
Required before granting stock options, and only valid for 12 months at a time.
R&D Payroll Tax Offset
Pre-revenue startups can apply R&D credit against payroll tax instead of income tax, up to $500k a year.
Disabled Access Credit
For small businesses making accessibility improvements.
Work Opportunity Tax Credit
A federal credit for hiring from certain groups who've faced barriers to employment, like veterans or the long-term unemployed.
We've been on the other side of the table.
Staxiom's founding team has raised and exited startups themselves, so we know what diligence asks because we've been asked. One co-founder also ran the West Coast R&D Tax Credit practice at Ernst & Young for thirteen years. This isn't a lead-gen operation with a calculator. It's the same review, done honestly.
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Get ready for whatever's next.
Add your revenue and website above for a full diligence brief, or talk to us directly if you'd rather start with a conversation.
Built to hold up under scrutiny
Books and numbers built diligence-grade from day one, not cleaned up the week before someone asks to see them.