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Ember
Automated accounting and tax for small business owners
- 21-100 employees
- Fintech
- B2B
- Bookkeeping
- SaaS
- Accounting
- Holborn, London, UK
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Company mission
To liberate 5.5 million business owners from the burden of accounting and tax
Our take
Ember was born out of frustration with the current accountant/client relationship, which is costly, time-consuming, and leaves business owners feeling disempowered. Ember's tax and accounting automation platform allows businesses and sole traders to automate their financial administration, and gives them unlimited access to tax experts at a fraction of the cost of traditional accountants, giving them back time, money and headspace to get on with what they do best – building their business.
Ember uses technology to automate accounting and tax to empower small business owners to manage their activity without the help of an external accountant and to have the time to focus on things that really matter. By automatically filing taxes with HMRC, Ember saves business owners time, optimises their tax efficiency, and gives them complete transparency over their company finances.
Ember is at a crucial point in its growth as a software and as a company. Having achieved proof of concept and organic customer growth since its pre-seed round, it's now ready to bring on customers at scale and expand the progressive functionalities of the platform. Funding is being used for product development, recruitment, and customer acquisition.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Paid sick leave
- Cycle to work scheme
- Health insurance
- Socials
- Share Options
- Training Days
- Work from Abroad
- Annual training budget of £1,000 to spend on books, courses and conferences
- Hybrid Working
- 32 days holiday a year (incl. bank holidays)
- Paid sick leave for both physical & mental health
- Paid maternity, paternity, adoption or shared parental leave
- Pension scheme
Company values
- Lift each other up
- Inspire resilience
- Grow together
- Have an open mind
- Take pride
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
May 2024
$6.4m
EARLY VC
Nov 2022
$5.1m
SEED
Total funding: $13.9m
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Leadership
Aaron Shaw
(co-CEO)Previously founded Metahouse where they served as the Lead Engineer. Prior to that, they were a Software Engineer at Radical I/O Technology and Sensum.
Daniel Hogan
(co-CEO)Previously the UK General Manager at Pegasus Systems. They also Worked at Communisis as an FP&A Analyst and at APD as a Commercial Manager.