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For startups

Build the company. We'll keep the books investor-ready.

Startup accounting is its own discipline: founder loans, foreign currencies, cross-border VAT, share capital, first employees and the first due diligence. We do this every day for startups in several European countries.

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Why a specialist

What a general accountant often gets wrong for startups

Cross-border from day one

Customers in the US, contractors in Portugal, tools billed from Ireland. VAT treatment and currency must be right on every document.

Founders pay privately

The laptop on your own card, the flight split between business and holiday. We track what the company owes you cleanly.

Books that survive due diligence

Investors read your balance sheet. It should reconcile, month by month, with nothing to explain away.

Grows with you

From incorporation to Series A

  1. 1

    Just incorporated

    • Chart of accounts, VAT setup and opening balances done for you
    • VAT registration at the right moment, not too early and not too late
    • Share capital, founder loans and first expenses booked correctly from day one
  2. 2

    First customers

    • Quotes and invoices in any currency and in your customer’s language
    • EU reverse charge and export VAT applied automatically
    • Bank synced and payments matched to invoices
  3. 3

    First hires

    • Payroll in the same tool, with payslips, declarations and accounting posted automatically
    • Expense claims for the team, reimbursements tracked
    • Roles per person: the team sees what it needs, nothing more
  4. 4

    Raising money

    • Monthly closed books, not a year-end scramble
    • Clean balance sheet and P&L for due diligence
    • Board and investor reporting via AHQ Financials

For founders

You never have to learn accounting

Operator mode is where founders work. Five tiles, plain language, no debits and credits.

  • Send an invoice in under a minute
  • Forward bills to your company's own inbox. AI reads them, you tap “Looks right”
  • Approve your team's expenses
  • See cash, open invoices and bank balances on one screen
  • Ask your numbers questions in plain language in AHQ Financials
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Our recommendation

How most startups work with us

  1. 01

    Start with Full service.

    We do the accounting; you invoice and approve in Operator mode.

  2. 02

    Hire a finance or office person?

    Move to Controlling. They book, we review. Same books, no migration.

  3. 03

    Add companies as you grow.

    A holding, a subsidiary in another country, all in one login, one team.

Several countries

Holding here, operating company there

Many startups have companies in more than one country. We keep all of them, each with its own country package, all in one place.

Coming next: Hungary and Czechia.Tell us which country you need.

When investors arrive

Reporting your investors will actually read

Your closed months flow automatically into AHQ Financials: dashboards, budgets versus actuals, and board packs, without anyone exporting a spreadsheet.

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Questions

Startup questions we hear every week

We haven't made revenue yet. Do we still need an accountant?

Yes. The filing obligations start with the company, not with revenue. The good news: early months are quick, and getting them right avoids expensive clean-ups before your first round.

The founders live in different countries from the company. Is that a problem?

No. Everything works online, and we're used to founders who are never in the same city as their company.

We sell a SaaS product to customers worldwide. Can you handle the VAT?

Yes. B2B reverse charge, exports and EU sales listings are standard for us, and we flag early when your sales to consumers need extra VAT attention.

Our current books are a mess. Can you still take us on?

Yes. We migrate your balances, check that receivables and payables really reconcile, and fix what needs fixing before we start.

Tell us about your startup

30 minutes with a startup accountant. We'll tell you what you need now, what can wait, and what it costs per month.

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