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Type of business | Private |
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Available in | English |
Founded | 2012 |
Headquarters | , |
Area served | United States of America, Canada |
Key people | JP Durrios (CEO) Evan Birch (VP Finance) Jenn Bouyoukos (VP People) KD Dorsey (VP Sales) Brittany Hamilton (VP Operations) Jared Jost (VP Marketing) Prasad Sristi (VP Product) |
Industry | Bookkeeping, Tax return preparation |
Employees | 650 |
URL | bench.co |
Commercial | Yes |
Bench Accounting (branded as "Bench") is a fintech company that uses proprietary software to automate bookkeeping and provide financials for small business owners. [1] The company provides subscription access to cloud-based software in combination with in-house bookkeepers. [2] Bench has raised $53M in funding to date [3] and currently employs around 650 people out of its Vancouver headquarters. [4]
2012: Accepted by TechStars NYC's accelerator program as 10sheet Inc.
2013: Raised $2M in seed capital and launched to the public
2013: Moved to Vancouver, BC and changed our name to Bench
2015: Raised $7M in Series A funding
2016: Raised $16M in Series B funding
2018: Raised an additional $18M in Series B-1 funding
2021: Raised $60M in Series C funding
Bench launched their product to the general public in 2013 [5] after raising a $2 million seed round, [6] followed by $7 million in Series A funding [7] led by Altos Ventures, with Contour Venture Partners participating. In January 2014, Bench Accounting raised $1 Million from VCs and angel investors. [8] In 2016, they raised $16 million in Series B funding, [9] led by Bain Capital Investments, with Altos Ventures, and Contour Venture Partners participating. In 2018, Bench secured $18 million in a B-1 funding round led by iNovia Capital with participation from existing investors Bain Capital Ventures, Altos Ventures, and Silicon Valley Bank. [10]
Bench is available on desktop and iOS mobile app. Bench's core product is online bookkeeping software paired with in-house bookkeepers. Services include historical and monthly bookkeeping, cash flow and expense tracking, and financial reporting. [11] Bench Bookkeeping also integrates with several other third-party apps including Stripe, Square, [12] and PayPal.
In June 2019, Bench launched a new cash flow management tool called Pulse. [13]
As of August 2019, Bench announced BenchTax in partnership with Taxfyle [14] in order to provide tax preparation and filing for clients.