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Revenue, equity, and multiple entities done properly, not patched at year end. Kept by the same firm that files your returns.

5 stars

#1 Most-Rated Firmon Sam's List, YC Deals

Trusted by 1,100+ teams

  • Cursor
  • Cognition
  • Ramp
  • PI
  • modal
  • Chai discovery
  • Rox
  • Braintrust
  • Pika
  • AfterQuery
  • Every
  • Instinct

A finance team, without the hiring.

  • Accrual close

    Reconciliations, accruals, prepaids, and intercompany eliminations across every entity.

  • AP & AR

    Bills paid on schedule, invoices out on time, collections followed up, and W-⁠9s on file for 1099s.

  • Revenue under ASC 606

    Deferred revenue on annual plans, multi-⁠part contracts, and usage billing.

  • Equity & stock comp

    Stock comp expense built from your cap table and 409A, and SAFEs and notes booked through conversion.

  • Fractional CFO

    Budget vs. actuals, burn and runway, board decks, and diligence support when you raise.

  • Tax-⁠ready books

    Book-⁠tax differences tracked all year, so your returns, R&D credit, and provision start clean.

Four steps, then it's off your plate.

  1. Connect your accounts

    Link your bank, cards, and payroll, and we catch up any months that are behind.

  2. We close on a calendar

    The same business day each month, with a flux review before anything goes out.

  3. Your monthly package

    Financial statements and KPIs, ready before your leadership meeting.

  4. Year end, already done

    Your auditors get their PBC support, and the year-⁠end close is just another month.
  1. AB

    Abbey Bartlet4:05 PM

    Board meeting is next Tuesday. Will September's numbers be ready?

  2. Luis VinkeRivet4:18 PM

    Already are. September closed on the 8th, flux review done. Financials, budget vs. actuals, and runway are in your folder, and the board deck draft lands Friday.

  3. AB

    Abbey Bartlet4:21 PM

    Perfect. Thank you, that saves my week.

Signs it's time to hand off the books.

  • Your auditors found adjustments
  • You got a new 409A
  • Deferred revenue is in a sheet
  • Your prepaids aren't amortized
  • No one trusts the forecast
  • You're outgrowing QuickBooks
  • Your close takes a month
  • Expense reports pile up
  • Sales tax isn't on your books
  • You have grant revenue
  • A buyer wants a QoE review
  • Investors start diligence soon
  • You're raising your next round
  • Your CEO does the books at night
  • Your board deck takes days
  • You claim R&D credits
  • Investors want quarterly reports
  • You owe bonuses at year end
  • Payroll runs in several states
  • Stripe payouts don't reconcile
  • You carry inventory
  • Bank recs never tie out
  • Receipts are always missing
  • Card spend goes uncategorized
  • Stock comp isn't on the books
  • Your cap table and books differ
  • You signed an office lease
  • You capitalize software costs
  • You report on debt covenants
  • A lender wants GAAP financials
  • Intercompany never reconciles
  • You have a foreign subsidiary
  • Budget vs. actuals is manual
  • You need a 13-week cash forecast
  • You book revenue when cash lands
  • You bill on usage
  • Your CPA keeps asking for fixes
  • You pay a lot of contractors
  • Year-end cleanup takes weeks
  • You haven't hired a finance lead
  • Customers pay late
  • Vendors get paid late
  • You grant options every quarter
  • You raised on SAFEs
  • You need a burn and runway model
  • You just raised a seed round
  • You do your own books
  • Your bookkeeper just left
  • Nobody knows your runway
  • You have more than one entity
  • You bill annual plans upfront
  • You're preparing for an audit
  • You're switching to accrual
  • Your board wants monthly numbers
  • Your books are months behind

Popular with startups & AI companies, VC & investment funds, real estate investors, crypto & fintech companies, and established businesses.

Clients, in their own words.

  • Ranger
    “Rivet is the only tax firm Ranger ever plans to use.”
    Josh IpFounder at Ranger
  • Cursor
    “Responsiveness and reliability! Most accountants don’t answer your questions for weeks, and try to avoid being helpful to save time. Rivet felt like the opposite. They went above and beyond.”
    Vibhav JoopelliVP of Finance at Cursor
  • Ramp
    “It’s been awesome seeing Rivet serve many of the fastest growing companies in the world.”
    Eric GlymanCo-⁠Founder, CEO at Ramp
  • XYZ
    “The perfect example of customer-⁠obsessed, deep domain experts who are building delightful products with AI.”
    Chauncey HamiltonPartner at XYZ
  • Fair Square
    “Rivet is 100x better than any tax advisor we've used before.”
    Daniel PetkevichFounder at Fair Square

See why industry-⁠leading businesses choose Rivet.

  • Flat fee, no surprises

    One annual fee, agreed before we start. No hourly meter.

  • Corporate and personal, together

    The company's returns and its executive team's personal returns, from one team that knows both.

  • Big Four-⁠trained accountants

    A team from the Big Four and top national firms reviews every return.

  • Agents do the legwork

    Software we built runs the busywork, so our accountants spend their time on judgment calls.

  • Every filing in-⁠house

    Our own team prepares and files your federal and state returns, in all 50 states.

  • Planning, not just filing

    We look ahead while we file, so big decisions get made before they get expensive.

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Don't let complexity slow you down.

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