DataSnipper
Excel-based audit and finance automation from Amsterdam: document matching, extraction and cross-referencing inside the spreadsheet, used by all Big Four firms and valued at $1bn after a $100m Series B in 2024.
| Founded | 2017, Amsterdam; second headquarters in New York |
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| Founders | Vidya Peters (CEO), Maarten Alblas, Kai Bakker, Jonas Ruyter |
| Ownership | Private; US$100m Series B led by Index Ventures in February 2024 at a US$1bn valuation; earlier backing from Insight Partners |
| Customers | More than 500,000 users at 1,000-plus organisations including all Big Four firms; customers and revenue doubled in the year before the Series B |
| What it does | An Excel add-in that extracts data from source documents, matches it to workpapers and leaves an audit trail, with AI for document reading and a suite of automation tools for audit and finance teams |
| Recent moves | Unicorn status in 2024; AI document intelligence; expansion from audit into corporate finance teams |
| Pricing | Per user per year; not published |
| Markets | Netherlands, US, UK, global audit firms |
| Peers | Caseware, Fieldguide, Inflo, MindBridge, Trullion |
Why it matters
DataSnipper became a unicorn by staying inside Excel, where auditors already work, and it is installed at every Big Four firm. It is the European audit technology company the US AI audit startups most often cite as the incumbent they build alongside.
Accountio coverage
AI Audit Software Compared: DataSnipper, Inflo, CoCounsel, MindBridge and Caseware
Updated September 2026.
Part of Accountio’s accounting technology coverage.
