Startup
Uplinq
AI bookkeeping and tax for US small businesses, with US accountants reviewing the agents’ work, sold direct and to the accounting firms and platforms that serve multi-entity owners.
| Founded | 2020; headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona |
|---|---|
| Founders | Alex Glenn (CEO), Jacob Peplinski, Ethan Blak |
| Stage | Series A |
| Total funding | $15.6m across 2 rounds: seed $5.6m, December 2022, led by AZ-VC; Series A $10m, May 2025 |
| Last round | Series A, $10m, May 2025, led by Next Coast Ventures with AZ-VC and Live Oak Ventures |
| What it does | Transaction classification, reconciliation, financial reporting, predictive insights and tax filing, run by agents and checked by bookkeepers |
| Traction | More than 1,000 businesses; more than 30% of clients run several businesses on the platform |
| Pricing | Starter from $300 a month, Growth $500, Scale $750; multi-entity on quote |
| Markets | US |
| Peers | Kick, Collective, Pilot, Bench, Botkeeper |
Funding
- Announced rounds
- US$15.6m in two rounds
- Latest round
- Series A, US$10m, May 2025, led by Next Coast Ventures
Why it matters
Uplinq raised $10 million in 2025 to sell AI bookkeeping to ordinary small businesses outside the technology bubble, from Arizona rather than San Francisco. Its customer base of multi-business owners is the segment the big SMB accounting platforms serve worst.
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