The CSO Network

Accountant for Startups Novabook is the go-to accountant for startups. Built by founders, for founders, they understand the startup journey inside out – from day one to exit. With them, you’ll get: All-in-one accounting – manage your books, payroll, tax, and more Support from exited founders – who get the challenges you face Chartered accountants powered by cutting-edge software – designed to grow with you. Whether you’re starting, raising, or scaling, Novabook takes care of your accounting so you can focus on building your business.

Tax and Accounting AGILE Accountants are a modern, founder-friendly accountancy practice delivering smart, responsive and affordable financial solutions for startups and growing businesses. From automation to innovation, their team helps you stay ahead and free up time to focus on what matters most – building your business.

Business Finance Seapoint is building the financial home for European startups. Instead of juggling a half-dozen disconnected tools, founders get everything in one place: business accounts, corporate cards, payments, payroll, and treasury management — all designed for fast-growing companies. Using AI, Seapoint automates the tedious financial work that eats up founders’ time. Invoices are automatically processed from email, payroll is managed seamlessly, expenses are categorized, and reports are generated instantly. What once took hours of manual work now happens in the background, giving founders back valuable time to focus on building their businesses. For accountants and investors, Seapoint provides real-time access to clean, organized financial data. For founders, it means greater control, clarity, and runway. Seapoint is currently in private beta and working with dozens of VC-backed startups across the UK and Europe, but will look to prioritise SeedLegals customers to join the platform.

GrowthCFO helps founders build investor-ready materials effortlessly using our AI Agents for financial models, pitch decks, investor matching and SEIS/EIS preparation. No guesswork — just fast, accurate outputs that help you raise with confidence. If you need more support, our fractional CFOs and Venture Advisers add expert investor preparation insight and strategic advice on top of the AI tools. It’s everything you need to prepare for fundraising and scale the right way.

Product already built and working at scale Deep industry knowledge and expertise - proven track record (Anaplan) Powerful & Flexible platform works for SME -> Mid -> Enterprise Seamless product integration is possible

My Finance Team provide a full stack finance and accounting team for founders who have outgrown their accounting firm. We bring all your finance under one roof; fractional CFOs to help you raise funds provide clarity over your numbers, qualified accountants to ensure you’re tax efficient and HMRC compliant and an ops team to take care of all the day to day finance work from bookkeeping to payments. - Up to 50% less than hiring staff - No long-term commitments. - Flexible, scalable support as your startup grows.

Vested Impact’s platform helps SMEs and investors automatically assess, evidence, and report their social and environmental risks and impacts in minutes. Using automated analytics and science-based data, we show how businesses align with ESG regulations, UN SDGs, and contribute to communities and markets. This enables SMEs to access capital from impact-aligned investors, meet supply chain requirements, and helps investors make evidence-backed decisions.

Access £10,000 to £2M in growth capital with the Growth Guarantee Scheme. Unsecured, flexible criteria, and open to most UK businesses. Backed by a 70% government guarantee, it helps companies without strong assets or long track records secure funding. Over 16,000 businesses have already secured £2.6B.

Kikin is a supply-chain financing platform built to service the growing needs of purpose-led businesses. We tend to find the best fit when tackling supply chain and operational spend. We tend to work with small businesses, who are looking to grow, often in a position where they need cash and they're already looking at something like equity finance. We like to offer an alternative to giving up equity, especially in businesses where the cashflow conversion cycle is well-understood, such as in consumer goods; this kind of finance works well in that situation.