“Can Cone become the end-to-end operating system for small accounting firms by bundling proposals, practice management, and embedded billing/payments in a single low-priced SaaS?”
Cone (YC S22) is a vertical SaaS work-management platform for accounting and professional service firms. Its wedge is proposals + engagement letters, extended into billing, payments, and practice management. Embedded finance appears only on the collections side: Cone acts as a merchant-of-record-lite by offering its own 'Cone payments account' (a white-labeled Stripe integration) alongside BYO Stripe/GoCardless accounts for accountants to collect card payments, ACH, and UK Direct Debit from their clients.
Cone (YC S22) processes payments through Stripe and GoCardless.
Cone (YC S22) connects to bank accounts through GoCardless.
Cone (YC S22) integrates with QuickBooks Online, Xero and Zoho Books.
The Embedded Finance Index 2026 maps 3 layers in Cone (YC S22)'s stack: Payments / PSP (Stripe and GoCardless); Open banking (GoCardless); Accounting (QuickBooks Online, Xero and Zoho Books).
Cone (YC S22) was founded by Jahangir Mohammed and is founded in 2022, headquartered in San Francisco, CA, United States (with presence in India).
Cone (YC S22) has raised $2.2M in total (latest round: Seed, $1.66M).
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