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Hostfi

“Can a vertical fintech stack built exclusively for vacation rental property managers replace fragmented bookkeeping, card, and banking tools with a single AI-powered financial OS?”

Founded2022
HQSan Francisco, CA, USA
FoundersAvi Singh, Shaan Franchi
Total raisedundisclosed
Latest roundPre-Seed, August 2022
IndustryVertical SaaS / Real Estate
The story

Founded in 2022 as Hostfi, a financial management tool for short-term rental hosts focused on expense tracking and bookkeeping. The company rebranded to Accountable and expanded its product suite to include commercial Visa credit cards, AI-powered bill pay, automated Schedule E tax prep, and property-level expense matching — positioning itself as the financial OS for vacation rental property managers. The embedded finance stack (Stripe, Celtic Bank, Fifth Third Bank, Plaid, Evolve Bank & Trust) reflects a deliberate move from pure SaaS toward embedded banking and card products.

Last 12 months
2026-02
Product timeline
2022
Founded as Hostfi Inc., targeting vacation rental hosts with expense management software.· pivot
2022
Raised Pre-Seed round led by Edward Lando and four other investors.· funding
2024
Rebranded from Hostfi to Accountable (accountablevr.com), expanding product to commercial credit cards and AI-powered bill pay for vacation rental property managers.· pivot
2026
Launched Accountable Visa Commercial cards powered by Stripe Issuing, issued by Celtic Bank, with funds held at Fifth Third Bank N.A.· card
The stack
6 layers disclosed in Hostfi’s embedded-finance stack
Payments / PSP
Stripe
Banking / BaaS
in the full report
Card issuing
in the full report
Card network
in the full report
Open banking
in the full report
Sponsor bank
in the full report
Accounting gap: minor
7 more providers across 5 layers, with confidence-scored evidence and source URLs, are in the Embedded Finance Index report.
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