“Can a firm-facing 'post-accounting' data layer become the compliance and advisory OS that sits above every SMB bookkeeping system?”
Silverfin was founded in 2013 in Belgium by an accountant (Joris Van Der Gucht) and a software architect (Tim Vandecasteele) frustrated with repetitive compliance work at accounting firms. The product is a cloud 'post-accounting' layer that sits on top of existing bookkeeping systems (Xero, QuickBooks, Sage), consolidating client data into a Structured Data Hub for standardised working papers, accounts production and tax filings. Silverfin's positioning is deliberately B2B2B — it sells per-file to accounting firms rather than to end SMBs — and the strategic bet is that AI-driven chart-of-accounts mapping plus a single data layer can compress year-end work by ~50%.
Silverfin integrates with Xero, QuickBooks and Sage 50.
Silverfin was founded by Joris Van Der Gucht and Tim Vandecasteele and is founded in 2013, headquartered in Ghent, Belgium.
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