Keeper Raises $1.6M

Keeper Tax, the San Francisco, CA-based startup helping contract workers automatically find tax write-offs by monitoring their expenses, has raised $1.6m at a $10m valuation from Matrix Partners.

Unlike traditional expense tracking apps that require users to upload receipts, or track miles, Keeper Tax connects automatically to a user’s bank account to later send yes/no text questions a few times a week regarding expenses. The tax write-offs are then categorized and when it’s time to do taxes, users can export write offs into filing tools like TurboTax or H&R Block.

Keeper was founded in 2019 by Paul Koullick and David Kang, and recently graduated from the Y Combinator startup accelerator. The startup, which charges $10 per month and currently has 200 paying customers, plans to enter the tax filing space by offering quarterly and full-year tax-filing services.

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