Taxnova
Taxnova is in a16z speedrun SR006. Based in San Francisco, California, United States of America. Team of 5, founded in 2025.
Facts
- San Francisco, California, United States of America
- 5
- 2025
About Taxnova
Summary
Taxnova is a San Francisco-based fintech and AI company, founded in 2025, that automates the preparation of R&D tax credit and capital expenditure documentation for technology companies. Rather than waiting until year-end to reconstruct qualifying engineering activity, Taxnova connects read-only to the tools engineering teams already use — such as project trackers, code repositories, internal wikis, and messaging platforms — and continuously extracts and organizes evidence of qualifying work throughout the year. The result is a structured, source-linked claim package that a company's existing tax advisor can review and submit, with traceability designed to hold up under scrutiny from tax authorities in the US, UK, France, and Canada. The platform appears to surface qualifying projects that might otherwise be overlooked, and it eliminates the need for time-consuming engineer interviews or last-minute documentation sprints.
Business model
Taxnova most likely generates recurring subscription revenue from technology companies using its platform on an ongoing basis throughout the tax year. Its positioning as a continuous, automated preparation layer — rather than a one-time service — points to an annual or multi-year contract model priced around the volume of qualifying work identified or the size of the organization.
Go-to-market
Taxnova targets finance and engineering leaders at technology companies that are eligible for R&D tax incentives but find the documentation process burdensome. The buying motion appears to be a direct, demo-driven sales process, likely initiated through outreach to finance teams or word-of-mouth among CFOs and heads of tax at growth-stage tech companies. The company is already live with named customers across multiple geographies, suggesting early traction through a consultative, relationship-driven acquisition approach.
Founders (2)
- George Nichkov
- Maria Malykh
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