Startup finances, investor-ready
Stay compliant from day one โ GST invoicing, clean books, expense tracking and reports your investors and CA will love, without hiring a finance team yet.
Compliance without the overhead
Everything a young company needs to look professional and stay audit-ready.
GST invoicing
Compliant invoices and e-invoices from your first sale.
Auto bookkeeping
Double-entry books that build themselves as you transact.
Expense tracking
Capture burn with AI categorisation and receipt OCR.
Runway & cashflow
See cash position and runway update in real time.
Investor reports
P&L, balance sheet and MIS ready to share.
CA collaboration
Give your CA secure access via the partner portal.
Build on clean books from day one
Stay compliant and investor-ready as you grow. Start free with LekhaBooks.
How startup books stay clean as you grow
Early-stage teams rarely have a finance hire, but they still need investor-ready numbers. Here is how LekhaBooks typically gets used from incorporation through the next fundraise.
Set up books on day one
GST invoicing and double-entry bookkeeping start from your first sale, not after your first audit.
Track burn automatically
Expenses are captured with AI categorisation and receipt OCR, so burn is visible without a monthly clean-up.
Watch runway in real time
Cash position and runway update as transactions happen, instead of being recalculated once a month in a spreadsheet.
Share investor-ready reports
P&L, balance sheet and MIS are ready to send, and your CA gets secure access through the partner portal.
Founder-run spreadsheets vs audit-ready books
Most early startups run finance out of a spreadsheet a co-founder maintains between everything else. It works for a while โ until diligence, an audit or a board update needs real numbers fast.
| What you need | Founder spreadsheet | LekhaBooks |
|---|---|---|
| Bookkeeping | Manual entry, easy to fall behind | Double-entry books built as you transact |
| GST compliance | Handled in a scramble each cycle | Invoicing and e-invoices from day one |
| Runway visibility | Recalculated monthly, often stale | Real-time cash and runway view |
| Investor reports | Compiled manually for each ask | P&L, balance sheet and MIS on demand |
| CA collaboration | Files emailed back and forth | Secure access via the partner portal |
Built for pre-seed to Series A teams
Bootstrapped teams, freshly-funded pre-seed startups and Series A companies without a full finance function all tend to run into the same gap: someone needs to own compliance and reporting, but hiring a finance team is premature. LekhaBooks is built to be that function until you are ready to hire one, and to hand over cleanly when you do.
Getting started typically takes a founder an afternoon: set up the company profile, connect a bank account for reconciliation, and invite your CA through the partner portal. Most teams have their first investor-ready P&L available within the same month they switch over.
Questions founders usually ask
We just incorporated โ what's the first thing to set up?
Start with GST invoicing and opening balances; double-entry books then build themselves as you record sales and expenses.
Can we give our CA access without sharing logins?
Yes โ the partner portal gives your CA secure, role-based access to your books without sharing a shared password.
Do multiple founders need separate access?
Each founder or team member can have their own login with appropriate access, rather than one shared account for the company.
We're mid-year on a spreadsheet โ can we switch over?
Yes, you can move over at any point by entering opening balances; historical transactions do not need to be re-entered to go live.
Do you handle GST for SaaS or export revenue?
Export of services and SaaS billing scenarios are supported; talk to support about LUT and place-of-supply specifics for your model.
What do investors actually see in the reports?
Standard P&L, balance sheet and MIS formats are available to export or share directly, matching what most investors ask for in updates.
Does this help us prepare for a statutory audit later?
Clean double-entry books from day one make the eventual statutory audit far less disruptive, since transactions do not need to be reconstructed retroactively.