Microcosm - 2nd Seedrs crowd-funding round

Velocio, this is a bit off topic, but would you mind telling me what accountancy software you are using and your view on how good it is for a start-up?

We use Xero.

http://www.xero.com/uk/

It does standard bookkeeping, invoices, keeping track of suppliers and customers, can record payroll (but not generate, our accountants still do that with Sage), asset management and depreciation, profit and loss summary as well as executive reports.

What it mostly does it keep me in touch with the money on a daily basis, and then allow the accountants to do their work on top of it for a lower price than if we weren't running this cloud-based bookkeeping.

I have a very good impression of Xero, and because I use it with HSBC business accounts and PayPal all reconciliation is pretty much automatic (I never have to type in a transaction).

Although I recommend it to everyone, there is another one to check out which is KashFlow http://www.kashflow.com/

I haven't used KashFlow, but I hold their founders in high regard and they are UK based (whereas Xero just have a UK office). Maybe... just maybe, they're a better bet. Investigate it for yourselves.

Our entire company (non-technical) is basically run using the following:
Bookkeeping/Accounts: http://www.xero.com/uk/
Accountancy: http://www.ihorizon.co.uk/
Minutes/Company Registers: http://www.seneca.io/
Legal: http://www.orrick.com/Lawyers/Christopher-Grew/
Project Management: https://www.pivotaltracker.com/
CRM: http://www.streak.com/
Email and cloud: http://www.google.com/intx/en_uk/enterprise/apps/business/

Though we're deliberating whether the project management should move to Trello.