The funding round was led by Valar Ventures, Viola Fintech and Shapers to support the expansion of the platform to other top banks.

Ember
Ember simplifies accounting and tax management for self-employed professionals through an automated platform.
Ember provides an open banking powered tax platform designed to automate accounting and tax processes for the self-employed.
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Founders

Aaron Shaw
CEO
Aaron brings product and engineering experience from Starling, alongside founding background at Ember.
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Daniel Hogan
Daniel brings fintech and operational experience, having co-founded Ember and served as director of business tools at Starling. He previously held general management and commercial roles at Pegasus Systems and APD.
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Dan Hogan
co-founder
Dan co-founded Ember and serves as director of business tools at Starling, following earlier operational and management roles.
Keith Bradbury
Co-founder
Keith co-founded Ember and held operational and strategic growth roles at iwoca. He currently advises Ember and Beta Boulders.
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Co-founder
Investors
- £5.0M
- £11.0M
- £1.6M
- £250K
- £250K
Funding history
The round was co-led by Inven Capital, 2150, and AENU to accelerate fleet expansion and software development.
Anthemis led the seed round to support product development and customer acquisition at Ember.
The seed round was led by Startup Funding Club and will support product development for the tax platform.
Startup Funding Club led the seed round to help accelerate product development and national growth.
