Cone (YC S22) LinkedIn · Oct 2025
Company update highlighting new product features such as custom roles, custom fields, views and columns, multiple signers, and bulk import.
Work operating system for professional service businesses
Company research
Public company, workplace, funding, and market signals
Updated Jul 29, 2026
Overview
Cone is a YC S22 B2B SaaS/work-OS for accounting and professional-service firms, centered on proposals, CRM, practice management, billing, and payments. Public sources disagree on HQ (official/third-party sources point to Hyderabad, while LinkedIn also lists San Francisco as HQ).
Primary product
AI-powered work operating system for accounting and professional service firms (proposals, CRM, practice management, billing, and payments)
Founded
2022
Headquarters
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Team size
1-10
Industry
Software Development
Sub-industry
Accounting and finance work-management / practice-management software
Offices
San Francisco, California, United States (LinkedIn lists HQ)
Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Business model
B2B SaaS
subscription software
seat-based pricing
free trial
Funding
People & investors
Leadership
CEO / Co-Founder
Co-Founder
Co-Founder
Founders Office - Growth
Founding Engineer
Work & culture
Customer-centric, automation-focused, and security-minded. Public messaging emphasizes simplifying accounting workflows, removing tool sprawl, and providing responsive support for accountants and bookkeepers.
Compensation
Public compensation signals are sparse. A LinkedIn/third-party company profile shows a 5/5 compensation rating from limited reviews, and a public backend-engineer job listing appeared to be work-from-home; no reliable public salary bands were visible.
Product & market
Pricing
Public pricing page shows region-specific plans for Propose and Practice products, with free trials and custom pricing for larger teams (>20 seats).
Differentiators
- —Unified proposals, CRM, practice management, billing, and payments in one system
- —Accounting-focused workflows rather than generic project management
- —Proposal-to-payment automation and automated project kick-off after signing
- —Built-in client portal, e-signatures, invoicing, and recurring billing
- —Integrations with QBO, Xero, Zoho Books, Stripe, GoCardless, Google Drive, and SharePoint
- —Granular roles and permissions for teams
- —Rapid feature releases surfaced through public update posts
Technology
Cloudflare
Nginx
Google Tag Manager
Hotjar
Intercom
Stripe
Google Workspace
Microsoft 365
QuickBooks Online
Xero
Zoho Books
GoCardless
Google Drive
SharePoint
Customers
Accounting firms
Bookkeeping firms
Professional service firms
Small-business accounting teams
Beans Accounting
SafeHands
3ES
Heaton Vences
Competitors
Ignition
Practice Ignition
Karbon
TaxDome
GoProposal
AccountancyManager
Socket
Client Engager
Uku
FYI
Scale & contact
Estimated revenue
≈$2.3M ARR (third-party estimate)
Latest news
Cone Updates · May 2025
Cone launched direct cloud-storage integration with Google Drive and SharePoint, including folder sync, file embedding, and automatic folder management.
Cone Updates · May 2025
Cone introduced a surcharge-fee feature so firms in the US, Canada, and Australia can pass credit-card processing costs to clients as a line item on proposals and invoices.
AccountingWEB · Jul 2024
AccountingWEB covered Cone’s launch of proposal and billing software for accountants and bookkeepers, including pricing, integrations, and practice-management features.
CPA Practice Advisor · May 2024
CPA Practice Advisor covered Cone’s proposal and billing launch, including pricing, payment automation, proposal management, and accounting integrations.
Jobs and careers at Cone
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