Bookkeeper-Client Transaction Categorization Portal

Bookkeepers waste hours each month chasing clients to categorize ambiguous transactions. They send spreadsheets, emails, and Slack messages, and clients ignore them. Month-end close gets delayed. Bookkeepers end up categorizing transactions themselves, guessing what the charge was for. This startup builds a mobile-first, swipe-based portal where bookkeepers push uncategorized transactions to clients, and clients categorize them in seconds. Think Tinder for bookkeeping cleanup. The market is 1.4 million bookkeepers and accounting firms in the U.S., most running QuickBooks Online or Xero, dealing with this daily. Revenue comes from per-seat SaaS pricing at $19 to $79/month, with tiers for different client volumes. The global bookkeeping services market hit $20.5 billion, growing at 7% annually. Existing tools like Finlens and Booke AI try to automate categorization with AI, but many transactions (especially in small businesses with informal spending) need the owner's context that only they can provide. Nobody has built the client communication layer for this. The timing works because mobile-first interfaces and Open Banking APIs make real-time client interaction practical and cheap to ship.