Exclusive: Juno, CPA-Founded Startup That Aims To Make Tax Returns Less Painful With AI, Raises $12M
Why it matters: Juno’s $12 M seed round will fund expansion of its AI tax platform, already serving nearly 500 SMB accounting firms.
- Juno secured $12 M in seed funding led by Bonfire Ventures, with participation from Impression Ventures and Xfund.
- Dave Haase sold his CPA practice to focus full‑time on building Juno’s AI‑driven tax‑prep platform for SMB firms.
- The product launched a co‑pilot in 2024 and a full tax product in July 2025, already onboarding nearly 500 accounting firms.
- Market context: 90% of accounting firms remain stuck in manual data entry, while Juno targets this underserved segment with AI‑assisted workflows.
Juno, a San Francisco AI startup founded by CPA Dave Haase, just closed a $12 million seed round to scale its tax‑prep co‑pilot for small‑and‑mid‑size accounting firms. The platform blends AI automation with human oversight, aiming to slash the tedious manual work that still dominates 90% of the market.
