What’s Been Happening
👋 Welcome to Community Update #1 from Vera, the AI-back office service that handles business obligations and admin for startups + SMBs.
Capital Raise
In case you missed it, we’ve announced our capital raise led by Village Global. Simon sat down with one of our investors Seedcamp to discuss the genesis of the company and our vision to eliminate the admin burden for 33 million SMBs. Read the article.
Beta Waitlist Launch
We’ve onboarded Alpha Design Partners to test our first service, Government Obligations & Ask Vera, which provides a customized checklist for obligations like tax filings, licenses, and insurance to keep businesses compliant. Keen to find out more? Join the Beta waitlist.
Introducing: Our Vera Era
We got off the couch and (for strategic reasons) changed our name from Vance to Vera. As an early-stage venture, SEO is a key part of our growth strategy so simply, we weren’t going to win that fight. We moved fast and are glad we did!
We’ve Been Working On
Back Office Micro-Services
We spoke with founders and operators from the Vera community and identified a list of high-value micro-services to build first. See what’s coming out first below or tell us what you’d like to see on this form.
Introducing Bridge, for Accountants
Over the past month, we’ve connected with 40+ accountants and uncovered a clear demand for Vera. We’re still working through it but excited to share soon how Vera will streamline information sharing, making it 10x faster while cutting down on the back-and-forth and admin.
What’s Next
Coming Soon: Our First Four Services
In the coming weeks, our dev team, led by CTO Richard, will be hard at work refining our current offerings and launching our first four micro-services:
- Govt. Obligations Manager
- Email Action Manager
- Accountant Coordinator
- Smart Document Searcher
Each service is designed to tackle specific areas of a business, reducing admin work and freeing up time for more strategic priorities.
Explore the full list of services on our website or hit reply to hear more.
#ThingsThatAreCool
A few things that caught our attention recently:
— CustomerOS: We met the YC and Seedcamp-backed founders at a mixer. They're building an awesome new CRM for customer-focused teams. If you’re interested let us know and we’ll set up an intro.
— Integration.App: We've been collaborating with Daniil and his team to drastically reduce our development time for integrations—from months to just weeks. Since integrations play a key role in minimizing fragmentation and admin in the back-office, this partnership has been a major win for us. We highly recommend them.
— Podcast Episode: Our founder Simon sat down with Rohit, the host of the Life Self Mastery podcast, to catch up about entrepreneurship, Vera, and his early days in Peru.
— Song for Summer: Finally, this song has been lighting up our Vera Team playlist for the last month, bringing some welcome European vibes to our summer.