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BrightIron
Accounting firm · brightiron.com
A Canadian firm that gives startups bookkeeping and payroll, plus part-time CFOs, HR leaders and sales and marketing leaders, without full-time hires.
About
BrightIron works with growing companies from the start, from a newly incorporated company that needs bookkeeping and payroll to a startup that is building a team or raising money. Its finance, HR and go-to-market teams work together.
Wilson Lee and Mandeep Saini are its co-founders. Rebecca Graham heads its HR services and Shawn Chance heads its go-to-market services.
BrightIron and Pulse Law run Startup Drinks KW, an evening for the region's startup community in Kitchener.
What it offers
Cloud bookkeeping with a dedicated Canadian bookkeeper
Payroll, including remittances and year-end filings
Part-time CFOs for forecasting, reporting, fundraising and M&A
Part-time HR, from hiring to offboarding
Part-time chief marketing and chief revenue officers
HR and payroll for companies expanding into Canada
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