FreshBooks announced JPMorgan Chase has made a strategic investment in the company.
Since 2004, FreshBooks has helped more than 20 million people and established itself as one of the world’s most popular accounting software platforms for small businesses and self-employed professionals. The company differentiates itself by building ridiculously easy-to-use accounting software with a non-accountant user in mind and delivering best-in-class customer service.
“Our mission is to reshape the world to suit the needs of self-employed professionals and their teams,” said Mike McDerment, CEO and Co-founder at FreshBooks. “We see a significant opportunity to combine the strength and scale of JPMorgan Chase’s banking and payments capabilities with FreshBooks’ expertise in software design to create mass adoption for small businesses, and propel us closer to achieving that world.”
“FreshBooks is one of the smartest, easiest-to-use software options for small businesses, and we’re thrilled we can support their growth with this investment,” said Bill Clerico, Head of SMB Product for Chase Merchant Services and CEO of WePay, the integrated payments business of JPMorgan Chase. “Since earlier this year, our 4 million Chase for Business customers have been able to sign up for FreshBooks through our small business marketplace and we’ve seen lots of demand. Helping software companies like FreshBooks grow by serving our small business customer base is a key differentiator for us in the fast-growing integrated payments market.”
The investment from JPMorgan Chase follows two previous institutional funding rounds for FreshBooks, including a $30 million USD ($40M CDN) Series A funding round in July 2014, and a $43 million USD ($57M CDN) Series B funding round in July 2017.
As part of the investment, a JPMorgan Chase representative will be joining FreshBooks’ board of directors.
FreshBooks announced its completely redesigned and rebuilt platform in September 2016 and has since added more than 100 new apps and integrations to help customers automate more of their workflow. Integrations include G Suite by Google Cloud, Slack, Gusto, HubSpot, Shopify, MailChimp, ZenDesk, MileIQ, Proposify, Trello, Basecamp, Asana, and more. In February 2019, FreshBooks announced the addition of bank reconciliation and double-entry accounting to its software, enabling growing businesses to scale on FreshBooks with confidence and work seamlessly with an accountant.
