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Blue Onion

YC S20

New York City, US · Founded 2020 · 27 employees · Hiring · 10 known investors

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Blue Onion provides a unified financial data platform for e-commerce businesses that reconciles transaction data across multiple systems to create a single source of truth. The platform enables faster financial close processes, clearer margin visibility, and more accurate AI-powered financial operations without requiring engineering implementation.

Also known as Blue Onion Labs · Finance Weaver · Finance Weaver, Blue Onion Labs · Blue Onion Labs Inc.

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (S20)

Blue Onion was founded in 2020 by Lyndsey Bunting and Manav Malhotra.

LBLyndsey Bunting
Lyndsey BuntingCEO & Co-FounderShe previously served as VP of Finance at Birchbox and CFO at Resonance Companies, and was a Peace Corps Volunteer.
MMManav Malhotra
Manav MalhotraCo-Founder2020–2026Manav Malhotra is co-founder of Blue Onion Labs.
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Brian WebbVice President of Customer Experience
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Charles McMillan
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Lindsey SimmonsRecruiterformer
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Michael RaubachDirector of Salesformer
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Britt GageOperationsformer
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Ryan GuestHead of Customer Successformer
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Judy ChangHead of Marketingformer

Investors · 10

Also in the syndicate · 1

Vinyl

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

$10M disclosed across 1 of 2 rounds · 2025

Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.

Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Blue Onion (legal name Blue Onion Labs Inc.) is a financial technology company that operates a financial subledger and "financial intelligence" platform for retail and e-commerce businesses. Its core function is automated reconciliation: the platform ingests data from marketplaces, payment processors, banks and accounting/ERP systems, matches transactions, orders and payouts, and classifies and attributes the resulting records to produce a single reconciled source of financial truth.

The product is organized into modules aimed at different buyers. Close targets controllers and accountants, with the stated aim of compressing month-end close into a single day with payouts reconciled automatically. Fabric targets CTOs and technical leads, exposing APIs and "agent context" so AI models, APIs and agents can operate on reconciled financial data. Edge, described on the company site as coming soon, targets CFOs and business leaders with margin decomposition and board-reporting analytics. The company also publishes an ROI calculator that estimates savings from automating revenue accounting work and catching revenue discrepancies.

The company was founded in 2020 by Lyndsey Bunting, Charley McMillan and Manav Malhotra, and is headquartered in New York. In April 2025 it announced a $10 million Series A led by Viola FinTech, with proceeds earmarked for expanding AI features, broadening integrations, supporting additional financial account types, and investing in partnerships, events and customer education.

Founding story

Blue Onion was founded in 2020 by Lyndsey Bunting, Charley McMillan and Manav Malhotra.

Business model

Blue Onion sells a software platform to retail and e-commerce companies that connects to their existing commerce, payments, banking and accounting systems and delivers reconciled financial data plus reporting and API/agent access. Go-to-market is demo-led via the company website, with modules positioned separately for accounting, engineering and finance-leadership buyers.

Software platform sold to retail and e-commerce brands; specific pricing is not disclosed.

Traction

The company states it is trusted by more than 200 leading retail and e-commerce brands and lists dozens of named consumer brands as customers.

Latest developments

In April 2025 the company announced a $10 million Series A led by Viola FinTech with participation from Y Combinator, Entrée Capital, Green Visor and Vinyl Capital, positioning itself as a financial data infrastructure layer for CFOs and AI use cases. Its website lists an Edge module for CFOs as coming soon.

▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography

Market position

Positions itself as the reconciled financial data layer beneath e-commerce finance teams' accounting, reporting and AI workflows, and states it is used by more than 200 retail and e-commerce brands.

Technology

An AI-powered subledger that ingests and reconciles data across marketplaces (Shopify, Amazon, TikTok Shop, Walmart, eBay, WooCommerce, BigCommerce), payment and BNPL providers (Stripe, PayPal, Braintree, Adyen, Square, Affirm, Klarna, Sezzle, Afterpay, Global Payments), bank feeds and ERP/accounting systems (QuickBooks, NetSuite, Xero, Sage), plus data platforms such as Snowflake, BigQuery and Google Cloud. It cleans, classifies and attributes transactions to build a "financial graph" and exposes APIs and context for AI agents. The company states integration requires no engineering work or system replacement.

Go-to-market

Inbound, demo-driven sales through the company website ("Book a demo"), a waitlist for the forthcoming Edge module, and planned investment in partnerships, events and customer education following the Series A.

Retail and direct-to-consumer e-commerce brands, with buyer personas spanning controllers and accountants, CTOs and technical leads, and CFOs and finance leaders. Named customers include Supergoop!, BarkBox, a.k.a. brands, Merit, Studs, Sunday Riley, Veronica Beard, Cozy Earth, Ritual and Beautyblender.

Geography

Headquartered in New York; the platform supports integrations with U.S. and international marketplaces, payment providers and banks including Shopify, Amazon, Walmart, TikTok Shop, Stripe, PayPal, Adyen, Klarna, Global-e, Bank of America, J.P. Morgan and Wells Fargo.

Compiled by commissioned research from 6 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
Customer brandsJan 2026200 brands

Company-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.

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Timeline · 1

launches, deals, and filings
Apr 2025
Blue Onion raises $10M Series A led by Viola FinTech

Blue Onion Labs Inc. announced a $10 million Series A led by Viola FinTech, with participation from Y Combinator, Entrée Capital, Green Visor and Vinyl Capital. Proceeds were earmarked for expanding AI features, broadening integrations, supporting more financial accounts, and investing in partnerships, events and customer education.

$10M source ↗

Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.

Legal entities · 1

corporate structure
Blue Onion Labs Inc.

In the news

▸Research sources · 6

primary sources listed

6 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.

Frequently asked questions

What does Blue Onion do?
New York-based financial data and AI reconciliation platform that acts as a subledger for retail and e-commerce brands.
Who founded Blue Onion?
Blue Onion was founded by Lyndsey Bunting, Manav Malhotra in 2020.
Who are Blue Onion's investors?
Blue Onion's investors include Entrée Capital, Halogen Ventures Management Company Llc, Viola Ventures, Y Combinator, Agrolimen Ventures, Green Visor Capital, Morningside Group, Vinyl Capital and 1 more.
How much funding has Blue Onion raised?
Blue Onion has disclosed $10M raised across 1 of its 2 known rounds.
Where is Blue Onion headquartered?
Blue Onion is headquartered in New York City, US.