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Proper

AcquiredYC W22

San Francisco, US · Founded 2021 · 10 employees · 10 known investors

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Proper is a financial data platform that automates reconciliation and accounting processes for businesses by connecting bank accounts, payment processors, and internal data sources. The platform enables organizations to match and reconcile complex financial transactions with transparency and flexibility.

Also known as Proper Finance Inc. · Proper Finance

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSB2BUnited States of AmericaAmerica / CanadaPartly Remote

Founders & leadership· Y Combinator alumni (W22)

Proper was founded in 2021 by Kyle Maloney, Travis Gibson, and Mark Rojas.

KMKyle Maloney
Kyle MaloneyCo-Founder & CEO (acq by Intuit)2021–2024Kyle Maloney co-founded and led Proper as CEO before it was acquired by Intuit; he currently works on product at Mercury.
TGTravis Gibson
Travis GibsonCo-Founder & CTO2021–2024Travis Gibson spent nearly seven years as an engineer at Marqeta, where he worked on the core payments infrastructure and later led a money movement team. He co-founded Proper to address data integrity challenges in fintech.
MRMark Rojas
Mark RojasFounder

Investors · 10

Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements
  • Undisclosed amountseed roundJun 2022 · 2 sources
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  • Undisclosed amountSeries AJul 2021
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Company profile

researched Aug 2026

Proper operates a financial data platform that aggregates, monitors and reconciles payments and accounting data across the lifecycle of money movement. The product connects bank accounts, payment processors and internal data stores into a single system, giving finance, product and operations teams a consolidated view of customer and payment data. Core modules include a universal ledger with automated sub-ledger accounting, a high-volume transaction matching engine for real-time reconciliation, monitoring and alerting for funds movement, and case management for investigating and resolving reconciliation exceptions with an auditable paper trail.

The platform is positioned for financial services use cases and is described as applicable to accounts payable/receivable, payments and trades. Its reconciliation engine supports 1:1, many:1 and many:many matching across multiple reconciliation processes, and matching logic is presented as transparent, auditable and editable within the platform without engineering work. Data ingestion connects directly to core systems and protocols, with custom integrations built where a bank or provider is not supported natively.

Business model

Proper sells software access to businesses, with tier-based pricing determined by the number of financial records on the platform; quotes are provided on request.

Tier-based subscription pricing keyed to the volume of financial records managed on the platform.

Latest developments

Proper's website announces that the company has joined Intuit.

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Market position

Proper markets itself as a modern, flexible alternative to manual reconciliation and engineering-built internal tooling for payments and accounting operations.

Emphasis on configurability without engineering effort, transparent and user-updateable matching logic, support for complex many-to-many matching, and custom integrations for unsupported banks or providers.

Technology

A financial data platform combining flexible data ingestion from banks, API providers and data stores, a high-volume transaction matching engine supporting 1:1, many:1 and many:many matching, configurable data transformations, automated sub-ledger accounting, monitoring and alerting, and case management with full audit trails.

Go-to-market

Direct sales through demo requests, with onboarding described as producing first reconciliations in as little as a day and integration timelines ranging from days to weeks for complex scenarios.

Finance, product and operations teams at businesses handling complex funds flows, with the platform described as purpose-built for financial services.

Compiled by commissioned research from 1 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.

Key figures

latest reported
HeadcountAug 20267

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

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Timeline · 1

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Jan 2025
Proper joins Intuit

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corporate structure
Proper Finance Inc.

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Frequently asked questions

What does Proper do?
Proper is a financial data platform that automates payments reconciliation, sub-ledger accounting and financial operations.
Who founded Proper?
Proper was founded by Kyle Maloney, Travis Gibson, Mark Rojas in 2021.
Who are Proper's investors?
Proper's investors include Redpoint Ventures, Y Combinator, BoxGroup, byFounders, Casa Verde Capital, Clocktower Ventures, Flucas Ventures, ITERATIVE and 2 more.
Where is Proper headquartered?
Proper is headquartered in San Francisco, US.