About Lunari

Built by controllers,
for controllers.

We started Lunari because we lived the problem. A 14-day close is not a staffing issue — it's an architecture issue. We built the architecture.

Our Story

The close shouldn't take two weeks.

In 2022, our co-founders were running finance teams at fast-growing companies. Between them, they had closed books across 14 countries, managed 6 ERP migrations, and sat through more than 30 external audits.

Every month, the same problems. Spreadsheets that broke. Reconciliations that dragged. Auditors who arrived to find incomplete PBC lists. Board packs that went out on day 18 instead of day 5.

The tools that existed were either built for enterprise (expensive, complex, 18-month implementations) or too simple to handle real close complexity. There was nothing in the middle.

So we built it. Lunari is the controller's operating system — purpose-built for the teams that are too sophisticated for spreadsheets and too lean for SAP.

By the numbers
150+
Finance teams on Lunari
18
Countries served
4 days
Average close with Lunari
67%
Average close time reduction
Mission
"To make the month-end close a competitive advantage — not a liability — for every finance team in the world."
What We Believe

Four principles that guide every decision.

🎯

Precision over speed

A fast close that's wrong is worse than a slow close that's right. We build tools that make accuracy the default, not a trade-off.

🔍

Transparency in every layer

Every journal entry, every reconciliation, every AI suggestion — fully auditable. No black boxes in financial close.

🤝

Controllers as partners

We don't sell to controllers. We build with them. Every feature starts with a real problem from a real finance team.

Automation with judgment

AI handles the pattern work. Humans handle the judgment calls. We never blur that line.

History

How we got here.

2022

Founded by two ex-controllers who had closed books in 14 countries across 3 continents.

2023

Launched the Close Management module. First 10 customers. Average close time dropped from 12 days to 5.

2024

Raised Seed round. Launched Reconciliation Engine and Schedule Engine. Expanded to 60+ customers across the UK, North America, and East Africa.

2025

Launched Audit Management and Compliance modules. SOC 2 Type II certified. Crossed 150 customers.

2026

Launched AI-assisted variance analysis and the Fast Close Pilot programme. Now serving finance teams in 18 countries.

Team

People who've lived the close.

AK
Amara Kone
CEO & Co-founder

Former Controller at a Series C SaaS company. Spent 6 years closing books in spreadsheets before deciding there had to be a better way.

DL
Daniel Lim
CTO & Co-founder

Previously led engineering at two fintech companies. Built reconciliation infrastructure used by 40+ banks across Southeast Asia.

PS
Priya Sharma
Head of Product

10 years in finance operations, most recently as VP Finance at a multi-entity SaaS company. Joined Lunari to build the product she wished existed.

JT
James Tran
Head of Customer Success

Former Big 4 auditor. Knows exactly what auditors look for — and built our onboarding process to make every customer audit-ready from day one.

Backed by
Sequoia Scout
Y Combinator Alumni Fund
Endeavor Catalyst
Techstars

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