OLarry Nabs $10 Million Series A

<p><strong><span class&equals;"legendSpanClass"><span class&equals;"xn-location">MARIN<&sol;span><&sol;span> <&sol;strong>&&num;8212&semi; OLarry&comma; an AI-powered tax firm for the next generation of high-net-worth individuals and businesses&comma; has raised a <span class&equals;"xn-money">&dollar;10 million<&sol;span> Series A round led by TTV Capital and joined by Walkabout Ventures and Marin Sonoma Impact Ventures&comma; bringing the company&&num;8217&semi;s total funding to <span class&equals;"xn-money">&dollar;14&period;5 million<&sol;span>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>OLarry bridges the gap between DIY tax preparation and ultra-high-net-worth&comma; hourly tax advisory&comma; empowering thousands of clients to gain access to personalized tax strategies for an all-inclusive annual fee&period; With AI at its core&comma; OLarry automates client onboarding&comma; document preparation&comma; and data extraction&comma; enabling CPAs to focus on what they do best&colon; provide proactive advice to clients with complex financial situations&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Proactive tax planning has historically been reserved for the ultra-high-net-worth – those who can afford the most elite tax firms in the country&period; We built OLarry for the next generation of high-net-worth individuals and businesses&comma; who need personalized tax advice but are underserved by TurboTax or their current tax advisor&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said <span class&equals;"xn-person">Eric Rachmel<&sol;span>&comma; Co-founder and CEO of OLarry&period; &&num;8220&semi;OLarry uses AI to streamline workflows&comma; freeing up CPAs to focus on what they do best&colon; provide holistic tax advice year-round&comma; not just during tax season&period; In doing so&comma; we enable our clients to make smarter investment and life decisions because they can understand how it will impact their taxes&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The combination of increased demand for personalized tax advice&comma; coupled with a 17&percnt; decrease in accountants entering the job market and increasingly sophisticated AI&comma; means that tax preparation services are ripe for disruption&period; Since OLarry&&num;8217&semi;s inception in 2024&comma; the company has deployed a roll-up strategy to rapidly scale its business – acquiring Branton&comma; de Jong &amp&semi; Associates in <span class&equals;"xn-location">San Jose<&sol;span> and Byrne&comma; Seligman &amp&semi; Co&period;&comma; Inc&period; in <span class&equals;"xn-location">San Mateo<&sol;span> – while training its proprietary AI models to automate document requests&comma; classify and extract data&comma; and enable rapid research&comma; bringing automation to the historically manual tax process&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We invested in OLarry because of the significant market opportunity&colon; 75&percnt; of CPAs at the partner level are expected to retire within the next 10-15 years&comma; and dramatic improvements in AI can streamline tax preparation and filing in a way that wasn&&num;8217&semi;t possible a few years ago&comma;&&num;8221&semi; said <span class&equals;"xn-person">Lizzie Hartley<&sol;span>&comma; Partner at TTV Capital&period; &&num;8220&semi;OLarry is building an AI-powered tax advisory business at exactly the right time&comma; in the right way – by improving inefficiencies&comma; eliminating manual work&comma; and taking a proactive approach to tax advisory services&period; We are proud to support Eric&comma; Becky&comma; Corey&comma; and the entire OLarry team as they continue to onboard new clients and scale the business&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>OLarry will use its new infusion of capital to continue building out the company&&num;8217&semi;s proprietary tax data classification and extraction model&comma; enabling more efficient ingestion and structuring of complex financial data&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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