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Xero

Xero

Beautiful accounting software

Finance·Launched Mar 2014·0 upvotes·xero.com
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ALIVEverified Aug 27, 2026 · HTTP 200
CohortClass of 2014

What it is

Beautiful accounting software. [Tech]

HTTP liveness

34 probes since Jun 16
Jun 16Aug 27
AliveHard-dead (404/5xx/parked)RedirectedUnverified (timeout/DNS/block)

Observed events

probes · press · GitHub
  1. Jun 16, 2026
    First probe — live
    Alive · 200 OK

Funding history

2 rounds
Total raised
$208.7M
Latest valuation
Stage
early
Series A
Mar 2015
investors undisclosed
$110.8M
SEC
Seed
Oct 2013
investors undisclosed
$97.9M
SEC
Data from SEC EDGAR Form D filings and press coverage. Round labels for SEC filings are inferred from filing sequence and amount.

Moat

None apparent

The product does not exhibit a clear defensibility mechanism. It operates in a crowded space with several comparable products.

The dossier evidence for this assessment includes the presence of multiple comparables with high similarity scores, such as Freshbooks, which is identified as an alternative.

The moat could be eroded by the presence of strong competitors and the lack of unique differentiation, as evidenced by the similar tags and business models of the comparable products.

  • comparablescomparables with high similarity scores
  • comparablesalternative product Freshbooks
  • tagssimilar tags and business models
0.50 confidence · grounded in 3 sources
Grounded analysis from tags, and comparables · Jul 2026

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Pulse Indexobserved activity
502/4 signal families
Liveness40%
1.00
Press30%
no data
GitHub20%
no data
Tranco10%
0.97

Weighted observed activity · updated Aug 26

Founders
Rod Drury
Cohort survival · Class of 2014weekly

10,235 products launched in 2014 · 99% still active

10,131 active104 sunset
Still active
99%
Median lifespan
4.9y