IRIS + Startups & Founders: Faster Bank Import
Startup founders need to prepare financial summaries for investors, track burn rate, and reconcile multiple accounts — often without a dedicated finance team. If you use IRIS for your accounting, you need a fast way to get bank statement data into the system.
BankScan AI for Startups & Founders Using IRIS
BankScan AI converts any bank statement PDF to CSV formatted for direct import into IRIS. Convert your startup bank statements to clean spreadsheets for investor reporting, burn rate analysis, and quick reconciliation without hiring a bookkeeper.
The Startups & Founders + IRIS Workflow
Startup founders download bank statements to calculate monthly burn rate, prepare cash runway reports for board meetings, reconcile Stripe or payment processor deposits against revenue, and provide financial data to investors during due diligence. Many operate without a finance team in early stages, doing reconciliation themselves or with part-time bookkeeper support.
Key terms you'll encounter: burn rate, cash runway, MRR, unit economics.
How It Works
Upload any bank statement PDF
Supports all major banks. Saves founders 2-3 hours per month on financial reporting, freeing time for product development and fundraising rather than manual data entry
AI formats for IRIS
Output as CSV with Date, Narrative, Debit, Credit — IRIS uses Narrative instead of Description and requires separate Debit/Credit columns — dates in DD/MM/YYYY.
Import and reconcile
In IRIS Accountancy Suite, open the client file, go to Bank > Import Transactions. Select the CSV file, map columns to Date, Narrative, Debit, Credit, and import. IRIS links bank transactions directly to tax computations, so imported statements feed into both bookkeeping and tax return preparation simultaneously.
Supported Banks
BankScan AI works with all major UK and US banks, including:
IRIS Features for Startups & Founders
- IRIS ready — Output formatted as CSV matching IRIS's expected column structure
- Smart integration — IRIS links bank transactions directly to tax computations, so imported statements feed into both bookkeeping and tax return preparation simultaneously.
- Built for Startups & Founders — Saves founders 2-3 hours per month on financial reporting, freeing time for product development and fundraising rather than manual data entry
- Software compatible — Output works directly with Xero, Fathom, Mercury
Import Steps for Startups & Founders Using IRIS
As startup founder, here's how to get bank data into IRIS:
- In IRIS Accountancy Suite, open the client file, go to Bank > Import Transactions
- Select the CSV file, map columns to Date, Narrative, Debit, Credit, and import
Common Import Issues
IRIS is strict about column naming — use 'Narrative' not 'Description'. Also requires the CSV to not contain any currency symbols in amount columns.
IRIS Import — Built for Startups & Founders
Dominant in UK accountancy practices — used by 6 of the top 10 UK firms. IRIS is the professional's choice for multi-client practice management.
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