At Mayday, we're dreaming big!
Our mission is to bring about real-time accounting for the finance teams of startups and SMEs
Finance teams play a crucial role in their company’s success, with the unique capacity to deliver business insights and management information. Today’s finance teams are hampered by the time-consuming process of manually manipulating data each month end. We are creating a world where accurate accounting can be automated, freeing up time for finance teams to be able to deliver maximum value to their company.
Our Story
Founded by award-winning, serial entrepreneurs, with deep experience in accounting technology
David started his career at Deloitte, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser. He led a succession of startup and SME finance teams. He spent seven years as the Founder & CEO of Chaser. He built it into the market-leading accounts receivable software for startups and SMEs, winning Xero’s App Partner of the Year in 2016 and AccountingWEB Cloud App of the Year three years in a row 2017-19.
Griff is a serial startup technologist and machine learning expert. He graduated top of his class in Computer Science from the University of Warwick. Griff became the CTO of marketing technology startup Idio at the age of just 24, where he and David met. During his 7 years at Idio, Griff helped drive the business through three funding rounds, international expansion and grew the Software Engineering team to 12 people. After four years as the CTO of HR software Rungway, Griff and David joined forces to co-found Mayday together.
First stop
Minimising the pain of multi-entity
Mayday Balancer is the safety net that ensures intercompany loan accounts will never again fall out of balance.
Mayday Recharger is revolutionising month end for finance teams that need to charge costs and revenues between multiple group entities.
BRAG saves time by allowing transactions to be easily matched to bills or invoices posted to other group entities.
These products are already freeing up space for finance teams to create value for their business in more meaningful ways. We’re only just getting started! To find out where we’re headed, read our public product vision.
Why the name Mayday?
Mayday is the international standard call for help. We’re answering that call for startups and SMEs looking for the advice they need in navigating the maze of month end. More broadly, Mayday originates from the French “m’aidez” — help me.
Too many of us are bogged down by antiquated processes that no longer make sense. As Mayday grows, we will be able to provide valuable help to more and more finance professionals, rescuing them from outdated systems and freeing up their time and attention to make space for bigger things.
