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For journalists, partners, and the curious — everything you need about AskBooks in one place.

Quick facts

Founded
2024
Headquarters
Bengaluru, India
Category
Cloud accounting for Indian SMEs
Funding
Bootstrapped
Team size
10+

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About AskBooks

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AskBooks is a cloud-native accounting platform built for India's small and medium businesses. Founded in 2024 and headquartered in Bengaluru, AskBooks unifies GST compliance, invoicing, banking, payroll, and inventory in a single product — designed from the ground up for Indian regulations, languages, and workflows.

The company is bootstrapped and serves businesses across retail, distribution, manufacturing, hospitality, healthcare, and professional services. AskBooks is a GST Suvidha Provider partner with direct integration to the GST portal, supports 12 Indian languages, and offers free CA collaboration on every plan.

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Colour palette

Brand colours

Teal is our primary. The rest are supporting roles.

Teal
#0d9488
Primary brand
Slate
#0f172a
Text and dark surfaces
Rose
#e11d48
Alerts and decline indicators
Emerald
#059669
Success and gains
Amber
#d97706
Warnings and review states

Logo usage

Do's and don'ts

Quick guidelines so the AskBooks logo always looks right.

Do

  • Use the official logo files without recreating or redrawing
  • Preserve clear space equal to the height of the monogram on all sides
  • Use the teal logo on light backgrounds, white logo on dark
  • Reference us as “AskBooks” — one word, capital A and B

Don't

  • Don’t change the colours, gradients, or proportions of the logo
  • Don’t place the logo on busy or low-contrast backgrounds
  • Don’t add drop shadows, outlines, or effects to the wordmark
  • Don’t write “Ask Books” (two words) or “askbooks” (lowercase)

Leadership

Meet the founders

The people building AskBooks.

RA
Rashid Ali
Co-founder & CEO

Building AskBooks to give Indian SMEs the accounting platform they actually deserve. Previously led product and engineering teams in fintech and SaaS.

C
Co-founder
Co-founder & CTO

Drives engineering and product. Decade of experience building scalable cloud platforms with a focus on multi-tenant SaaS, payments, and compliance systems.

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