Helu

Helu.io is a Vienna-based financial management SaaS platform founded in 2020, purpose-built to help CFOs, financial managers, and founders of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) automate their financial controlling and reporting processes. The platform integrates directly with DATEV — Germany and Austria's dominant accounting software — to automatically transform booking-level data into real-time financial reports, budget-vs-actual comparisons, KPI dashboards, and scenario plans. Helu eliminates the manual, error-prone workflow of assembling reports from multiple spreadsheets by providing a unified collaborative environment where finance teams and department heads can align on a single source of financial truth. Key features include customizable dashboards, multi-entity consolidation, departmental reporting, and financial planning modules. The company raised a $10M Series A in 2022 led by Iris VC and was founded by Franz Salzmann. Customers include Sanity Group, Lufthansa Innovation Hub, wealthpilot, and CommerzVentures portfolio companies. Helu positions itself as the modern alternative to Excel-based controlling for the European SME market, with a certified DATEV Marktplatz partnership and ISO/IEC 27001-compliant infrastructure.