Mogara — Startup Profile

Automatic software R&D capitalization

HQ: San Francisco, CA | Founded: 2022 | Employees: 2 | Stage: Seed | Website: https://mogara.com

About

Mogara automates R&D cost capitalization for software companies. IRS now requires all US software companies to capitalize R&D — a $13B manual process. Mogara integrates with IDEs, code repos, Jira, and HRIS to capture capitalizable work directly from developer workflows. Founded by Neha Shah (CEO, ex-Affirm PM built traceability for daily money movements) and Jay Gokhale (ex-Stripe product engineer, ex-YC founder at Index). YC W23. $500K from YC. San Francisco.

The Take

Niche but compelling: IRS now mandates R&D capitalization for all software companies. Mogara plugs into dev workflows instead of relying on timesheets. Tiny team (2), tiny funding ($500K). Early but well-positioned for regulatory tailwind.

Key People

Neha Shah
Jay Gokhale

Key Competitors

Timeline Highlights

2023-01: YC W23 batch; raised $500K from YC
2022: Mogara founded

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