TaxNova is a London-based startup that automates the labour-intensive process of claiming R&D tax credits for technology companies. Its AI-driven platform connects directly to tools such as GitHub, Jira, Linear, Slack and Notion to extract qualified R&D work, calculate eligible costs and generate audit-ready documentation. By creating an end-to-end audit trail that links every claim back to source data, the product reduces the claims timeline from months to weeks and frees engineering teams from reconstructing past work. The company positions itself as complementary to existing tax advisers and has already completed a partnership pilot with a top-5 R&D tax advisory firm. Founders George Nichkov (CEO) and Marya Malykh (CTO) bring backgrounds in consulting and computer engineering. TaxNova estimates that 75% of current claim preparation time is spent on data collection, a bottleneck it seeks to remove and unlock billions of pounds in unclaimed credits. The startup has emerged from stealth with $1m in pre-seed financing to accelerate its development and deployment.

Total raised

$1M

Funding rounds

1

Latest round

Seed

Latest activity

Feb 2026