In development · South Africa first

We’re changing everything.

Accounting, invoicing, VAT, banking and point of sale in one system, built for South African business. Simple on the surface. Complete underneath.

Harbour Retail
Thursday · Till 2 open
Takings todayR 18 420.00
CardR 12 960.00
CashR 5 460.00
End of day 2 to review
Card sale #2291No Yoco match
Cash drawerR 20.00 over
Offline salesAll synced
Review and close

Illustrative. Initium is in development, and every figure on this page is an example.

  • SARS-ready tax invoices
  • VAT201 from the books
  • Keeps trading offline
  • Cloud, or your own server
  • Built in South Africa
The product

Everything a business runs on.One system.

Every sale, invoice and payment lands in the same set of books the moment it happens, so there is nothing to export or re-key, and far less to reconcile at month-end.

01 · The ledger

A record that cannot be argued with

Every entry balanced to the cent. Nothing edited after the fact, nothing quietly lost. Audit-ready the moment it is written.

Journal #000142Posted
Dr  BankR 48 250.00
Cr  SalesR 41 956.52
Cr  VAT OutputR 6 293.48
Difference R 0.00Balanced
02 · Invoicing & VAT

Get paid, SARS-ready

Tax invoices that meet the VAT Act. Your VAT201, from the books themselves.

Tax invoiceINV-0192
SubtotalR 27 800.00
VAT 15%R 4 170.00
TotalR 31 970.00
VAT201 ready
03 · Point of sale

Never stops trading

The internet drops, the sales keep ringing up. The moment it is back, everything syncs.

Flat white × 2R 78.00
CroissantR 42.00
Sparkling waterR 24.00
TotalR 144.00
Offline · 3 sales queuedQueued
04 · End of day

Close the day with nothing hiding

The till, your card provider and the cash drawer are compared line by line. Anything that does not agree is flagged before the day locks.

Till salesR 18 420.00
YocoR 12 780.00
Cash countedR 5 480.00
Card sale #2291 · R 180.00No Yoco match
Cash drawer · expected R 5 460.00R 20.00 over
Offline sales · 3 queued earlierAll synced
05 · Banking

Reconciliation stops being a Friday

Statements matched to your records automatically. You confirm the rest.

Debit order−R 1 249.00
EFT receivedR 31 970.00
Card payoutR 12 610.00
Telephone & InternetR 1 249.00
Accounts ReceivableR 31 970.00
Card ClearingR 12 610.00
3 of 3 matchedReconciled
06 · Reporting

Reports that build themselves

Packs are prepared straight from the books. A second person approves them, and every adjustment leaves a trail.

1Prepared 2Reviewed 3Approved
Income statement · AugustReady
Rent · +38% on JulyFlagged
Adjusting journal #000201With reason
07 · Every business

All your companies, one place

Switch between businesses in a click. Group reporting that actually adds up.

Northline TradingR 4.2m
Harbour RetailR 2.8m
Kestrel HoldingsR 1.6m
Group totalR 8.6m
08 · Your own server

Your books never leave your building

Built, installed and maintained by us, on site. Or in the cloud if you prefer. Same software either way.

LocationYour building
Backup02:00 · encrypted
A day at the counter · Step 1 of 5
Harbour Retail · Till 2
Online
TakingsR 0.00
CardR 0.00
CashR 0.00
Offline sales · none queued
Card sale #2291 · R 180.00No Yoco match
Cash drawer · expected R 5 460.00R 20.00 over
Day openOpen
Built for everyone

Simple on the surface.Complete underneath.

If it needs a week of training, it is badly designed. Your team sees an invoice and a button. Your accountant gets the journal, the audit trail and the period, without anyone doing anything extra.

One screen, three fields, one button. VAT is worked out for you.

New invoice

CustomerHarbour Retail
AmountR 12 400.00
VATWorked out for you
Send invoice
Journal #000193 · postedAug 2026 · open
Dr  Accounts ReceivableR 14 260.00
Cr  SalesR 12 400.00
Cr  VAT OutputR 1 860.00
Audit trail
14:02 · INV-0193 issuedSales clerk
14:02 · Journal postedSystem
BalancedVAT201 updatedImmutable
Principles

What we will notcompromise.

Correct
A beautiful interface on an unreliable foundation is a liability with better typography. Correctness is not a feature that ships in version two.
Obvious
If it needs a week of training, it is badly designed.
Yours
Your data is yours, exportable at any time, with nothing held hostage. Built here, for the way business is actually done here.
  1. Now

    Foundation

    The ledger everything else depends on, built first and built properly.

  2. Next

    Closed pilot

    A small number of businesses, chosen deliberately, shaping it with us.

  3. Then

    Invitation

    Widening carefully. Quality of the work first, growth second.

  4. Later

    Open

    Available to everyone it was built for, once it is ready.

It starts soon.

We are choosing the businesses we build the first release alongside. Tell us what you do and what gets in your way.

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