Kontevia: bookkeeping that works from a chat message
We build the accounting platform that a small business in any of the 27 EU countries can use without learning accounting software. Send the document, and the rest follows the rules of your country.
Our mission
Free small businesses from retyping documents. Across the European Union there are more than 25 million businesses with fewer than ten people. Most of them still collect receipts in a box, retype invoices into spreadsheets and e-mail everything to an accountant at the end of the month.
Kontevia replaces that routine. A photo of a receipt sent by WhatsApp, an invoice forwarded by e-mail or a file uploaded in the dashboard is read, categorised and booked under the VAT rules of the country the business is registered in. The VAT summary is ready before the deadline, invoices go out with the right format, and the accountant receives an export instead of a pile of paper.
Our starting point is deliberately narrow: one inbox for documents, one set of country rules per member state, and exports to the systems accountants already use. We add functions only when the core works reliably in every country we support.
What we stand for
Speed over perfection
A receipt booked in thirty seconds from a phone beats a perfect accounting system that gets opened once a month.
Built for small businesses
Sole traders, freelancers, tradespeople, cafes and online shops. We do not pretend to be an enterprise ERP, and we do not price like one.
Data stays in the EU
Documents and personal data are stored on servers in the European Union, encrypted in transit and at rest, and never sold or used to train models.
Country rules from data, not from guesswork
Rates, thresholds, e-invoicing formats and deadlines for all 27 member states live in one reviewed jurisdiction database that drives both the product and this website.
Team
A small team based in Prague and Brno, working remotely across the EU. The company was founded by Ondrej Knedla and Lukas Tobolak. We work with accountants and tax advisers in the countries we cover to check the content and the rules the product applies.
What we publish
We write about VAT, e-invoicing, bookkeeping and running a small business in the EU. Every article names its sources, and we update articles when the rules change.
- E-mail: hello@kontevia.com
- We reply within one business day.
- Registered office: Prague, Czech Republic
What we do
Document processing
- • Extraction of data from receipts and invoices in all EU languages
- • Approval of documents before they reach the books
- • Automatic categorisation and duplicate detection
Country rules
- • VAT rates, thresholds and filing periods of all 27 member states
- • E-invoicing guide for all 27 countries; support for Peppol and the national systems is planned
- • Free tax calendar for every EU country
Integrations
- • Bank connection for selected Czech banks; PSD2 for other countries planned
- • CSV export for any accounting software; Pohoda, Money S3 and ISDOC for Czech companies
- • Assistant connectors for ChatGPT and Claude
Security and compliance
- • Servers in the EU, encryption at rest and in transit
- • GDPR: data processing agreement and published sub-processor list
- • Archive with an audit trail for the retention period of your country
Where Kontevia comes from
Kontevia grows out of our sister product DokladBot, which serves the Czech market. In its Czech pilot (April to August 2026) DokladBot processed 2,455 documents for sole traders and accounting practices. Kontevia takes the same engine and applies it to the rules of every EU member state. Kontevia itself is in early access.
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Try it on your own documents
Start in early access, send a first receipt by chat and see how it becomes a booked document with the right VAT treatment.