Audit and finance automation platform Data Snipper announced the acquisition of AI-native UpLink, a cloud-based secure document request portal. UpLink is designed to identify insights from large volumes of client documents in order to facilitate document collection, review, and testing. … Accounting solutions provider Numeric announced it has closed a $28 million Series A funding round led by Menlo Ventures, just five months after raising $10 million in seed funding. The round also saw participation from new investors like IVP and Socii, alongside previous backers such as Founders Fund and Long Journey. … Accounting-focused cloud services provider Rightworks experienced a brief outage on Oct. 15. A spokesperson said only a very small percentage of its firms were affected, and they were back up quickly.