Fundraising
Investor-Ready Financials and Fundraising Support
Investors decide quickly whether a company's numbers can be trusted. Inconsistent statements, unexplained related party balances, and revenue recognition nobody can defend slow a raise more than a weak month ever will.
We prepare the financial side of a raise: statements built on a defensible basis, the schedules diligence will request, and the financial content required for exempt offerings under Regulation D and Regulation Crowdfunding.
The problem
Diligence finds everything the close never caught
Fundraising exposes accounting that was never stress-tested. Revenue recognized on cash timing, capitalized costs with no policy, founder loans mixed with equity, and cap table movements never reflected in the books.
Each item creates a diligence question. Enough of them, and the conversation shifts from the opportunity to the reliability of management.
Signs you may need this
- You are raising and have never had the numbers reviewed by anyone senior
- Revenue recognition, deferred revenue or capitalization has no written policy
- Equity, SAFEs, notes and founder loans are not cleanly presented
- An investor requested a data room and you are assembling it ad hoc
- You are planning a Reg D or Reg CF offering and need the financial content
- Diligence questions are arriving faster than your ability to answer them
What we do
How the work actually runs
01
Put the statements on a defensible basis
Accrual accounting applied properly, with revenue recognition, deferred revenue, capitalization and equity policies written down and consistently applied.
02
Clean the capital structure in the books
Equity rounds, convertible instruments, SAFEs, notes and founder balances reflected correctly and reconciled to the cap table.
03
Build the diligence pack
Historical statements, monthly detail, revenue and cohort schedules, contracts, payroll and tax support, organized into a data room structure.
04
Support exempt offering filings
Financial statements and supporting content for Regulation D and Regulation Crowdfunding offerings, prepared in coordination with your securities counsel and, where required, an independent CPA.
05
Model the plan
A financial model with stated assumptions, unit economics, and a use-of-funds view that survives questioning.
Deliverables
What you receive
- Historical financial statements on a documented accounting basis
- Written revenue recognition and capitalization policies
- Equity, convertible instrument and cap table reconciliation
- Structured financial data room
- Financial content for Reg D and Reg CF offering materials
- Financial model with documented assumptions and use of funds
- Diligence question support through the process
Outcome
What changes
Diligence moves faster because the answers already exist in a form an investor recognizes. The founder spends the process talking about the business rather than defending the bookkeeping.
Clients have closed funding rounds more easily once their financial record stopped raising questions it did not need to raise.
Best suited to
- Founders raising a priced round, SAFE or convertible note
- Companies running a Regulation D or Regulation CF offering
- SaaS and e-commerce businesses with deferred revenue or cohort reporting
- Private equity portfolio companies preparing for sponsor reporting or exit
Scope of practice
We are not a CPA firm or a law firm. We do not provide audit, review or other attest services, legal advice, securities advice, or investment advice, and we do not guarantee any funding outcome.
Where an offering requires audited or reviewed financial statements, or legal review of offering documents, that work is performed by your independent CPA firm and securities counsel.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
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Next step
Discuss Your Accounting
Tell us what you are raising and where the diligence questions are landing.