The unglamorous half of building a company

Structure, finance, compliance and fundraising support for early-stage companies — so the paperwork does not become the problem.

What diligence finds

Early-stage companies fail for product and market reasons far more often than administrative ones. But administrative problems have a habit of surfacing at the worst moment — during diligence, when a term sheet is on the table.

Unsigned IP assignments, an informal cap table, ESOP promised in an email, filings behind. None of it is hard to get right early and all of it is expensive to fix under time pressure.

Who this is for

If one of these sounds like your situation, it is worth a conversation.

Pre-seed and seed companies

Building the product, with the back office needing to exist but not to distract.

Raising in six months

Time to fix what diligence would otherwise find.

Founders splitting equity

Best agreed with vesting, in writing, before it is contentious.

How we work

Boring, in the way you want your accountant to be boring.

Deadlines tracked, not remembered

Every filing date for your entity is in a calendar we own. You get reminded well before it matters.

Books closed monthly

Reconciled within ten working days, so the numbers you make decisions on are this month's rather than last quarter's.

A named person who answers

Not a ticket queue. You should know who does your work and be able to ring them.

Plain answers on tax

What is allowed, what is aggressive, and where the line is. We will not put you somewhere we would not stand ourselves.

Part of Consulting

Part of Consulting

The unglamorous work that keeps a company out of trouble

Accounting, tax and GST, compliance, payroll, company formation and strategy — handled properly, on time, by people who answer the phone.

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What we commit to

What we commit to

  • A fixed monthly fee agreed in advance — no billing by the hour for a phone call
  • Filings submitted ahead of the deadline, not on the day
  • Management accounts within ten working days of month end
  • We tell you about a problem when we find it, not at the year end
  • Your records handed over in full and without argument if you leave
How we take over

How we take over

Moving adviser is the part people dread. It takes about a month.

Review

We look at the current position, filings, and anything outstanding. You get a written summary of what we found, including bad news.

Transition

Records, access and authorisations moved across, with your previous adviser handled professionally. Nothing lapses in between.

First close

The first monthly close under our process, and the first set of accounts you can actually use to make a decision.

Steady state

Monthly management accounts, filings ahead of deadline, and a quarterly conversation about what the numbers are telling you.

Common questions

Before you need to. Unsigned IP assignments and an informal cap table are cheap to fix now and expensive under a term sheet with a deadline.

Pool sizing, scheme documents and grants done properly. Equity promised in an email is one of the more common and awkward diligence findings.

Cap table, IP assignment, statutory filings, contracts and the numbers behind your model. Most of it is answerable if the paperwork was kept as you went.

Is this the right fit?

Tell us what you are trying to do. If startup consulting is not the answer, we will say so.

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