Kruze Consulting: Expert Accounting for VC-Funded Startups
Kruze Consulting specializes in providing expert accounting and bookkeeping services tailored to the unique needs of VC-funded companies.
Our accounting professionals understand the fast-paced and dynamic startup ecosystem, providing guidance on reporting, compliance, and strategic planning to ensure financial transparency and investor readiness.
By partnering with us, startups can focus on growth while we help them successfully navigate the complex startup financial landscape.
Kruze Consulting clients are twice as likely to be acquired as the average startup
Kruze is committed to your success, and we can prove it. Data published by cap table management vendor Carta shows that 5.2% of startups incorporated in 2018 were acquired, while 11.5% of Kruze clients were acquired during the same period.
Why partner with Kruze?
Comprehensive Startup Solutions
As the leading CPA and advisory firm for venture-backed startups, we specialize in guiding businesses from seed funding to growth stages. By integrating accounting, finance, and fractional CFO services into a single solution, we enable companies to make informed financial decisions and drive exceptional results.
Financial Transparency
You need a clear view of your startup’s financial health, and Kruze Consulting provides accurate and timely financial statements. This helps your strategic planning and gives your investors confidence.
Strategic Support
Our strategic financial guidance helps you budget and forecast efficiently and effectively, so you meet your milestones and growth objectives.
Tax and Regulatory Compliance
Your startup needs to stay compliant with all its financial and tax obligations, both to avoid costly mistakes and penalties and to help with your fundraising.
Hands-On Partner with Technology-Enabled Support
Our clients benefit from a “hands-on partnership” approach that prioritizes readiness for acquisitions, equipping them to navigate the complexities of due diligence, compliance, and strategic exits combined with active leveraging of technology.
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Kruze Consulting specializes in startup accounting, relying on experienced accounting, tax, and finance professionals, using best-in-breed financial tools and systems.
What services does Kruze Consulting provide?
Accounting & Bookkeeping Services
Kruze uses cutting-edge technology to keep your financial records accurate and up-to-date. Our team prepares essential financial statements to help you make decisions and keep your investors informed.
Our comprehensive tax services keep your startup tax-efficient and compliant. We handle income tax preparation along with state and local taxes (SALT). We make sure you maximize every tax credit, deduction, and incentive, and we provide strategic tax planning to support your long-term growth.
Our research and development (R&D) tax credit services help your startup claim valuable credits for your R&D expenses. We’ll guide you through the process of identifying eligible expenses, calculating credits, and filing your reports with the IRS. Your startup can significantly extend your runway by offsetting payroll taxes.
Get strategic financial leadership without hiring a full-time CFO by relying on our fractional CFOs. We offer financial modeling, budgeting, cash management guidance, and fundraising support to position your startup for growth. We’ll help you navigate complex financial decisions and optimize your financial operations.
Case Study
SnapAttack
Discover how SnapAttack, a cybersecurity leader, achieved acquisition by Cisco with Kruze Consulting’s expert support.
"Kruze applied a more rigorous, repeatable, and timely approach to our accounting at a better cost than our previous outsourced accounting firm."
Frequently Asked Questions
Startups often have issues maintaining accurate financial records, managing tax obligations and compliance, and setting up financial operations. Kruze’s accounting and bookkeeping services help our clients meet those challenges.
Accurate financial reporting demonstrates your startup’s fiscal responsibility and commitment to corporate stability. A solid accounting process helps founders manage their companies, build trust with investors, and respond quickly and accurately to due diligence requirements.
Yes, even unprofitable startups can use R&D tax credits to offset payroll taxes, which improves their burn rates and extends runway.
Using outsourced accounting services gives startups access to top-notch financial expertise while keeping costs low. With Kruze on board, founders can focus on their core businesses. More mature startups can rely on our fractional CFO services, which help keep your financial operations running smoothly.
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Kruze Consulting specializes in startup accounting, relying on experienced accounting, tax, and finance professionals, using best-in-breed financial tools and systems.
