Graphite - Accounting for Startups

Graphite Financial is an outsourced finance firm for start-ups backed by venture capital. It began inside a venture fund, and now supplies accounting and finance teams that work within a client's business from early fundraising onward. It aims to give founders accurate monthly books and reporting that investors can rely on.

What Graphite Financial offers

• Accounting and bookkeeping: monthly close and accrual-based ledgers that follow GAAP.
• Fractional CFO and financial modelling: runway forecasts, planning and capital models for boards.
• Tax: multi-state filings and R&D tax credit support.
• Bill pay and invoicing: payables, receivables and collections.
• Payroll and HR: payroll across several states and people operations.

Customers and markets

The firm serves software start-ups, e-commerce and consumer brands, and web3 and crypto companies. It also publishes templates and guides for founders, including a chart of accounts and a close-of-month checklist.

Key facts

• Origin: started within a venture capital fund
• Clients: says it works with hundreds of leadership teams