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Introduction In today’s competitive private equity (PE) landscape, portfolio companies (portcos) frequently confront significant obstacles in managing their finance and accounting functions. This comprehensive article delves into the underlying reasons for these challenges and presents practical solutions for PE firms and their portcos to streamline their finance and accounting processes, ultimately improving overall performance. Identifying...

Understand when and why investors expect GAAP accounting for your business to grow to the next stage, secure the funding, or gain new capital.

You’re a startup CEO. You’re running your business fast and lean. Getting your company’s financials cleaned up and organized is on your to-do list, but so are a thousand other things. You’ll get around to it—just as soon as you secure the loan that will help you scale u

Whether you’re bootstrapping your business, launching through joining an incubator, or you intend to seek help from a VC or angel investor, it’s not an easy task to raise money for a startup in any industry.

Sorry to put you on the spot like that and don’t let it make you sweat. Truth be told, an estimated 90 percent of small businesses are unable to produce dependable financial statements when prompted. And it’s probably safe to assume that even if they could access accurate finances, most small teams wouldn’t know how to turn those numbers into business insights to put into action.