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Burkland Expands Expert Team with FintechForce Acquisition: Official Press Release. We’re excited to add FintechForce’s expertise to our team as we continue to deliver top-tier services to Fintech startups.

The funding landscape for seed and Series A startups continues to be challenging, with fewer funding rounds, reduced round sizes, and lower company valuations. In this environment, startups face increasing pressure to extend their cash runways. Burkland’s Cash Runway Extension Toolkit offers a collection of free resources—developed by Burkland and our trusted partners—to help you preserve cash, extend your runway, and delay your next funding round until market conditions are more favorable. ---------------- New Additions to Our Cash Runway Toolkit: 🛠 1️⃣ Burn Rate Calculator 2️⃣ Customizable Investment Policy Template (to help you make the most of excess cash) 3️⃣ How to Measuring & Assess Your Startup’s Cash Burn Rate #CashRunway #BurnRate #TreasuryManagement #startups #StartupFinance https://lnkd.in/g-4b9E56

This month: Go behind the scenes of Segment’s $3.2B acquisition with co-founder Peter Reinhardt and CFO Jeff Burkland in this special 100th episode of Startup Success. Plus, build trust and improve meeting outcomes with board reporting best practices and examples, prepare for 2025 with our annual planning resources, and more.

Anish Dhar joins us on #StartupSuccess to share his incredible journey from working as an engineer at Uber to co-founding Cortex, who recently raised a $60 million Series C round. In this clip, Anish provides very helpful insights into what VCs are looking for at each funding stage - seed, series A, and beyond. Don’t miss Anish's story of innovation, resilience, and building a product that’s transforming the way engineers manage complex systems. 🎧 Listen now on your favorite podcast platform. #Fundraising #venturecapital #VCfunding #Startups

The Rule of 40 has become a go-to metric for SaaS startups and investors. It offers a simple yet effective way to evaluate the overall health of SaaS startups by measuring the balance between growth and profitability. 📈 Improving your Rule of 40 performance requires a financial plan that balances aggressive growth strategies with financial prudence. Burkland fractional CFO Elmar Jakoby explores 7️⃣ ways to achieve the Rule of 40. https://lnkd.in/gf3a_y_i #startups #saas #SaaSmetrics #ruleof40 #SaaSstartups

What if your inspiration for starting a company came from solving a problem you experienced first-hand as an engineer at a tech giant like Uber?  🎙 In this episode of #StartupSuccess, we welcome Anish Dhar, Co-Founder and CEO of Cortex, to share his incredible journey from engineer at Uber to founding Cortex, the internal developer portal that addresses a massive gap in engineering processes and recently raised a $60M Series C round. 🎉 Anish reflects on how he and his co-founders identified a critical pain point that they knew countless engineers experienced but no one had tried to solve yet. Being close to the pain motivated them and was a huge factor in their startup’s fundraising success. Our expansive discussion touches on: 1️⃣ What VCs are looking for at Seed, Series A and beyond 2️⃣ Anish’s experience applying (and getting rejected the first time) at Y Combinator and how persistence paid off 3️⃣ The engineering challenges that inspired Cortex and why being close to the pain point your product is trying to solve gives founders an advantage In Anish’s words, starting a company is “truly one of the most gratifying and impactful experiences that you can have. It's painful, but it's worth it!” Don’t miss Anish's story of innovation, resilience, and building a product that’s transforming the way engineers manage complex systems. Available now on our favorite podcast player! 🎧 #TechInnovation #Fundraising #Entrepreneurship #Startups

Browse our FAQ FOR FOUNDERS for fast answers to dozens of questions related to #StrategicFinance, #bookkeeping, #SaaS, #tax, #fundraising, and more. 👉 https://lnkd.in/gXteX9VX #startups #StartupFounders

Burkland is very excited to announce the acquisition of FintechForce, which offers outsourced financial services for Fintech startups. Known for its deep understanding of the challenges founders face and the regulations in this complex market, FintechForce delivers customized, high-quality services in this fast-moving industry. This acquisition strengthens Burkland’s existing offerings, adding FintechForce’s reach and specialization in the evolving Fintech space.

When founders wake up in the morning, rules and regulations are not usually top of mind. Instead, founders are typically – and rightfully – thinking about product, engineering, pricing, strategy, fundraising etc. And yet, lack of attention to, or even awareness of, a few mundane yet critical regulatory items can be just as fatal to a startup’s success as a bad product or a lack of funding. In our work with hundreds of venture-backed #startups , we’ve learned compliance-related issues usually show up in the same 6️⃣ areas. Big thanks to Steven Lord for compiling this important list and addressing what happens when a startup doesn’t take these items seriously. 🙁 https://lnkd.in/g42TpMr7

For startups, even software startups, figuring out what is worth patenting is one of the most important moves a founder needs to make. Jeff Schox, Founding Partner and Patent Attorney at Schox Patent Group, shares the key points every founder needs to know about patent strategy, including how to build a patent portfolio that will impress potential investors. 👉 Don’t miss this episode of #StartupSuccess packed with valuable knowledge on how to safeguard your innovations and fuel future growth! Listen wherever you get your podcasts. 🎧 #Patents #SoftwarePatents #IntellectualProperty #startups