Invest · Consult · Bookkeep
Perf Ventures LLC writes early checks and then stays in the room — helping founders sharpen strategy, build operating rhythm, and keep their financials investor-ready from the first invoice onward.
What we do
Most founders don't need three vendors. They need one partner who understands the cap table, the strategy, and the general ledger — because those three things are the same story told in different formats.
We write first and follow-on checks into founders solving unglamorous problems with unusual clarity. Fast diligence, plain-language terms, and a decision you can plan around.
Hands-on help with the decisions that compound: pricing, hiring sequence, go-to-market motion, and the metrics your next investor will actually ask about.
Accrual-quality books maintained monthly, so you're never reconstructing a year of history the week a term sheet arrives. Clean, current, and audit-friendly.
How we work
No lengthy onboarding decks. We aim to be useful inside the first month, whether you came to us for capital, counsel, or a cleanup.
Thirty minutes on what you're building, what's in the way, and whether we're the right fit. No deck required.
We review what exists — model, metrics, books, or all three — and come back with a candid read and a short list of priorities.
Investment, a scoped consulting engagement, monthly bookkeeping, or a combination. Flat fees where we can, so incentives stay clean.
Monthly close, a standing working session, and an investor-ready update pack you didn't have to assemble yourself.
About Perf Ventures
Perf Ventures LLC is a small, independent firm. We work with a deliberately limited number of companies at a time, which is the only honest way to offer both capital and day-to-day operating support.
Our bias is toward practical work: a model you can actually update, books that close on schedule, and advice specific enough to act on this week.
Questions
No. Plenty of our consulting and bookkeeping clients aren't portfolio companies, and plenty of portfolio companies keep their existing accountant. The services stand on their own.
It's a question worth asking, and we handle it directly: engagement terms are written down, fees are flat and disclosed, and if you'd rather your bookkeeping sit with an independent third party, we'll tell you so and help you find one.
Primarily pre-seed and seed, occasionally earlier. We're comfortable being the first institutional money on a cap table and equally happy to follow a lead we respect.
It's the most common way clients arrive. We scope a cleanup as a fixed-fee project, get the history to accrual quality, and then move you onto a monthly close cadence.
Monthly retainer for ongoing fractional CFO and operating work; fixed fee for defined projects like a model build, cleanup, or fundraise prep. You'll have the number before we start.
Get in touch
Send a note with a sentence or two about the company and what you need. We read everything and reply to what we can help with — usually within two business days.
Confidential by default. We don't share what you send with anyone outside the firm.