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Insights for Founders & Investors

Navigating the complex financial landscape is critical for both founders and the investors who back them. Founders often grapple with managing cash flow, bridging financial expertise gaps, preparing investor-ready financials for fundraising, and scaling their finance operations effectively as they grow. Simultaneously, investors (VCs, angels, family offices) require rigorous due diligence, consistent monitoring through key performance indicators (KPIs) like burn rate, runway, CAC, and LTV, and transparent, GAAP-compliant reporting to assess risk and drive value creation.

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Automated AP: AI Streamlines Invoicing & Cuts Errors

AI/ML, Fintech, For Founders

Discover how AI automates accounts payable, boosting efficiency, slashing costs & preventing fraud. Learn implementation tips!

Success Story: A Partnership with Anrok

Case Study, Fintech, For Founders

FinStrat's Valuable Partnership with Anrok In 2017, Kristian Marquez, founder and CEO of FinStrat Management, saw a need to deliver finance and accounting services to the early-stage ecosystem. Networking and the power of partnership have fueled FinStrat’s growth...

Financing Due Diligence Best Practices: Insights from FinStrat and Novel Capital’s Experts

For Investors, Insights, Venture Capital, Webinar

Summary In this informative webinar, Keith Harrington, co-founder and COO of Novel Capital, and Kristian Marquez, CEO and founder of FinStrat Management, discuss the nuances of raising capital for B2B SaaS businesses. They share their insights on the importance of due...

Leveraging portfolio analysis to improve your fund’s IRR, a CFO’s perspective

For Investors, Insights, Venture Capital, Webinar

Leveraging portfolio analysis to improve your fund's IRR, a CFO's perspective BELLE: Thank you so much to everyone who gave some time today to join our conversation. We're gonna be talking about leveraging portfolio analysis to improve your funds. To kick things off....

Breaking Barriers: Fostering Diversity in Angel Investing with Ralph Groce

May 29, 2025

Summary This latest episode of The Innovators & investors Podcast features an insightful discussion between Kristian Marquez and Ralph Groce, an angel investor and partner with Scroobious. The conversation centers around the mission of Scroobious, which aims to...

How Brighthive’s CEO, Suzanne El-Moursi is Unlocking the Power of AI to Transform Data-Driven Work

May 28, 2025

Summary In this episode of The Innovators and Investors Podcast, host Kristian Marquez speaks with Suzanne El-Moursi, co-founder and CEO of Brighthive. Brighthive focuses on empowering medium to large organizations to utilize and manage their vast data assets...

Navigating the Startup Landscape: Insights from Raj Malik of Pixel Perfect Ventures

May 27, 2025

Summary In this episode of The Innovators and Investors Podcast, host Kristian Marquez interview s Raj Malik, a partner at Pixel Perfect Ventures. They discuss Pixel Perfect's unique investment thesis, which focuses on leveraging the operating experience of its...

AI, Healthcare, and Early Detection: Investing in a Healthy Future with Erin Niehaus

May 26, 2025

Summary In this episode of The Innovators and Investors Podcast, host Kristian Marquez interviews Erin Niehaus, a partner at DigitalDX Ventures, a firm focused on the intersection of AI and healthcare. Niehaus discusses her background that spans multiple roles in...

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