Pre-seed money buys one thing, the milestone that earns the next round. Futureproof is the general ledger your startup runs on, the system of record behind every number you will put in front of an investor. Six agents work that ledger every night, so the instrument, the first hires, and the first update all sit on posted entries.
Four things that are true between the SAFE landing in the account and the seed conversation starting.
Everything in the second column either happened overnight or arrives as a decision waiting for you. Nothing is committed without your approval.
Margo owns the view forward. She works the posted ledger rather than a spreadsheet copy of it, which is why the number survives contact with the bank account.
What moves at each point, the work that follows it, and the agent who carries that work.
| What changes | What Futureproof does | Who handles it | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Incorporated, pre-revenue | Spending starts before anything comes in, and all of it is yours. | Codes bank and card activity to your chart of accounts and reconciles nightly. | Vic |
| The SAFE lands | Money arrives that is not revenue and is not yet equity. | Proposes the entry for the instrument and holds it for your approval. | Vic |
| First paying customers | Revenue starts, billed over a term rather than earned all at once. | Recognizes it across the term and reports recurring revenue monthly. | Hugo |
| First hire on the raise | One salary takes a visible share of the months you have left. | Prices the open role against cash and burn, then reforecasts what follows. | Margo |
Angels, advisors, and the accountant you talk to once a quarter all open with some version of these.
What is your burn and runway?
Cash across every connected account, net burn for the trailing month, and the months that balance covers. Margo recomputes all three after the night's entries post, so the answer is a screen you can share rather than a promise to send something on Friday.
How was the SAFE recorded?
Vic proposes the entry for the instrument and waits for your approval before anything posts. The cap table carries the holders, and the modeling view shows what a priced round would do to ownership once the instrument converts into it.
When do you need to raise again?
Margo checks fundraise timing every week and flags it around a month before runway crosses into the window where a raise has to start. The flag lands in your inbox. Nothing is sent to an investor, and the timing decision stays yours.
Three lanes: the work that leaves your desk, the view that arrives instead, and the calls you can make with it.
Each one brings finished work to your inbox. Approving, editing, and declining stay with you, and every action is recorded.
More than it looks like from outside. Bank and card activity has to be coded and reconciled, the SAFE has to be recorded as the instrument it is, revenue billed over a term has to be recognized across that term, and somebody has to know what the runway is before an offer goes out.
Vic proposes the journal entry for the instrument and holds it for your approval before anything posts. The cap table carries the holders, and the modeling view shows what a priced round does to ownership when the instrument converts into it.
The same six agents work a pre-seed ledger and a Series A ledger. At pre-seed most founders live in runway, the books, and the monthly update. The forecasting and investor surfaces are there from the first day and wait quietly until the stage needs them.
Margo checks fundraise timing every week and flags it around a month before runway crosses into the window where a raise has to start. The flag arrives in your inbox. Nothing is sent to an investor, and no decision is made on your behalf.
We never sell your data, and we share it only with the vetted service providers that run the platform, never with other customers or advertisers. Access inside your account is limited to the people you invite.
Your raise. Your milestone. Your call.
Connect your accounts and the team starts tonight. Runway, the books, the instrument, and the first investor update all come off the same ledger.
Starting at $1,000/month for all six agents, with a monthly review call with a human financial specialist included. No per-seat fees, no modules.
