Pricing
At airCFO, we’ve drawn on our experience partnering with 300+ clients over the last 10 years to develop services & tools that help founders succeed all the way from idea to exit.
We Scale with you As You Grow
Our services were designed with founders in mind.
airCFO's pricing is determined based on two factors: stage and scope. At each stage, we offer founders the services they need to build a rock-solid foundation and maintain a top-notch back office that moves them forward in their startup journey.
We also offer a variety of add-on services that add significant value in specific situations.
Your scope of work will be custom-tailored to fit your unique needs and will evolve continuously as your startup does.
Core Packages
With airCFO, your service scope & pricing are customized based on your startup's stage. We provide the exact level of support you need at each step of your startup journey, and our involvement grows as your startup does.
All clients receive regular systems/workflow diagnostics & a dedicated Client Success Manager to ensure we’re proactively leveling up your back office to keep pace with growth.
Select your current stage below to see how airCFO helps founders like you succeed.
CORE PACKAGE SUMMARY
With airCFO Launchpad, get started on the right financial foot and position your startup for long-term growth - all without needing to worry about back office logistics.
Accounting
$500
per month (Accrual Basis)
Core services include:
*Cash Basis Bookkeeping $300 per month
*Additional support billed hourly
FINANCE
$315
per hour
Core services include:
TAX
$750
annually
Core Service includes:
PEOPLE OPS
$750
per month
Core services include:
*Additional support billed hourly
CORE PACKAGE SUMMARY
airCFO’s Launch services help you lay a solid foundation across back office functions so you can focus on building your business.
Accounting
$1,250
per month
Core services include:
FINANCE
$1,600
per month
Core services include:
Recommended Activities for Launch Clients:
TAX
$2,200
annually
Core service includes:
PEOPLE OPS
$1,600
per month
Core services include:
Recommended Activities for Launch Clients:
CORE PACKAGE SUMMARY
airCFO's Iterate services provide you with the support you need to maintain a reliable, transparent back office so the rest of the company can focus on getting to product-market fit.
Accounting
$1,900
per month
Core services include:
FINANCE
$2,500
per month
Core services include:
Recommended Activities for Iterate Clients:
TAX
$3,600
annually
Core service includes:
PEOPLE OPS
$2,500
per month
Core services include:
Recommended Activities for Iterate Clients:
CORE PACKAGE SUMMARY
Let us build your back office to scale with robust processes, controls and tools that bridge the gap to an expensive, full-service ERP.
Accounting
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Add-Ons
We know that every startup has its own unique needs, so we've designed a set of add-on services that help our clients meet specific challenges.
All of these add-ons can be combined with your core service package, regardless of your stage.
Accounting
Invoicing Support
A thoughtful, automated invoicing process is a critical piece of a high-functioning operation.
airCFO can help set up and maintain a streamlined invoice-to-cash collections process that prioritizes the client experience and promotes quicker collections.
Multi-Entity Consolidation
Our consolidation process gives you visibility into your financial data from individual entities in one comprehensive set of financial statements. This allows for easier analysis and a more complete understanding of your organization's overall financial performance.
We'll help you set up the necessary integrations using a QBO tool called JustConsolidate, and configure JC to build a set of consolidated financials that meet your specific needs.
Grant Accounting
Grants can be a great source of non-dilutive funding for early-stage startups, but they can introduce complexities into an accounting process. airCFO has deep experience in this space and can help you set up an efficient, compliant grant accounting workflow that gives you peace of mind.
Inventory Management
Tracking and valuing inventory is critical to preventing shortages, theft, and overstock. It's also important for accurate and meaningful financial statements.
Services provided within this offering include:
- Inventory and cost of goods sold process management and synchronization
- Document tracking and organization
- Basic monthly COGS reporting (Included in ME package Income Statement)
- Consultation to determine a landed COGS cost for each product (Finance?)
- Truing up balance sheet accounts based on actual inventory valuations
Policy & Workflow Documentation
Not having a clearly documented back office workflow creates ambiguity and an inability to identify process risk areas. AirCFO's Policy & Workflow Documentation provides a comprehensive guide of who is doing what, when, across your back office.
While this service requires an upfront time commitment to deep dive into each workflow, the result is a robust guide that removes ambiguity and helps your back office run like a well oiled machine. This guide is great for training new employees or bringing work in house as you grow.
Finance
Revenue Operations
At any B2B startup, it is critical to keep Sales and Finance on the same page. AirCFO’s Revenue Operations offering gives management visibility into the composition of the sales pipeline and helps avoid surprises. We can also help create a seamless invoice-to-collect process, shortening the cash collection cycle and improving your cash burn.
Services provided within this offering include:
- CRM setup & report creation in collaboration with company’s Sales/Growth lead
- Pipeline Reporting by Stage
- Pipeline forecasting & forecast vs. target analysis
- Invoice-to-collect process management
- Quota / Commission Tracking
Procurement & Vendor Management
The average startup works with over a hundred vendors; as your company grows, it becomes painful trying to keep a handle on all those expenses. AirCFO’s vendor analysis service gives you peace of mind that your vendor relationships are managed skillfully and you’re using the best solutions for your specific situation.
This service offering includes:
- Giving client a better understanding of the vendors that make up each expense bucket & keeping those categorizations accurate
- Eliminating redundant / unnecessary spend to save clients $
- Helping manage new vendor procurement process
- Tracking upcoming renewals & manage negotiations
Advanced Metric Tracking
A strong metric tracking function can help you tease out the signal in your noisy data, as well as communicate that signal to employees & stakeholders. AirCFO helps startups hone in on the metrics that matter, set up a system for collecting the raw data, and monitor performance over time. Whether you need a high-level metric scorecard for monitoring a range of metrics or a deep-dive tool for drilling down into one specific metric, airCFO can help you get a better handle on your company data.
AirCFO’s services within this package include:
- Architect systems & workflows for capturing, storing & analyzing performance data
- Setup & maintain High-Level Metric Tracking Scorecard in month-end Package
- Deep-Dive Tools for tracking key metrics (ex. NRR)
Board & Investor Relations
A strong investor relations process gives key stakeholders transparency into company performance and helps build trust between executives and investors. AirCFO’s Board & Investor Relations service helps you put your best foot forward with investors and ensures that your quarterly Board meetings run smoothly & effectively.
Services provided include:
- Board meeting preparation with executive team: analyzing performance, building narrative, constructing materials
- Expedited month-end close ahead of Board meeting
- Participation in and support during Board meetings in order to explain financial narrative to investors
- Diligence and ad-hoc analysis as requested by board members
- Buildout & delivery of monthly Investor Update
Transaction Advisory
AirCFO’s experienced finance professionals provide independent advice on debt and equity financing transactions, leveraging deep knowledge of the startup finance landscape and strategic conversations had around the state of your business.
This includes:
- Pre-funding preparation: milestone-driven financial modeling, valuation analysis, mapping investor landscape
- Roadshow: pitch deck development, due diligence support, roadshow progress dashboard
- Execution and follow-up: negotiation support, term sheet evaluations, pro-forma capitalization table analysis
Audit/Due Diligence Support
Audits & due diligence are stressful and time sensitive. AirCFO provides a team of experts to interface with auditors or investors and ensure that your company passes with flying colors.
Services provided within this offering include:
- Compiling or creating ad hoc reports
- Liaising with your auditor or investor directly (calls, emails, etc.)
- Expedited turn around time on requests
Cap Table Management
Maintaining an accurate cap table can prevent countless headaches and save you thousands in legal fees. AirCFO can help make sure your records in Carta remain accurate as your cap table changes.
Services include:
- Onboard to software service
- Manage annual 409a valuation process
- Keep cap table updated with new and exercised options
- Record issuances from new funding rounds
- Track & report out on options remaining in option pool
Tax
R&D Tax Credits
The government offers tech companies an annual benefit of up to $250K based on their R&D spend. Make sure you're getting the full benefit you're due with help from airCFO!
Our tax team can calculate your R&D tax credit, collaborate with you to make sure your documentation is bulletproof with the IRS, and file the form on your behalf.
Other Tax Return Add-Ons
No matter how unique your tax situation may be, the airCFO team has probably seen it before. The following services can be added to any of our core tax packages:
- Extra States: $750
- Extra Cities: $525
- Specialized domestic forms (eg. 4797, 3800, 6765, etc.): $500
- International Forms: $1,100 for 5471/5472 & 8858, $400 for FBAR
People Ops
Matt Armstrong, CPA | Head of Accounting
A Best-in-Class Team
airCFO delivers value through our people.
As a tech-enabled firm, we hire only those whose skill set and interests lie at the intersection of Big Four accounting expertise and a true desire to work for startups.
Learn more about the airCFO team here.
Schedule a Call
We'd love to chat with you about utilizing airCFO for your startup accounting, people operations, tax and/or finance functions.