Empire gives startups a finance operating system for clean books, burn visibility, R&D credits, tax readiness, and investor reporting, so founders can make decisions before runway becomes a board discussion.
Cash, burn, headcount plans, liabilities, revenue scenarios, and credits reviewed in one operating view.
Founders know revenue, hiring, and fundraising matter. What is harder to see is the financial system underneath: burn, payroll, contractor spend, tax exposure, R&D credits, investor reporting, and diligence records.
Payroll, SaaS, cloud, contractors, vendors, and hiring plans change faster than a static spreadsheet can keep up.
Qualified R&D spend, payroll tax offsets, technical documentation, and credit filings need a connected process.
Board updates and diligence requests require clean financials, support schedules, variance context, and source records.
1099s, Delaware franchise tax, federal filings, state filings, and remote team exposure can pile up quietly.
We connect the tools, close the books, organize tax records, monitor runway, and prepare reporting in one coordinated monthly rhythm.
Empire handles reconciliations, categorization, accruals, payroll, cards, revenue, liabilities, and supporting schedules, so the numbers are useful before month-end turns stale.
See the effect of hiring, vendor spend, infrastructure growth, revenue changes, and fundraising timing before cash pressure becomes urgent.
Qualified spend, payroll records, contractor support, deductions, and filing records stay connected to your monthly books.
Monthly statements, variance notes, close context, diligence schedules, and tax backup are prepared in a format founders, operators, and investors can trust.
A repeatable cadence for founders who want fast decisions without finance chaos.
Banks, cards, payroll, billing, cap table, prior records, and accounting tools are mapped into one workflow.
Transactions are categorized by vendor, department, entity, project, and expense type.
Missing receipts, approvals, classifications, vendor docs, and unusual movements are routed early.
Burn, cash, headcount, AP, AR, revenue, and scenario changes are analyzed before reporting is finalized.
Financial statements, close notes, runway updates, tax support, and diligence schedules are prepared.
Headcount, GTM spend, cloud infrastructure, contractors, and fundraising timing all change runway. Empire turns those moving pieces into a practical operating model.
Empire turns monthly startup finance into an operating package: clean statements, runway movement, R&D support, tax backup, and plain-English context on what changed.
We build the records, controls, and reporting cadence that make fundraising, board updates, and tax season feel calmer.
Accrual-based statements and close notes delivered monthly, with context to support investor updates and leadership decisions.
Historical cleanup, source records, schedules, data-room support, and explanations that help financials withstand scrutiny.
Support for R&D credits, payroll tax offsets, deductions, 1099s, federal filings, state filings, and Delaware franchise tax.
Empire combines bookkeeping, tax, R&D, reporting, and operating support so startup finance becomes a cadence, not a recurring fire drill.
Straight answers for founders and operators who want cleaner books, steadier closes, tax readiness, and better runway decisions.
Move from scattered bookkeeping and uncertain burn to a dependable startup finance rhythm built for high-growth teams.