# Finoveda > Finoveda is a connected finance, accounting, tax, compliance and virtual CFO function for ambitious Indian startups, from incorporation through fundraising and IPO readiness. Finoveda serves founders and operators in India. Its operating model brings related financial work into one team, one calendar and one source of truth. Website content describes general capabilities; assignment scope, fees, timing and professional-independence boundaries are agreed separately in writing. ## Start here - [Home](https://www.finoveda.com/): What Finoveda does and how its connected finance-room model works. - [Services](https://www.finoveda.com/services): The complete register of 16 startup finance and compliance capabilities. - [Startup journey](https://www.finoveda.com/startup-journey): What to introduce at formation, seed, growth and scale. - [Why Finoveda](https://www.finoveda.com/about): The operating principles behind the service model. - [Field notes](https://www.finoveda.com/resources): Source-backed operating guides for startup finance decisions. - [Free finance diagnostic](https://www.finoveda.com/contact): Request a review of the current books, filings, cap table and operating rhythm. ## Capabilities - [Entity setup & structuring](https://www.finoveda.com/services/entity-setup-structuring): Incorporation, holding structure, founder documentation and DPIIT recognition. - [Bookkeeping & accounting](https://www.finoveda.com/services/bookkeeping-accounting): Investor-grade books, structured close, revenue recognition and reconciliations. - [Audit & assurance](https://www.finoveda.com/services/audit-assurance): Statutory audit, tax audit, limited reviews and useful management letters. - [Internal audit, IFC & risk](https://www.finoveda.com/services/internal-audit-risk): Process reviews, financial controls, SOPs and fraud investigation. - [Direct tax & transfer pricing](https://www.finoveda.com/services/direct-tax-transfer-pricing): Corporate tax, withholding, 80-IAC, assessments and cross-border pricing. - [GST & indirect tax](https://www.finoveda.com/services/gst-indirect-tax): Registrations, invoice discipline, 2B reconciliation, refunds and notices. - [Payroll & labour compliance](https://www.finoveda.com/services/payroll-labour): Payroll runs, PF/ESI, employee tax, state registrations and labour calendars. - [Company secretarial](https://www.finoveda.com/services/company-secretarial): ROC calendar, board governance, statutory registers, demat and capital events. - [ESOP design & administration](https://www.finoveda.com/services/esop): Pool sizing, scheme design, grants, vesting, valuation, tax and cap tables. - [Shareholder & deal support](https://www.finoveda.com/services/shareholder-deal-support): Term sheet economics, dilution, SHA architecture and closing mechanics. - [Valuations, FEMA & cross-border](https://www.finoveda.com/services/valuations-fema): Valuation models, foreign investment reporting, ODI and global structures. - [Virtual CFO](https://www.finoveda.com/services/virtual-cfo): MIS, budgets, unit economics, runway, board packs, treasury and decisions. - [Fundraise & diligence readiness](https://www.finoveda.com/services/fundraise-diligence): Data room, financial model, issue clean-up and coordinated responses. - [IPO & listing readiness](https://www.finoveda.com/services/ipo-listing-readiness): Restated financials, governance, capital history and offer-document support. - [Grants & incentives](https://www.finoveda.com/services/grants-incentives): Startup recognition, tax benefits, credit support and state or sector schemes. - [Registrations & allied services](https://www.finoveda.com/services/registrations-allied): Tax, trade, labour and operating registrations kept in one indexed system. ## Field notes - [The startup finance stack in India: what to build at every stage](https://www.finoveda.com/resources/startup-finance-function-india): A startup finance function should be built in layers. Formation needs a clean entity, ownership record, registrations and books. Seed adds a fixed monthly close, investor reporting and capital-event discipline. Growth adds controls, forecasting and multi-entity or cross-border depth. Scale adds restated financial history, continuous governance and transaction readiness. Build each layer before the event that depends on it. - [Virtual CFO for startups in India: scope, outputs and the hiring trigger](https://www.finoveda.com/resources/virtual-cfo-startups-india): A virtual CFO converts reliable accounting data into forward decisions without requiring a full-time CFO hire. For a startup, the useful scope normally includes the monthly management pack, cash and runway forecast, budget ownership, unit economics, board reporting, finance controls and transaction readiness. It should sit above bookkeeping—not replace the disciplined books that make its analysis credible. - [Investor due diligence for Indian startups: the finance-room checklist](https://www.finoveda.com/resources/investor-due-diligence-checklist-india): Investor due diligence is a consistency test across the company’s records. Prepare one indexed data room in which audited and management financials reconcile, revenue ties to contracts and GST, the cap table ties to bank receipts and statutory filings, payroll ties to employee records, and every open issue has an owner and remediation date. The goal is not a full folder; it is a defensible chain of evidence. - [The startup month-end close: a seven-working-day operating playbook](https://www.finoveda.com/resources/startup-month-end-close-checklist): A useful startup month-end close turns the prior month into a decision-ready financial picture within a fixed working-day cadence. Close cash and transaction completeness first; reconcile revenue, receivables, payables, payroll, GST and tax next; post cut-off and accounting adjustments; then publish financial statements, runway, variances, risks and decisions from the same locked base. ## Contact - [Email](mailto:info@finoveda.com): info@finoveda.com - [Diagnostic form](https://www.finoveda.com/contact#diagnostic-form): Share the company stage and current finance need. ## Optional - [Expanded service reference](https://www.finoveda.com/llms-full.txt): Plain-text detail on Finoveda’s model and every capability. - [Privacy notice](https://www.finoveda.com/privacy): How website enquiry data is handled. - [Terms of use](https://www.finoveda.com/terms): Terms governing the website and diagnostic enquiry flow.