OUr mission
Saker is a financial design firm equipping grassroots founders and teams with the tools, clarity, and strategy to steward resources wisely, scale ventures confidently, and build things that endure.
Our model
Financial design is the discipline of architecting a venture’s financial systems from day one as an integral part of its foundation rather than 2 or 3 years down the line.
Where most accounting firms may just focus on record-keeping, financial design seeks to integrate strategy and structure, translating numbers into decisions and systems into clarity.
Our work begins at inception. By engaging ventures early on, we design the frameworks that make growth sustainable. Research from Stanford GBS and others shows that startups with disciplined financial systems established early grow faster, have a higher survivability rate, and received higher investor valuations. We’ve seen this first-hand: when accounting, forecasting, and strategy are part of a company’s DNA, founders can make sharper decisions, investors gain trust, and teams stay aligned.
At Saker, we build financial infrastructure with precision, simplicity, and longevity in mind.
Our motivation
We like to say that we exist for "grassroots founders and teams."
We think that this captures the image of building starting from the ground up, rather than the top down.
Our clients aren’t always VC-backed or headquartered in large markets. They’re often local, bootstrapped, and quietly ambitious, building meaningful, durable enterprises that serve real communities. These grassroots founders and teams are investing sweat equity, personal resources, and deep conviction to create something that lasts.
Moreover, entrepreneurship provides unique opportunity for ownership, impact, and generational wealth creation. We believe high-quality financial tools shouldn’t be reserved for traditional capital networks.
While we still often work with traditional startups and growth-stage teams, we’ve found that our bespoke, relational approach meets a need for trust and tailored support among grassroots entrepreneurs that need a partner in stewardship and strategy more than just a bookkeeper..
What we do
forge // build your foundation
Formation and setup for new entities: from structure and accounting systems to bank accounts and first forecasts.
FRAME // keep momentum moving
Human/AI-enabled bookkeeping and operational finance that ensure accuracy, control, and visibility month after month.
Assess // turn data into direction
Strategic finance and reporting: dashboards, metrics, and modeling that help leaders see and plan for what’s coming.
guide // EMBEdded leadership
Fractional CFO and Chief of Staff engagements that embed financial and operational leadership into your team.
"Each man will sit under his own shade tree, each woman in safety will tend her own garden."
