• Monthly or Quarterly financial reviews

• Budgeting & Scenario Planning

• Lead quarterly valuation conversations

• Oversee launch of new/subsquent funds

• Oversee cash management, including capital calls, distributions, lines of credit, etc.

• Manage vendor relationships including but not limited to fund admin, tax and audit

• Maintain and expand financial controls

• Create and maintain custom dashboards

• Update 3rd party databases with investment activity

• Assist in creating quarterly reports

• Advanced reporting - custom reports to give you the view you need

• Coordinate the deal close process

• Oversee the activities of the fund administrator

• Vendor management

• Coordinate with counsel on ad-hoc legal matters

• Coordinate the annual audit and tax returns of the fund

• Manage expenses

• Manage reimbursements

• Assist with diligence requests during fundraising

• Respond to ad-hoc LP requests as it relates to the fund or their commitment to the fund

• Oversee capital calls and collection

• Coordinate LP transfers

• Ensure timely reporting and communications

• Coordinate the legal process for fundraising, including the final execution of all LP documents

• Ensure fund and firm are set up for success for future audits

• Create valuation narratives and portfolio audit confirmations

• Oversee Fund regulatory filings, requests, and inquiries ** for Exempt Reporting Advisers (ERAs) only **

• Maintain insurance coverage

• Review deal documents and cap tables in preparation for investments

• Obtain and organize portfolio company financials, legal documents, board decks, and stock certificates

• Cap Table Management

• Model Future investment rounds

• KPI tracking

• Creating custom dashboards & regular reporting

• Evaluating and improving existing processes and systems

• Screening and selecting service providers

• General data clean up

Matt joins Strut with a well-rounded CPA background in VC accounting and financial operations. His foundation is rooted in public audit and tax, where he worked with a range of HNW individuals, corporations, and government sectors. From there, Matt moved into private equity fund administration, where he learned the ins and outs of private investment accounting on an institutional level. Leveraging this technical background, he became a Controller at Aduro Advisors, where he constructed teams to manage fund clients through their reporting, transaction, and vendor needs. Through this knowledge of building teams focused on emerging and seasoned fund managers, Matt was promoted to Onboarding Controller for Aduro. In this role, he helped service a rotating set of 80-100 VC funds, setting up their initial firm needs and standardizing their historical information. Matt graduated from the University of Richmond with an accounting degree concentrating in finance.

Lauren started her career at a Big 4 public accounting firm in their audit practice, where she specialized in large-scale audits of Fortune 100 technology, SaaS, and media companies. She has a unique private sector background ranging from working in-house at a tech startup to venture capital fund administration, including 5.5 years at Aduro Advisors, where she oversaw the back office functionalities for numerous emerging venture capital funds managing over $2.5B in AUM. She graduated from the University of Colorado with a BS in Economics and an MS in Accounting.

Beverly brings 17 years of alternative investment fund experience from audit/tax and fund administration to the in-house finance department. She graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara with a Business Economics, emphasis in Accounting degree. After graduating, Beverly did seven years at a public accounting firm where she specialized in audit and tax work for alternative investment funds including hedge and VC/PE. She went in-house as a controller for a Hedge Fund before joining Aduro Advisors, a premier Fund Administrator for VCs. During her seven years there, she worked her way up to being their Senior Technical Director. She now works with various Ventures Capital Funds on a fractional basis as their CFO, providing strategic planning and ensuring a smooth connection between the firm and its service providers.

Beverly was born and raised in San Francisco, CA, and moved to Oahu, Hawaii, in 2018 to soak up the island sun.