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A Full Finance Team for Your Climate Startup

ecoCFO offers startup accounting and CFO services for climate, clean energy, and environmental companies. With over a decade working exclusively in the industry, we become your entire finance team, from accounting to FP&A and CFO support, so you can focus on building your company.

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Accounting Services

Fully managed accounting and bookkeeping, handled by controllers and accountants who design, run, and grow your accounting systems with you. We cover audit and diligence prep, GAAP compliance, board and management reporting, system implementations, and more.

Grant Management Services

The ecoCFO team has a track record of clean federal grant audits. We handle grant accounting from expense tracking and invoicing to internal policies and controls. Your reporting stays federally compliant, and your financials stay clear for auditors and your board.

Financial Modeling  & Forecasting

Financial modeling, budgeting, cash flow forecasts, and detailed pro formas. The ecoCFO FP&A team builds the models you need to plan ahead and report to your board, with a track record of helping climate startups raise debt and equity financing.

CFO Advisory

Strategic finance leadership from experienced fractional CFOs. We work alongside CEOs and founders on fundraising, capital planning, and investor and board relationships, so you’re not making the big financial decisions alone.

The ecoCFO Difference

Everything You Need Under One Roof

You have access to everything needed for a fully-staffed finance and accounting department, including Grant Accountants, Controllers, an FP&A team, and CFOs. From day-to-day bookkeeping to strategic financial planning, every role is in place to support your growth and success. Plus, we scale with you until you are ready to hire an in-house accounting team.

Finance & Climate Industry Expertise

With firsthand experience as CEOs, CFOs, entrepreneurs, and corporate accountants, we understand the challenges you face. As seasoned navigators of the climate tech industry, we’ve built and scaled accounting and finance departments from the ground up. Our team of controllers brings an average of 28 years of experience in finance and accounting.

A Genuine Extension of Your Team

We work as an integral part of your team, not just an outsourced vendor. Our approach has been described as providing a white glove service. We embed ourselves into your daily workflow and communication channels like Slack, Teams, or Google, creating seamless collaboration. Our accountants, controllers, CFOs, FP&A team, and grant experts are committed to the success of your climate venture, working alongside you to drive lasting impact and growth.

Why focus on climate?

Because we believe in it. We believe that inaction on climate sustainability is a tremendous and controllable risk that affects us all.

We believe that the old way of doing things isn’t always the best. We believe there are better ways to build and operate infrastructure and manage resources both economically and for human health.

We also believe in working for a purpose, and deriving fulfillment from purpose through our work in finance and accounting, which is both exciting and rewarding.

What our Clients Have to Say

In the 5 years we worked with ecoCFO, they were our outsourced accounting and CFO team, managing the accounting for all our acquisitions. We grew in that time from managing only 12 assets to maintaining more than 200 assets and project companies located in 24 states and worth more than $800 million. ecoCFO has been an integral part of our growth.

Thom Byrne

CEO and Founder, CleanCapital

Thank you so much — closing the B round is a big milestone for Modern Hydrogen, and we couldn’t have done it without ecoCFO.

Tony Pan

CEO, Modern Hydrogen

LineVision has worked with the ecoCFO team for over four years, and over that time, they have been major contributors to LineVision’s growth. Our ecoCFO staff accountant and financial controller are embedded in our organization, like FTEs. They work seamlessly with our internal teams to ensure the books are closed and audits are completed accurately and on time. At the same time, our CFO from ecoCFO provides strategic support and guidance and is always ready to step in at a moment’s notice. As LineVision has evolved, ecoCFO has been able to ramp resources up and down as needed, ensuring that our needs are met as efficiently as possible.

Dan Eisenberg

Senior Director, LineVision

ecoCFO is a trusted advisor to us, providing exceptional strategic CFO and accounting services. They bring years of complex financial and management experience in the cleantech industry to startup companies. They’ve been uniquely valuable because their experience intersects renewable energy project finance, energy markets, and corporate finance for startups.

Joe Zhou

CEO, Quidnet Energy, Inc.

We’ve worked with the ecoCFO team as we’ve navigated, negotiated, and modeled multiple financing events, overhauled financial reporting, and rebuilt our budget model and process. In addition, ecoCFO has run our audit and tax procedures. They’ve become a genuine part of our team; they have a deep understanding of our business and provide exceptional support with strategic discussions, day-to-day operations, and everything in between.

Robin LeBaron

President, Pearl Certification

Your Growth, Our Mission

For startups from pre-seed to Series C, and nonprofits, ecoCFO is your ally. We’ve collaborated with hundreds of high-growth companies and nonprofits, nurturing their financial health from sprouting ideas to market trailblazers and award winners. Our team has the expertise and the personal experience as entrepreneurs, finance professionals, and CFOs within startups, nonprofits, and cleantech. We’re committed to driving your success every step of the way.