I support ambitious companies, founders and ideas.
I'm Edwine Alphonse, a CPA with twenty years of international experience. I build finance operations inside high‑growth companies, advise founders, coach and mentor teams, write angel checks, and publish the Balanced Sheets newsletter.
Four chapters. One story. Still writing it.
I've spent twenty years learning that the balance sheet and the human story are never two different things, just two different ledgers for the same truth. I write about it, invest in it, and build it inside companies every day. If any of that's useful to you, reach out.
Building finance functions for high‑growth companies.
Two decades of international experience designing accounting operations, closing books at scale, and partnering with founders through fundraises, audits, and IPOs.
Work history & expertise →Your Startup CPA. James Accounting.
Two firms, one mission, give founders and operators a finance partner who actually thinks like one. From first invoice to Series B and beyond.
Engage the firms →Early checks into operators I'd back twice.
Backing pre‑seed and seed founders across fintech, SaaS, and the future of professional services. Capital, plus the finance brain you wish came with it.
How I invest →Balanced Sheets, and a few sentences for myself.
A newsletter on life and business through an accounting lens, ghostwriting for the Office of the CFO, and creative writing on the side.
Read the work →"Numbers tell a story. My job, across every chair I've sat in, has been to make sure the story is honest, useful, and pointed at the future."