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Personalizing an Impersonal Industry

No matter your goals, we provide a proactive level of engagement.

Whether you need basic back-office accounting support, or you need complex and specialized CFO consulting, we are here to lend our time and expertise to your team. Regardless of your fund’s size or stage, we can provide full fund administration services as well as ancillary services to support and accelerate your firm’s success.

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Trusted by Our Clients

Their expertise, nuanced understanding, and proven track record make them an invaluable partner. Their appreciation for tax matters and forward-thinking mindset are indispensable. Most importantly, they care deeply about their clients. I couldn’t imagine managing a fund without their unwavering support.

General Partner
New York, NY

We have worked with Meritage for years. The relationship has been collaborative; they are very responsive in addressing our questions and needs. They have professionalized our investor relations and streamlined our processes for communicating to our investors.

Chief Financial Officer
Seattle, WA

We call Meritage our secret weapon – they ensure we’re operating at a level far beyond what most expect, and their broad perspective working with a volume of funds for the entire lifecycle allows them to provide real-time insights that help us consistently make the best decisions.

General Partner
Denver, CO

Our Services are Uniquely Tailored to Each Client

Fund Accounting
  • LPA compliance
  • Sideletter compliance
  • Investor allocations
  • Budgeting and cash forecasting
  • Fund metrics
  • Financial reporting
  • Audit and tax engagement support
  • Capital call and distribution management
  • Document collection and curation
  • Investor report and K-1 distribution
  • Subscription document collection
  • Investment funding
  • Regulatory compliance support
  • Operating agreement compliance
  • Financial reporting
  • Tax support
  • Allocations and distributions
  • Venture partner awards
  • Ongoing advisement
  • Ad hoc investor requests and issues
  • AML reporting
  • Digital document repository and online investor portal
  • Investor contact and related information maintenance
  • Recurring client meetings
  • 1099s
  • Accounts payable/accounts receivable
  • Budgeting and financial reporting
  • Expense reporting
  • Liability insurance coordination
  • Payroll processing
  • Portfolio company invoicing
  • Regulatory compliance support
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Getting Started with Us

Step 1

Introductory Call

  • Your portfolio of investments
  • Your fundraising strategy – timeline for fundraising and estimated frequency of capital calls
  • Your investment ethos – target markets, key industries, and risk tolerance
  • Our services

Step 2

Review Existing Documents

  • Your PPM or slide deck
  • Your LPA, sideletters, and other fund formation documents:
    • Your quarterly investor reports
    • Your audited financials

Step 3

Recommendation of Service

Based on our review of your legal and financial documents, we will recommend a package of services personalized to meet your specific needs. We may also highlight potential issues that we can help you resolve.

Step 4

Meet the Team + Engagement Plan

We will assemble a team to manage your account, a team which will include a Fund Director, Fund Manager, and Investor Relations Manager. We will then meet to design an engagement plan that revolves around your investment processes and timelines.

Step 5

Onboarding

We have a comprehensive checklist of documents we will request from you so we can begin onboarding you. We’ll meet to discuss each step so there are no surprises. We will also provide guidance around how to introduce us and our systems to your investors, to ensure a smooth and easy transition.

Step 6

Full Fund Lifecycle Support

  • Recurring GP/Meritage meetings
  • Cash forecasting and capital calls
  • Secure capital deployment and investment tracking
  • Ongoing compliance review
  • Liquidation and recycling analysis and investor distributions
  • Next fund planning
  • Wind-down analysis and support
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Want to Learn More?

Whether you’re a potential customer, a partner, or just curious about what makes Meritage tick, you’re in the right place.

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