The Opportunity
FutureSight is seeking a Co-Founder & CEO to lead Ledgerline, an AI-native accounting roll-up. This is a co-founder partnership with meaningful founder equity, not a salaried executive role.
Ledgerline acquires and partners with accounting practices across the US and Canada, rebuilding each one to run AI-native. For every firm, Ledgerline embeds a small technical team that learns the close, tax, and advisory workflows end to end, then builds a fleet of AI agents around what the firm already does well. With AI, a firm can deliver accounting faster, cheaper, and more accurately to small businesses that have always treated clean books as a luxury. The people stay. Agents take the routine work, and staff move into advisory and client work where accountability and judgment matter most. Every agent built compounds into a reusable platform across a growing network of firms.
Market Context
There are roughly 10,000 US and Canadian firms in Ledgerline's target band, and the profession is aging out faster than it can replace itself: 57% of multi-owner US firms have no written succession plan, 44% of solo practitioners expect to retire within five years, and new CPA exam candidates dropped from 42,626 to 28,082 in a single year. The model is already proven.
About FutureSight
FutureSight is a leading venture builder that co-creates world-class software companies with values-driven entrepreneurs from inception to exit. We are a team of founders, operators and designers with experience successfully bringing software to market at scale.
You’ll co-create with a proven venture building team, led by John Carbrey (4x entrepreneur, $100M ARR), Krista LaRiviere (3x exited, E&Y Top Women Entrepreneur), Alan Smith (Strategyzer co-founder, $120M in products built), Prathna Ramesh (former MD of Maple Leaf Angels, $275M in follow-on capital), and Johnny Tong (0-to-1 builder, acquired by SAP and Stripe) bring a rare combination of operator exits, institutional investing, and AI product depth.
The Partnership
- Founder equity with meaningful ownership from inception
- Pre-seed capital committed by FutureSight for early hires and MVP development, with potential for follow-on funding
- Venture building resources, including embedded design, engineering, growth, and fundraising support from day one
- Investor and advisor network across fintech and early-stage capital markets
- A true co-creation model in which you operate as CEO with FutureSight’s cross-functional team as your partner
What You’ll Own
As Co-Founder & CEO, you will set the direction of the venture and lead its execution.
- Strategy: Define the target firm profile, deal thesis, and value creation playbook
- Deal Sourcing: Build the funnel from the ground up, identifying practice owners and running outreach through to signed deals
- Deal Structuring: Lead valuation and terms across both paths, full acquisitions and equity partnerships, including navigating CPA ownership rules
- Transformation: Partner with the embedded FutureSight team to take each firm AI-native and document the capacity and margin gains
- Capital: Lead the seed raise and deal financing, supported by FutureSight's network
- Team: Recruit and lead the founding team, and establish the cultural foundation of the company
Co-Founder Profile
- M&A, corporate development, or private equity experience, ideally in professional services or owner-operated businesses
- Track record sourcing, structuring, and closing deals with founder- or owner-led companies
- Experience leading post-deal integration or operational transformation
- Ability to earn the trust of practice owners and their teams through a major operational change
- Fundraising fluency, with the ability to develop investor narratives and close capital
- Proven ability to attract, develop, and retain top talent
- Exposure to accounting or financial services is a strong plus; an accounting background is not required
How To Apply
Please submit your resume, LinkedIn profile, and a brief note on why this venture aligns with your goals as a founder. We will move quickly for the right candidate.
FutureSight is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and experiences.
