Grace Liu

Thirteen years as a venture-backed finance lead across multiple raises — SAFEs and priced rounds, clean cap tables and messy ones. My strength is timing: starting a process from a position of strength instead of running the company down to fumes.

Structure follows leverage. I keep the cap table clean before a term sheet, raise enough runway to actually clear the next milestone, and treat a bridge as a bet on a near-term proof point — never as a way to avoid a hard conversation.