1 Tool Instead of 6: Why High-Growth Startup NEUUF Chose Every to Simplify their Back Office

In the early days of a startup, the founding team is solely responsible for every business area, from product to GTM to operations. But some tasks, like back-office admin, can be especially tedious and take time away from key initiatives. 

Managing incorporation, banking, accounting, and taxes takes specific expertise, and each usually sits in a different system that founders have to stitch together. That costs time and headspace a lean team doesn't have.

The NEUUF founding team, composed of co-founders Caroline Tiglao, Nicholas (Nico) DeGrange, and Aaron Kohn, had felt this pain before. With over a decade in startups, Nico had experienced how much time startup admin can take, and Aaron knew the challenge of working with separate providers for each need. 

As NEUUF had set up an unusually complex corporate structure and are bootstrapping through a long fundraising cycle, they wanted to partner with a single platform that could take the back office off the team's plate from day one, allowing them to stay focused on the technology.

Why NEUUF Chose Every

After reviewing the market, the NEUUF team chose to partner with Every as their back office solution. Every is an all-in-one back office built for founders. It provides high-growth startups with everything they need to run their company—including incorporation, banking and cards, treasury, payroll, bookkeeping, and taxes—all in one platform. 

NEUUF chose to partner with Every for three reasons:

1. Free Delaware C-Corp incorporation

Nico first discovered Every when looking for a way to file a Delaware C-Corp. He knew filing, maintaining good standing, and taxes can get expensive, but the team was bootstrapped until its first raise and needed a cost-effective solution. Every’s free, easy-to-use Delaware C-Corp incorporation meant Nico could incorporate NEUUF without burning runway. 

“Filing can be expensive. Paying a registered agent isn’t too big of a deal, but maintaining good standing and filing taxes add up,” explains Nico. “We chose Every because they offer Delaware C-Corp filing for free for your first time, and there’s a laundry list of additional benefits that are included in that filing.”

2. A True One-Stop Shop for Back Office Admin

Once Nico logged into Every’s platform and completed incorporation, he started seeing all the other benefits available to the team. First, they set up Every banking using NEUUF’s incorporation and admin documents already in the platform. In past startups, Nico had had to piece separate banking and admin providers together. 

But the biggest insight came when Nico learned he could also get business insurance through Every. “That was when it really clicked for me. I realized that Every is a one-stop shop, and all the offerings are highly competitive, not mediocre.”

Without Every, the NEUUF team estimates that they’d need six or more providers to manage their back office. As Nico puts it, “we would be completely underwater.” Using Every instead of multiple tools, however, the team has been able to save up to $800/month in platform fees. 

3. Every works like a partner, not a vendor

Though Every’s back-office solutions have been pivotal for NEUUF, Nico emphasizes that it’s been the people behind Every who have made the biggest impact. 

Once Nico signed up for his Every account, Every’s CEO Rajeev Behera gave him a personal walkthrough of the platform and answered Nico’s setup questions. When Every Head of Marketing Lyndi Thompson heard about what NEUUF was building, she had her team create a Founder Story article showcasing NEUUF’s team and their founder journey. And throughout their time as Every customers, NEUUF’s account manager Nataliya Petriv has consistently made introductions for the team and championed NEUUF during their fundraising cycle. 

“Beyond the platform, it’s the human aspect,” Caroline explains. “I expected great service from an account management perspective, but what we’ve received is above and beyond, even compared to a premium relationship. It’s so highly personal. The Every team knows us by name, and the relationship is one of collaboration and partnership, not just service. That’s where technology meets human needs.”

Feature Highlight: Multi-Entity Support

One value that has been particularly helpful to NEUUF is Every’s Multi-Entity Support. NEUUF is building a unique corporate structure—an IP holding company and a separate operating company, with the two set up as sister entities. 

Every’s Multi-Entity Support allows NEUUF to bring both entities together under one account manager. Because California treats the two entities together for tax purposes, working under one umbrella makes it easier for NEUUF to manage back office needs for both entities. 

“Nothing that we’ve thrown at Every has been too complex or too difficult for them to solve,” says Nico. “There’s always someone who is able to get the answer for us or figure it out together.”

What’s Next for NEUUF

Having completed their first pilot with Monday Motorcycles and reached Technological Readiness Level 7, the NEUUF team is now focused on product integration with their first commercial client and raising their first round. 

As they dive deep into fundraising and product integration, Every allows Caroline, Nico, and Aaron to remain focused on strategic work, assured that back-office admin is taken care of. “I would personally recommend Every to any startup or young company that’s building,” Nico says. “Every has truly built an incredible solution for back office and admin functions, and it makes it a heck of a lot easier to get off the ground.”

To learn more about how you can simplify your back office and scale securely with Every, get started here.