ERP & AI Advisory for Founders

Clear operating systems for the climb from angel to Series B.

Caleandro helps early-stage companies pick the right ERP, cut the noise around AI, and turn both into decisions your team can actually act on. Backed by a real founder with 20 years transforming ERP systems, from Deloitte and IBM to the founder's seat.

Angel Stage Seed Stage Series A Series B
What We Do

Systems and AI decisions, made with clarity.

If you don't have the right ERP yet

Four ways we help small teams choose an ERP built to last through Series B and stand it up without the drama.

Month 1
01

ERP Selection & Fit

We cut through vendor noise and match you to the ERP that fits your headcount, budget, and complexity today, and grows with you as your needs evolve.

Month 2
02

Implementation & Rollout

Hands-on project management through go-live: data migration, workflow config, and training so your team adopts the system from day one.

Month 3
03

Practical AI Adoption

We identify where AI actually saves time in finance, ops, and reporting, and skip the projects that just look good in a board deck.

After Go-Live
04

Fractional Systems Advisory

Ongoing, on-call guidance as you scale, so every new hire, process, or funding round doesn't mean rebuilding your systems from scratch.

Typical engagement · 1–3 months, then ongoing support as needed
ERP + AI, Integrated

Put AI to work on your ERP.

If you already have an ERP

Your ERP already produces the data. We connect it to AI agents that take on the repetitive work, freeing your team to focus on judgment and decisions.

Month 1
01

Find the repetitive work

We start with the file exports and recurring data flows your team already produces, pinpoint the ones AI agents can reliably own, and shape that data so it's ready for them.

Month 2
02

Build the skills that matter

We rapidly create the specific AI skills your business needs, tuned to your data, your processes, and your terminology.

Month 3
03

Productionize with your team

We roll the workflows into production alongside your key stakeholders, so they're trusted, owned, and running day to day.

After Go-Live
04

Monitor and Expand

As your data and processes evolve, we keep the agents accurate, retire what no longer fits, and add new skills as fresh automation opportunities appear.

Typical integration · 1–3 months, then ongoing tuning as your business evolves
Who It's For

Built for founders at every early stage.

What you need from your systems changes at every funding stage, so we meet you where you are.

Angel Stage

Everything still lives in manual spreadsheets. You need lightweight systems and just enough structure to present scalable unit economics and financial models to investors. Assumptions change daily, and speed is paramount.

Seed Stage

Headcount and pilot customers are gaining traction. You need systems that track equity and valuation, development dollars, pilot and unit metrics, with an eye toward scalability still tied to early assumptions.

Series A

Investors and new leaders expect real reporting. We help you graduate your systems and processes without a disruptive, all-at-once overhaul. Customer adoption and the data behind it are vital to continued investment and value.

Series B

Growth is compounding and the complexity is real. You now have more income streams, and every deviation from your initial business assumptions has to be explained and accounted for. We make sure your systems scale cleanly.

Why Caleandro

A scalpel, not a machine.

Early-stage founders usually get pitched two flawed options. Large consulting firms bring a machine: big teams, layered process, and generic playbooks built for enterprises. Independent advisors often bring something worse, a handshake deal for equity or a board seat, sold on the promise of their network, that too often ends in promises made and promises broken. Caleandro is neither.

The big-firm machine

Large teams billing by the hour
Junior consultants learning on your project
Generic, enterprise-scale playbooks
Months of process before real impact

The equity-for-promises advisor

Wants advisory shares or a board seat
Sells access to a network you rarely see
Big promises up front, little follow-through
Paid in equity, not accountable for outcomes

The Caleandro scalpel

Clear fees, no equity or board seats
One senior operator, hands-on from day one
20 years of ERP plus real founder experience
Focused engagements with measurable impact
The Payoff

Good systems decisions pay for themselves.

The cost of the wrong ERP, or the right one implemented poorly, shows up every month. Getting it right early keeps that money in the business, and unlocks the outcomes founders actually care about.

Recover Hidden Capacity

Find where your organization is losing time and reclaim it.

Build a Digital Workforce

Automate repetitive work so your team focuses on customers.

Turn Company Knowledge Into an Asset

Capture tribal knowledge before it disappears.

Make Better Decisions Faster

Connect your systems into a single source of operational truth.

And it pays for itself.

$40K+
Saved per year by choosing the right-sized ERP instead of over-buying enterprise software too early.
50%
Less time spent on manual reporting and reconciliation once workflows are properly configured.
6–12mo
Of painful, premature re-platforming avoided by sequencing your systems to your growth stage.

Figures are illustrative of typical early-stage engagements; actual results vary by company and starting point.

How We Work

A straightforward path from confusion to clarity.

01

Discovery

We audit your current tools, workflows, and data to pinpoint what's really slowing your team down.

02

Roadmap

You get a prioritized plan: which ERP or systems changes matter now, which AI use cases are worth pursuing, and what can wait.

03

Implementation

We manage rollout end to end: configuration, data migration, and training, so adoption doesn't stall after the kickoff meeting.

04

Optimize

Systems get revisited as you grow. We stay on as an advisor so your stack evolves smoothly with every new round.

About

Led by Leandro Vera.

Caleandro is led by Leandro Vera, who brings 20 years in ERP and technology-enabled business transformation, first at Deloitte Consulting and IBM Business Consulting Group, and later as an independent advisor to growing companies.

He has also lived the climb himself. As a co-founder of Swiftmile, a startup building charging infrastructure for micromobility, Leandro helped take the company from its first angel checks through a successful Series A and, ultimately, to a sale. He has sat in the founder's chair, made the same systems calls his clients face, and knows firsthand what it takes to build a company worth acquiring.

That range matters most at the early stages. Leandro has worked hands-on with the systems startups actually begin on, like QuickBooks and Odoo, and knows exactly how and when to grow into platforms like NetSuite, Sage, and Infor without a painful, premature migration.

The result is guidance grounded in both enterprise-grade consulting and real founder experience, sized for early-stage teams: practical, sequenced, and built to scale with you.

Experience20+ Years
BackgroundDeloitte · IBM
As FounderAngel → Series A → Exit
FocusERP + AI Adoption
Experience across the platforms you'll grow through
QuickBooks Odoo NetSuite Sage Infor
What Clients Say

Trusted by founders and operators.

Results from working with early-stage teams to get their systems right.

Leandro saved us from signing a six-figure ERP contract we absolutely did not need. He right-sized our stack, and we reinvested that budget straight back into product.

AR
Ana Ramirez
Co-founder & CEO, Seed-stage SaaS

Our month-end close went from a two-week scramble to a few clean days. For the first time our board deck numbers actually matched the system of record.

DK
David Kim
COO, Series A hardware startup

He speaks founder, not consultant. Practical, sequenced advice on when to move off QuickBooks and what to move to. No jargon, no overselling.

MP
Maya Patel
Founder, Angel-stage marketplace
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