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Adult operationsbefore you hire for them.

Early-stage DTC teams should not wait until Series B to see stock, sales, and cash in one place. Pruva gives founders and lean ops leads a control plane before spreadsheets become the system of record.

Why start here

Professional ops without an ERP or a six-person team

Clarity on day one

You do not need NetSuite to know what you can fulfill, what sold yesterday, or whether the next purchase order fits cash.

Founder-friendly finance

Cash, margin, and payables views help you make weekly spend and inventory decisions before you hire a full finance team.

Room to add channels

Start on Shopify, add marketplaces when you are ready. Inventory and sales stay in one workspace as complexity grows.

A system the first hire inherits

Your first ops or finance hire opens a workspace instead of untangling how three spreadsheets were supposed to agree.

The problem

Early-stage brands should not inherit spreadsheet chaos as the system of record

Before you hire a full ops team, the founder is already warehouse, finance, and support. Scattered tools make every decision slower than it needs to be.

The default startup stack

  • Inventory lives in a sheet someone updates when they remember
  • Revenue answers come from Shopify admin plus a founder-built model
  • Cash and payables live in separate tabs nobody trusts equally
  • The first ops hire spends weeks untangling how things were tracked

With Pruva from day one

  • Shopify sync populates inventory, sales, and accounting in one session
  • Founders and advisors work from the same numbers in board updates
  • Low stock and cash signals surface before they become crises
  • Your first ops hire inherits a system, not a cleanup project

How it works

Serious operations without a multi-month rollout

  1. Connect Shopify

    Catalog, orders, and customers populate your workspace in the first session. There is no implementation project to staff.

  2. See stock and sales together

    On-hand, velocity, and net revenue appear side by side so founders stop guessing what they can fulfill.

  3. Track cash weekly

    Margin, payables, and purchasing capacity help you make purchase-order and spend calls before you hire finance.

Inventory

Stock truth before you scale channels

On-hand, velocity, and reorder risk stay tied to real orders rather than a sheet updated on Fridays. Critical SKUs surface while you can still act.

  • Per-product availability and low-stock alerts
  • Days of supply from live velocity
  • Reorder signals before you run out
  • Ready when you add a second channel

Sales

Revenue the whole team can quote

Net revenue, AOV, and customer repeat rate from Shopify, with period filters everyone understands. No more rebuilding a model the night before a board update.

  • Order search and customer directory
  • Period comparisons without exports
  • Fulfillment backlog at a glance
  • Numbers advisors can open themselves

Cash

Margin and runway without a finance hire

Gross profit, payables, and purchasing capacity help founders make weekly decisions. Thin margin and cash pressure show up while there is still time to change course.

  • Gross profit after cost and fees
  • Payables due against cash free to spend
  • Margin exceptions before they compound
  • Board updates from the same workspace

Operating rhythm

How lean teams use Pruva each week

Built for founders who still review numbers daily and ops leads who need answers faster than a spreadsheet refresh.

  1. Daily

    Morning inventory check

    Scan low-stock products and the fulfillment backlog before support flags the same issues.

  2. Weekly

    Founder ops review

    Net revenue, cash, and reorder priorities in one pass — without exporting from three tools.

  3. Before POs

    Affordability check

    See payables and margin impact before placing inventory orders that strain cash.

  4. Board prep

    Consistent investor numbers

    Invite advisors to the same workspace so updates do not rebuild from scratch every month.

Who it fits

Built for the team still wearing every hat

Pre-Series A DTC founders

Running the business from Shopify admin plus spreadsheets and ready for one source of truth.

First ops or finance hire

Someone joining a lean team who needs inventory, sales, and cash in one place on day one.

Brands launching a second channel

Teams adding a marketplace or wholesale who cannot risk stock drift between tools.

Investor-ready reporting

Founders who want consistent numbers for board updates without rebuilding models every month.

Frequently Asked Questions

Accurate inventory. Synced sales. Starting now.

Join ecommerce brands on Pruva to keep stock accurate, sales current, and financials ready to close without the month-end scramble.

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