About Us
Forcestra is a financial planning platform built for development-stage life science and medtech companies. It connects operational milestones, costs, cash runway, and capital needs in one living model—helping leadership teams understand the financial impact of change, compare scenarios, and make better-informed decisions without continually rebuilding spreadsheets.
For nearly six years, I've worked as a fractional CFO for development-stage biotech and medtech companies. Every day I have the privilege of partnering with founders developing technologies that have the potential to improve—and even save—lives.
But I kept running into the same problem.
Every company struggled to answer a handful of critical questions:
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How much capital do we really need?
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How long will our runway last?
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What happens if a milestone slips?
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How does one operational decision affect everything else?
Each time a clinical timeline changed, a hiring plan shifted, or a financing strategy evolved, I found myself rebuilding another complex Excel model. Eventually I realized something.
I wasn't solving unique problems for different companies—I was solving the same problem over and over again.
That's when Forcestra was born.
Forcestra wasn't created by software developers looking for a market opportunity. It was built by a CFO who has spent years helping life science companies raise capital, manage runway, communicate with boards, and navigate uncertainty.
Because development-stage companies don't operate on calendar years.
They operate on milestones.
Why I Built Forcestra™
"I didn't set out to build a software company.
I set out to solve a problem."
At Forcestra, we believe:
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Milestones drive activities.
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Activities drive costs.
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Costs drive cash.
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Cash determines runway.
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Runway determines financing.
That philosophy became the foundation for Forcestra—a living financial planning platform that continuously connects operational execution with financial strategy.
Our goal is simple:
Help management teams spend less time rebuilding spreadsheets and more time building companies that change lives.
— Sandi Klemann
Founder & CEO
