About Us

Operators First.
Advisors Always.

CoreView Advisors was built on a simple premise: growth-stage companies deserve finance leadership that's been in the seat — not on the sidelines.

Who We Are

A Finance & Operations Advisory Firm for Life Sciences

CoreView Advisors partners with venture-backed biotech and life sciences companies that need experienced leadership across finance, accounting, and operations, from first institutional round through IPO, acquisition, or partnership.

We build the finance function so leadership can focus on the science.
Who We Serve

Our Clients

We work exclusively with venture-backed life sciences companies navigating the complexity of clinical-stage operations, capital raises, and board-level governance.

Preclinical & Clinical Stage

IND-enabling through Phase III, with R&D budgets across multiple programs.

Growth Stage / Raising Capital

Series A through C, venture debt, and investor-ready models and board materials.

Pre-Commercial & Launch

Approaching approval and launch, building the infrastructure to scale.

Our Approach

How We Work

Embedded, Not Outsourced

Weekly standups, Slack, board prep. In the room when it matters.

Stage-Appropriate

Right-sized to where you are, built toward where you're going.

Operator Mindset

We've run the audits, presented to the boards, and closed the raises ourselves.

Any Path

IPO, acquisition, reverse merger, partnership, or another round. We've led finance through each.

Leadership

Our Team

Faisal Shawwa
Faisal Shawwa
Founder & Managing Principal

Faisal brings over 20 years of finance and operations leadership in biotech and life sciences. Before founding CoreView, he was the first finance hire at clinical-stage companies and led them through financings, IPOs, audits, and commercial milestones. He sits on the board of the Association of Bioscience Financial Officers (ABFO).

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Domain Expertise

Where Our Experience Runs Deep

Clinical-Stage Finance Operations

Audits, board reporting, investor relations, capital strategy.

Capital Markets & Venture Debt

Series A–C raises, venture debt, investor-ready models.

Portfolio-Level Financial Operations

Multi-entity finance across VC portfolio companies at every stage.

SEC, GAAP & Audit

SEC reporting, SOX 404, annual audits, ASC 718, collaboration accounting.

AI in Finance & Operations

AI tools built into modeling, reporting, and close workflows.

Work With Us

Let's Talk

Whether you need a fractional CFO, help structuring a raise, or an AI assessment for your finance team — start with a conversation.

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