The capital, the backers, and the playbook.
Wilshire Intelligence Network is seeded by S16, a venture fund backed by more than two hundred technology founders. This page sets out where the money comes from, where the playbook has already worked, and how we intend to run it here.
The network includes founders and investors from Perplexity, Synthesia, Miro, Intercom, Goldman Sachs, Sequoia Capital, Iconiq Capital, and DST — through the portfolio companies, exits, and founder-investor relationships of S16 and its partners. No sponsorship or endorsement of WIN is implied.
More than twenty-five agencies acquired, with the original brands retained. Margins improved two- to three-fold with AI-supported operations. Raised a $170M Series B in 2026.
Multiple firms acquired and integrated. Routine work — payroll, bookkeeping — automated under professional review. Staff redeployed to advisory. Owners stay through transition.
Case-study results relate to other operating companies and are not a guarantee of outcomes.
Buy an established practice. Pair it with a practicing CPA who becomes its owner. Automate the routine work under CPA review. Move the staff up-market. Keep the name on the door.
Denis Shulga, CPA, EA
Denis is a practicing tax and accounting professional and the principal of VistaTax, a California practice serving individuals and closely held businesses. His work is the same work the practices we acquire are built on: individual and business tax preparation, tax planning, bookkeeping, financial reporting, and payroll — carried personally, client by client, year after year.
As WIN’s founding CPA, Denis anchors the licensed side of the structure. Every firm we acquire operates under CPA ownership and full professional control, and every transition is judged by the standard a practicing CPA would hold it to — because one sits at the table.
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