Raise on the numbers, not on the pitch.
Austin founders raise from funds in Austin, Dallas and Houston, and from the coasts. Every one of them eventually opens the model and the data room. The companies that raise well have the answers before the question.
Where raises stall
The pitch usually lands. Diligence is where it goes wrong:
The model does not tie to the ledger
The revenue in the pitch deck and the revenue in the ledger disagree, and a diligence team spots it before the founder does.
Metrics with several definitions
Churn, annual recurring revenue and payback each carry a different definition depending on who built the slide.
The data room is assembled in a panic
Contracts, cap table, IP assignments and employee agreements, gathered after the term sheet when they should have been ready before.
The founder carries the round alone
The founder is running the business and the raise at once, and one of them suffers.
A fractional CFO or revenue leader who has sat through diligence takes the raise off the founder's desk. They rebuild the model, fix the metrics, prepare the data room and answer the follow-up questions. The founder gets back to the business while the round proceeds.
Who this is for, and who it is not
Best for
- Preparing for a funding round in the next three to six months
- A data room or financial model that will not survive diligence
- Gaps in investor reporting, cap table or board resolutions
- A founder carrying every financial question personally
- Numbers and investor narrative that do not yet line up
Not for
- A business with no revenue or traction to diligence yet
- A one-off pitch deck or investor slide design
- A team that wants a document produced, not a leader embedded
- A round already closed that needs only bookkeeping
What backs a young company
The match opens our part. Governance from us and a collective of peers stay with the work.
Milestone reviews
At each milestone we look at progress with the founders and adjust the brief with you if it needs it.
Peers on call
Founders get access to people who have already faced the pricing or hiring question in front of them.
The brief stays live
Should your executive go, the next search begins from the brief we hold and we run the changeover.
Matched to the founder
An impressive CV that does not suit the founder's way of working costs more than the hire you did not make.
From gap to investor-ready
Calibrated to your round timeline.
Fundraise assessment
We assess your current financial infrastructure, identify gaps, and calibrate to your round timeline.
CFO deployment
Your matched Fractional CFO is embedded within two to three weeks and begins building investor-grade infrastructure.
Fundraise preparation
Financial model, data room, board pack, governance, built and stress-tested before you enter conversations.
Round support and post-close
Your CFO stays through the round and transitions to execution mode. Reporting infrastructure, milestone tracking, and board presence.
Before, during and after the round
What a fractional CFO owns at each stage of a raise.
A fractional CFO leads every fundraise
Most raises need only the CFO. When diligence probes operations or technology, a COO or CTO joins from the same collective.
Executives who have raised alongside
