You’re Building Something From Nothing. Your Finances Can’t Be an Afterthought.
Start-ups move fast, and the financial side often gets pushed aside in favor of product development and sales. But burn rate miscalculations, sloppy books, and investor-unfriendly financials can kill a promising company before it ever reaches traction.
A Fractional CFO gives your start-up the financial discipline and credibility it needs to survive and scale.
Sound Familiar?
“I don’t know exactly how long our cash will last.”
If you can’t answer how many months of runway you have within 30 seconds, you’re flying blind. Burn rate visibility is the single most important financial metric for any pre-profit company.
“Investors keep asking for financial projections I don’t have.”
Seed investors, angels, and VCs expect a financial model that tells a credible story. Without three-year projections, unit economics, and a clear use-of-funds plan, your pitch falls flat regardless of how good your product is.
“I’m the CEO, the salesperson, and apparently also the accountant.”
Early-stage founders wear every hat. But the time you spend reconciling QuickBooks and figuring out payroll tax is time you’re not spending on product, customers, or fundraising.
How a Fractional CFO Sets Your Start-up Up for Success
We bring CFO-level financial strategy designed for the pace and constraints of early-stage companies:
Financial Model & Projections
We build investor-grade financial models with revenue projections, expense assumptions, and scenario analysis. Your pitch deck gets backed by numbers that hold up to scrutiny.
Burn Rate & Runway Tracking
We give you real-time visibility into your monthly burn, cash runway, and the triggers that should prompt fundraising or cost adjustments. No surprises, no panic.
Fundraising Support
We prepare data rooms, cap table management, use-of-funds schedules, and the financial documentation investors require during due diligence. When you’re ready to raise, we make sure the numbers are ready too.
Bookkeeping & Accounting Setup
We set up your accounting infrastructure the right way from the start: chart of accounts, software configuration, payroll, and processes that scale with you instead of breaking as you grow.
Unit Economics & Pricing
We analyze your customer acquisition cost, lifetime value, gross margins, and payback periods. Understanding unit economics early prevents you from scaling a model that loses money on every transaction.
Board & Investor Reporting
We create monthly or quarterly financial packages for your board and investors. Clean, professional reporting that builds confidence and keeps stakeholders informed without consuming your time.
Who This Is For
- Pre-revenue and early-revenue start-ups preparing for their first fundraise
- Founders who need to offload financial operations to focus on product and growth
- Companies that have raised a seed round and need to manage that capital responsibly
- Start-ups entering accelerator programs that require financial documentation
- Any early-stage company that needs CFO-level thinking without a CFO-level budget
Ready to Build on a Solid Financial Foundation?
Schedule a free consultation. We’ll review where your start-up stands financially, identify the critical gaps, and show you exactly how a Fractional CFO engagement accelerates your path to traction.