Get to investor-ready in 60-90 days.
Fixed-scope, fixed-fee fundraising preparation for startups 60-120 days from a Seed, Series A, or Series B close. Investor-grade financial model, cap table cleanup, data room build-out, pitch deck finance section, and in-the-room diligence support.
You decided to raise. Now you have ~90 days.
The decision is the easy part. The next ninety days are where most founders quietly lose the raise — not because the company isn’t fundable, but because the diligence package isn’t ready and the pitch math doesn’t hold up under scrutiny.
The financial model from last year wasn’t built for VCs. The cap table has historical artifacts — old SAFEs nobody mapped to post-money, off-ledger options promised in emails, a deceased founder’s shares still on the table. The data room is a Dropbox folder with mismatched filenames. The deck’s finance slides got assembled the week before the raise. The bookkeeper produces clean statements but can’t answer “what’s your magic number” in a diligence call.
The Raise-Ready Sprint fixes all of that in one fixed-scope engagement. One CFO, one model, one cap table, one data room, one deck pass, and one operator in the room during diligence calls. By the time you’re sitting across from a Series A partner, your numbers tell a coherent story and you have the receipts to back every claim.
Eight deliverables, one fixed price.
- Bottoms-up financial modelThree-statement model built from unit economics, not top-down market sizing. Investor-grade structure.
- Scenario planningBest/base/worst-case revenue scenarios with sensitivity analysis on the key assumptions VCs will test.
- Cap table cleanupPre/post-money math, SAFEs converted to common, option pool sized for the raise, all historical artifacts reconciled.
- Data room build-outIndustry-standard folder structure, all financial documents organized, dilution waterfall, KPI history, contracts indexed.
- KPI dashboardCAC, LTV, payback period, GRR, NRR, magic number, gross margin, burn multiple — the metrics every VC will ask for.
- Pitch deck finance sectionThe 3-5 slides that make or break the deck: traction, projections, unit economics, use of funds, ask.
- “Why now” narrative financeThe financial story that frames why this round, this amount, this milestone path makes sense.
- In-the-room diligence support2-4 weeks of active support during diligence: model updates as questions come in, joining diligence calls, answering follow-ups.
Best fit when you have real traction and a committed timeline.
You’re a great fit if…
- You’re raising Pre-Seed to Series B in the next 60-120 days. Real timeline, not exploratory.
- You have $500K-$10M ARR and product/market fit you can defend.
- You’re a first-time founder who needs investor-grade financials without learning the playbook from scratch.
- You’re a repeat founder who’s done this before but doesn’t have a CFO yet.
- You have a bookkeeper but no one who’s actually sat in VC diligence calls.
You’re probably not a fit if…
- You’re pre-revenue. The model would be fiction — focus on getting customers first.
- You’re just exploring whether to raise. Come back when you’ve committed.
- You already have a fractional or full-time CFO managing the raise.
- You want someone to write your deck for you. We do the finance slides; you own the narrative.
Four phases over 8-10 weeks.
Kickoff (week 1)
System access, current-state review, gap analysis. By Friday you have the sprint plan.
Build (weeks 2-6)
Model construction, cap table cleanup, data room build, KPI dashboard, deck finance section.
Polish (weeks 7-9)
Dry-run diligence questions, pressure-test scenarios, refine narrative. You walk in ready.
In the room
2-4 weeks of active diligence support during the raise. Model updates, joining calls, follow-ups.
Fixed fee. Predictable from day one.
Unlike hourly engagements that balloon during a raise, the Sprint is a flat fee. You know the cost on the discovery call. Includes all eight deliverables plus 2-4 weeks of in-the-room diligence support. Compressed timelines (4-6 weeks instead of 8-10) carry a +25% urgency fee.
Raise-Ready Sprint
Full eight-deliverable sprint plus in-the-room diligence support during your raise. Best for founders with 60-120 days of runway in their fundraising timeline.
Compressed Sprint
Same deliverables, compressed timeline. For founders with an urgent close window. +25% reflects the parallel-work staffing and weekend execution.
Sprint + 90-day extension
The Sprint plus three months of ongoing finance support post-close. Bridges into Fractional CFO if you want to continue. Best for first-time founders.
Sprint questions, answered.
How long does the Raise-Ready Sprint actually take?
8-10 weeks from kickoff to investor-ready. Week 1: scoping and current-state review. Weeks 2-6: model build, cap table cleanup, data room construction. Weeks 7-9: pitch deck finance section, dashboard polish, dry-run diligence. Week 10+: in-the-room support during your raise. We can compress to 4-6 weeks for urgent raises at +25% fee.
Do you stay involved during the raise itself?
Yes. The flat sprint fee includes in-the-room diligence support: we join diligence calls with VCs, answer detailed financial questions in real time, and update the model as new asks come in. Most sprints have 2-4 weeks of active diligence support after the formal sprint deliverables ship.
Can you help with valuation negotiation?
We provide the data and the comparable-company analysis. We don’t replace your founder/CEO instinct or your legal counsel — valuation negotiation is fundamentally a CEO+lawyer call, not a CFO call. But we make sure you have the numbers, the comp-set analysis, and the dilution scenarios ready so you can negotiate from a position of clarity.
What if our raise gets delayed or doesn’t close?
The deliverables you receive (model, cap table, data room) keep working. Most clients who experience a delay use the next 3-6 months to tighten the story and approach a second wave of investors. If the raise dies entirely, the model and dashboards still serve as your ongoing operating tools. Some clients convert into a fractional CFO engagement at that point.
Can you join our cap table as a finance advisor?
In select cases, yes. Standard sprints are cash engagements. For very early-stage founders with strong signal but tight cash, we’ll consider blended cash + advisor equity (typically 0.25-0.50%, 2-year vest). This is case-by-case and decided on the discovery call — not the default.
What’s the difference between this and the Fractional CFO engagement?
Sprint is fixed scope, fixed fee, ends when the raise closes. Fractional CFO is ongoing, multi-month, broader scope. If you only need fundraising prep, the Sprint is cheaper and focused. If you need fundraising prep AND ongoing board reporting, hiring, strategic decisions, the Fractional CFO covers both. Many clients start with the Sprint and convert into a Fractional CFO engagement post-close.