Raise against the milestone, not against the hope.
Boston investors know the science. What they test is whether the plan, the budget and the team can reach the next value point on the money you are asking for.
Why rounds slow down
Across Boston raises, the same things recur:
The ask does not match the plan
The round is sized for twelve months of runway when the milestone needs eighteen, and the gap shows in the first diligence call.
The model hides its assumptions
Probability, timing and cost are baked into cells that an investor cannot challenge, so they challenge everything.
Non-dilutive money is an afterthought
Grants, awards and credits sit outside the plan, so equity covers what other sources could have.
The raise runs on spare time
The founders are running a round and a lab at once, and the science slows.
A CFO with raises behind them relieves the founders of the process: the model, the investor materials, the data room and the chasing that keeps a syndicate moving. They attend the meetings and make sure every question gets a straight answer.
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
A finance lead who stays for the whole round
A crossover round or a Series B is long and technical. We match the finance lead and keep governance around them until the money is in.
Reviews through the process
We check in with you and the CFO at each stage of the round and raise drift before an investor does.
A collective for the hard diligence questions
Behind your CFO sits our collective of 800+. A question about the model that is really about the clinical plan goes to someone who has faced it.
The data room is not lost with a person
We keep the round's context alongside your brief. If your executive cannot continue, our replacement search starts there and we see the transition through.
Steadiness under diligence
A founder mid-raise needs a steady partner, and a CV does not show who that is. We weigh temperament as heavily as sector.
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 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
