CHALLENGE | DEAL
Raising investment
An investor conversation is coming, and the numbers need to hold up to questions the business has never had to answer before.
Investors read past the growth chart in seconds and spend the rest of the meeting testing what's underneath it: margin trend, burn rate, the gap between revenue and cash. A founder who can defend the model, unscripted, signals a function that's actually theirs. One who can't gets found out in diligence, at the worst possible moment.
WHAT THIS MEANS
Raising investment means the finance function has to do something it wasn't built for: withstand a stranger's scrutiny, on a timeline you don't control.
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CHALLENGES
How we get you ready
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A forecast that's been stress-tested
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A founder who can defend the model
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Deal-ready before the first meeting
Questions we get asked
How far in advance should we prepare?
Ideally a few months before the first serious conversation: enough time to stress-test the model, not just polish the deck.
Do you help with the pitch deck itself?
We focus on the numbers behind it (the forecast, the model, the answers to the hard questions), rather than deck design.
What happens after the round closes?
Some clients move into Scale for ongoing strategic finance support; others just wanted the function deal-ready and step back once it's done.
OUR APPROACH
Getting started is simple
Get in touch and we'll set up a short call to talk through where things stand. If a Sprint is the right next step, we'll scope it there and then. If it's Build, Scale, or Deal, we'll tell you that too, and why.
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