Raise on the strength of the numbers, not the pitch deck.
London has deep venture, growth and angel capital, and investors here compare companies constantly. The one that answers the third question cleanly is the one that closes.
Where London rounds stall
The pattern repeats across raises of every size:
The model breaks under questioning
Assumptions that were never tested, and a founder who cannot explain why a number moved.
The data room is assembled under pressure
Contracts, cap table and option records gathered in a rush, with gaps the investor finds first.
Equity and relief paperwork is loose
Option agreements, share classes and any EIS or SEIS evidence that were never tidied.
The story and the data disagree
A deck that promises growth the pipeline report does not show.
A fractional finance lead rebuilds the model, assembles the data room before anyone asks, and prepares the founders for the hard questions. Lawyers handle the term sheet and the documents. We make sure the company is ready to be read.
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
Why a raise goes better with us behind it
London investors know the fractional finance lead well. What they test is the work: a model that survives questioning and records already in order.
We keep watch through the process
A raise has a calendar. We review progress with you against it and say early if the data room or the model is falling behind.
More than one view on the deal
Your finance lead can ask a CFO from the collective who has sat across the table from the same kind of investor.
The brief stays with us
If your finance lead cannot continue mid-process, we restart the search from the brief we hold and run the handover ourselves.
Matched for the investor conversation
A finance lead who steadies a lead investor is worth more than one who only builds the model. Temperament is part of the match.
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.
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