Go to the funder with answers already written.
Most raises turn on how the company handles the second and third question. Preparation decides that, and preparation is something a company can do before the first meeting.
Where raises lose momentum
Whether the money is Quebec institutional capital, a bank, or an American fund, the same weaknesses cost time:
A model that breaks on one change
It looks fine until the funder alters an assumption and nobody can say what happens next.
Two currencies, no hedging policy
Revenue in one currency and costs in another, with exchange risk left unexplained.
The data room is assembled under pressure
A funder reads that as a sign of how the company is run.
The founder runs the raise on top of the company
The founder raises while running the company, and both slip.
A fractional CFO who has sat on the company side of investor scrutiny runs the raise for you: model, information pack, data room, diligence and the questions not yet asked. Whether the target is a Quebec fund, a lender, a corporate investor or a US firm, we match someone who knows what that funder tests.
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
Where we fit in a raise
We match the finance lead who readies the company, then stay close until the round has closed and the first investor report has gone out.
Checked against the funder's calendar
Progress is reviewed at agreed points through the process, and we flag it early when the model or the data room is behind the meetings.
Investor experience on call
Your executive can test the model or the currency story with others in our collective of 800+ who have raised from Quebec and US funds.
The round is not tied to one person
We keep the brief and the work to date on file, so a change of executive mid-round means a managed handover rather than lost months.
Matched to the funder
Quebec institutional money, bank debt and a US venture fund each read a company differently, and we match to the one you are approaching.
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
