Win the round on the model, not the narrative.
Most rounds turn on the answers to the second and third question. That is a problem of preparation, and preparation is something you can buy.
Where South African raises stall
South African raises tend to come unstuck for the same reasons:
The currency question has no answer
Foreign investors ask what the rand does to the plan, and the model only works in one scenario.
Local and foreign capital want different things
Local funds and development financiers look at structure and B-BBEE ownership. Foreign funds look at growth and exit.
A data room that is just a folder
Contracts, shareholder records and tax filings are somewhere, and diligence finds the gaps before you do.
One founder carrying the whole raise
Raising takes months. The business drifts while the founder is in meetings.
A fractional CFO who has raised before carries the process for the founder: model, pack, data room and the hard questions. The investor relationships stay with you. They drive the process while the company keeps running.
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
What sits behind the CFO
South African and foreign investors both know the fractional CFO who runs a raise. What they test is the preparation, and that is what the engagement is built around.
Checked against the round
We review progress at agreed points and say early if the model, the currency view or the data room falls behind.
Another finance view
Exchange control, B-BBEE structure or a foreign fund's model: your CFO can test each with others in the collective.
The raise does not restart
If your CFO cannot finish the round, the next search starts from our notes on it and we manage the changeover.
Matched to who is investing
Local funds, development financiers and foreign investors read a company differently. We match a CFO who has dealt with yours.
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.
Executives who have raised alongside
