Be ready before the investor asks.
North west companies raise from regional funds, angels and London investors alike. Whichever door you knock on, the company that answers the second question calmly is the one that gets the cheque.
Where north west raises slow down
The same few things stall a process:
The model was built for the bank
A forecast designed for a loan application, not for an equity investor who tests growth assumptions.
Debt and equity pulling against each other
Regional loan funds, bank facilities and an equity round, each with terms that affect the others.
Records gathered at the last minute
Contracts, ownership records and filings gathered in a hurry, with gaps the investor finds first.
London investors, northern story
A pitch that explains the region to itself, but does not tell an outsider why this company wins.
A fractional finance lead rebuilds the model, assembles the data room ahead of time and prepares the founders for the hard questions. Lawyers handle the documents and the term sheet. We make sure the company can be read and trusted.
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 we add to a north west raise
Regional funds and London investors are both used to a part-time finance lead in a growing company. They judge the preparation, so that is what the engagement is built around.
Progress reviewed against the round
Each stage of the raise gets a check-in, and we flag it early if the numbers or the records fall behind.
A second CFO opinion
Your finance lead can test a term or a forecast with another finance operator in the collective.
No restart if things change
If your finance lead cannot see the raise through, we run a new search from our notes on the round and take care of the handover.
Matched to your investors
Debt, equity or both: we match a finance lead who has dealt with the funders 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
