Fractional Executive Search

Launch the fund or raise the round with the reporting already built.

Investors judge a Jersey vehicle or company on how it reports before they judge how it performs. Preparation for that is a project, and it needs an owner.

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The situation

What delays a Jersey launch

Launches and rounds tend to stall here:

01

Reporting is built after the money arrives

Investors expect institutional-grade reports from the first quarter, and the team is working them out as it goes.

02

The structure is decided late

Lawyers settle the vehicle, then finance finds out what that means for the numbers.

03

The model and the documents disagree

Fees, waterfalls and expenses in the paperwork do not match what the model produces.

04

Everything runs through the founder

Meetings, follow-ups and diligence requests land on the one person who is also running the firm.

A fractional executive readies the firm for investor questions and runs the process: the model, the reporting and the answers. Who you raise from is your decision. The work is making sure the business is ready when you do.

Is it the right fit?

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
A quiet meeting room at dusk, two chairs across a table, the city skyline beyond

Investor-ready, before the first meeting.

Launching with us

Support for a launch or a round

The executive is chosen for the vehicle or round you are raising, and we stay involved until it closes.

1 monthNotice, either way
800+Curated and vetted executives
2–3 weeksBrief to deployment
30–60%Less than a full-time hire, on our engagements

Alongside you to the close

We review the engagement as the raise progresses, and update the brief if the vehicle or investor mix changes.

A model tested early

A peer from the collective can test the model and the waterfall before an investor does.

No restart mid-raise

A launch cannot restart from zero, so if the executive leaves before the first close, the next search starts from our existing brief and we run the changeover.

Checked against your investors

We check for links to the investors you are approaching before you meet a candidate.

How it works

From gap to investor-ready

Calibrated to your round timeline.

01

Fundraise assessment

We assess your current financial infrastructure, identify gaps, and calibrate to your round timeline.

02

CFO deployment

Your matched Fractional CFO is embedded within two weeks and begins building investor-grade infrastructure.

03

Fundraise preparation

Financial model, data room, board pack, governance, built and stress-tested before you enter conversations.

04

Round support and post-close

Your CFO stays through the round and transitions to execution mode. Reporting infrastructure, milestone tracking, and board presence.

The round, end to end

Before, during and after the round

What a fractional CFO owns at each stage of a raise.

Stage
What the CFO owns
StageBefore
What the CFO ownsFinancial model, data room and governance in order
StageDuring
What the CFO ownsInvestor questions, diligence and the financial story
StageAfter
What the CFO ownsBoard reporting, milestone tracking and cash discipline
Our fractional services

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.

Proven leadership

Executives who have raised alongside

Sequoia
Andreessen Horowitz
Goldman Sachs
JPMorgan
Morgan Stanley
Index Ventures
Accel
Balderton
Common questions

The questions buyers ask first

Before the documents are final if you can. The reporting and the model take longer than the pitch, and fixing them after launch costs credibility.

We provide the executive who builds the finance and operations around the launch. Legal structuring and regulatory applications stay with your advisers.

The engagement can run on. Once the raise closes, the investor reporting and board calendar still need running, and the executive who built them can keep them going.

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Get started

Raise with a credible finance leader in the room.

Tell us where the round stands. We will assess the model, data room and governance, then match a fractional CFO who has raised before, embedded within weeks.

Get investor-ready