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Virtual CFO Solutions for Startup Founders
The excitement of building a startup is like nothing else, but between the pitch decks and the prototypes, all founders understand the truth: funding rounds, diligent-investor questioning, cash burn, and pivots all come around in a blink. The distinction between scaling startups and stalling ones is easy, straightforward clarity, and ownership of the numbers.
At FirstCFO, founders get investor-grade discipline instead of financial guessing. We have custom business solutions that offer a combination of strategic thinking of a CFO along with flexibility and quick response that an early-stage entrepreneur lacks.
Why Founders Require Smarter Finance
You cannot have financial blindspots when you are starting at zero.
Lots of founders use simple bookkeeping far into the future, thinking that it is enough, only to panic when the investors raise difficult questions. Even a great idea will come to a halt due to missed forecasts, weak cash flow projections, or incomplete models.
Our CFO services eliminate this problem, providing you with access to financial systems, real time visibility and expert advice without hiring a full time CFO you cannot yet afford.
Our Approach to Supporting Founders
Strategic Financial Planning
Obtain clear and dynamic budgets and rolling forecast. Be aware of your burn rate and runway and what would occur should things transpire better or worse than expected.
Investor Decks & Due Diligence Support
Raising capital? We make raw numbers meaningful, interesting and investor-compliant. Wow the VCs with clean models, sharp unit economics and projections that cannot be broken.
Cost Control & Cash flow
Grow without choking your expansion. We assist you to find hidden costs, plan your expenditure smartly and guard liquidity thus you never get into a panic mode over payroll.
Board & MIS Reporting
Prove to your board and your investors that you are in charge. Our professional reports are prepared to create confidence and maintain position with stakeholders.
Virtual CFO On Demand
Tap top-level financial leaders when you need them. Whether it is pricing to funding negotiations, your CFO consultant is just a phone call away.
Why FirstCFO?
Since 2012, we have been reliable teammates of 250+ startup owners and small and medium enterprises. Our virtual CFO team has extensive industry knowledge as well as startup-nimbleness. We have assisted our clients in attracting millions of dollars, entering new markets, and acting with the financial control that only large organizations are allowed to have, all this on a lean budget.
We understand that startups do not like generic advice. This is why we assign a personal CFO consultant to each founder, someone who knows your industry, your funding level, and what it is actually like to build lean.
How It Works
Know Your Business
We begin with your ambitions, development strategies and sore spots.
Engage a CFO Consultant
You are paired with a fulltime virtual CFO who joins your management team.
Incorporate Smart systems
We produce transparent forecasts, reports, dashboards and board-ready packs.
Stay Flexible
You can increase or decrease your CFO support whenever you need it - no unneeded overheads, just the competence you need.
Build Clarity into Your Vision
Numbers cant be an afterthought when you are growing fast.
Do you, as a founder, have confidence to scale up? We are here to support you. Together we can create the financial plan that keeps the investors, teams, and growth on track, no matter how fast you scale it up.