Raise on a model investors cannot knock over.
Most rounds are lost in the second and third question. In Toronto those questions come from US funds, pension-backed investors and bank credit teams, and each one asks for a different kind of answer.
Where Canadian rounds stall
Across Canadian raises, the same things recur:
The model breaks under one change
It holds until an investor shifts an assumption, and then nobody can say what moved.
Diligence arrives before the data room
Documents are gathered under pressure, and the gaps signal exactly how the company is run.
Dilution is chosen by default
SR&ED credits, grants and venture debt all exist, and few teams weigh them against equity.
Nobody owns the process
The founder runs the raise and the company at once, and both suffer.
A CFO with raises behind them takes the process off the founder's hands: the financial model, investor materials, data room and fund meetings. They sit in the meetings and make sure every question gets a straight answer.
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
Around the raise
We match the CFO to the round and keep governance around the engagement until it closes.
Weekly during diligence
While the round is open, a weekly check-in shows early whether the model and the data room are keeping pace.
Cross-border raise experience
The collective includes operators who have raised from US funds, pension-backed investors and Canadian lenders.
Mid-round changes
A change of CFO mid-round becomes a fresh search from our brief, with the handover run by us.
Matched to the investor mix
US funds, pensions and lenders test different things, so the match follows the money you are raising.
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
