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Show Up Investor-Ready. Close Your Round.

Between now and a closed round, there's a due diligence process that will expose every gap in your financial infrastructure. A Fractional CFO closes that gap, fast enough to matter.

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The situation

The most common reasons French rounds stall

The same finance and governance gaps stall rounds again and again, and each one is specific and fixable:

01

The data room wasn't ready

Documents requested take weeks to produce. Investors interpret the delay as a signal about operational maturity.

02

The financial model didn't survive scrutiny

Assumptions weren't documented. Revenue projections didn't connect to unit economics. The model told a different story to the P&L.

03

No credible finance leader in the room

When an investor asks detailed financial questions, the founder is the only one answering, and they're not a CFO.

04

Governance gaps surfaced late

Missing board resolutions, incomplete cap table, or French compliance issues that should have been cleaned up 12 months earlier.

Every one of these gaps is preventable with the right fractional CFO, deployed before you raise, not scrambled for once the round is live.

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
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Investor-ready, before the first meeting.

Why Fractional France

Embedded in your team, not advising from the sidelines.

Financial model, data room, board pack and governance, built to institutional standard and owned by a senior operator.

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

Financial model and data room

A three-to-five-year model built to institutional standard, with documented assumptions and scenario analysis. A structured, professionally organised data room that signals operational maturity from the first click.

Investor narrative and relationships

Connecting the financial story to the strategic narrative. Many of our fractional CFOs have direct relationships with French-based investors, family offices, and regional funds.

The full-stack option

We can deploy a Fractional CFO and COO simultaneously, or bring in a CTO for technology due diligence support. No other provider in France can deploy a coherent fractional leadership team at this pace.

Post-round continuity

Your CFO transitions from fundraising mode to execution mode, reporting to your board on the milestones you committed to in your investor deck. The partner model. One trusted relationship.

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

Most engagements begin within weeks of the first call. The match matters to us, so we calibrate to your round timeline.

A fractional CFO operates at a different level: strategy, investor communication, financial modelling and governance. They work with and above your bookkeeper or finance manager, not instead of them.

Institutional investors already know the fractional model. They judge the person across the table on competence and credibility, and a senior operator from our collective brings both.

A full-time CFO carries a substantial total employment cost once salary, benefits and overheads are counted. Our engagements typically run 30 to 60% less than a full-time hire, for the time your business genuinely needs.

Your engagement continues. The CFO transitions from fundraising focus to execution focus. We maintain oversight and adjust scope as the business evolves.

Ideally three to six months before opening the round, or immediately if diligence has already started and the data room is weak.

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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.

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