Ready to take your idea to the next level?
The Growth CFO Venture Cornerstone Programme is designed to help ambitious founders turn their vision into a thriving startup. Over a 3 – 6 week period, we’ll work with you to lay the foundations of a scalable business, craft a winning strategy, and prepare you for a successful funding strategy, whether that's bootstrapping, seedstrapping or a traditional VC route.
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Our fee is fixed and it is fully deferred until you successfully raise your investment money and/or until you get to £25,000 or monthly revenue. Which means you don't pay a penny until you're up and running. In return, you get ~4-6 days of our time and everything you need to give your startup the best chance of success.
What we’ll achieve with you in 3–6 weeks
The Venture Cornerstone Programme offers hands-on support and expert guidance to transform your concept into a solid executable strategy and funding plan.
Here’s what we’ll deliver together:
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Strategy and Execution Plan: We'll critique your strategy & execution plans to help make these robust & investor ready.
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Comprehensive Financial Model: Build a robust financial model to understand value drivers and demonstrate the viability of your business, and showcase to investors.
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Investor-Ready Pitch Deck: Craft a compelling pitch deck designed to capture investor interest and build confidence. Making sure any gaps are covered before you speak with investors.
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Seed Funding Preparation: Position your startup for its first funding round with our expert support and connections.
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Pitch coaching: provide feedback on your presentation style, and attend some investor meetings to further improve on your approach.
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Cap table & fundraising strategy: Look ahead to future funding rounds, and put in place the best framework today to give your startup the best chance for success, including helping to set your fundraising request today and structure your cap table.
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Valuation: we can discussion valuation methodologies and metrics to help you set your pre-money valuation.
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Investor-ready data room: we'll help you setup and structure your virtual data room.
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Legal document review: we can provide an informational review (i.e. non-legal) of your articles and SSA to ensure the key terms are fit for purpose.
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Terms sheet & negotiation: we can assist you with reviewing term sheets received from VCs and help negotiate items which may be off-market.
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All this comes with tailored mentorship from our experienced team, ensuring decisions is based on sound financial and operational insights.
What Follows
Graduates of the Venture Foundation Programme are automatically eligible for the Growth CFO Seed Programme — an additional 3 months of specialised support to help you secure funding and establish a financial foundation for growth.
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Key benefits of the Seed Programme include:
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Fractional CFO Support: Access up to 10 days of fractional CFO support, deferring 50% of the cost until after your funding round.
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Seed Funding Success: Gain the expertise and resources needed to finalise your funding round with confidence.
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Financial and Legal Readiness: Build a scalable financial structure to support your next stage of growth.
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Ongoing Support and Access to Our Network: Lasting benefits to help achieve success.
Why Founders Choose Growth CFO
At Growth CFO, we understand that founders face an uphill battle when launching a business. We've sat in your seat as a founder, having raised millions of pounds from angels and VCs. We know it's hard, and we know how to give you the best chance of success.
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What Sets Us Apart?
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Hands-On Expertise: Our team have been founders before, raising millions of pounds of funding for their own startups and growing successfully. We've also participated in 100s of funding rounds over multiple decades, so we know what is required to help startups raise funding and scale effectively.
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Tailored Approach: Every plan, model, and pitch deck is customised to reflect your unique business goals and industry dynamics.
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Long-Term Support: Our Seed Programme ensures you’re not just investor-ready but prepared to thrive post-funding.
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Founder-First Mindset: With all our fees deferred until a successful fundraise and/or £25,000 of monthly revenue; we’re fully aligned with your growth and success.
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Highly focussed: we only accept a handful of startups to our Venture Cornerstone Programme each year, ensuring a high-quality experience for all participants.
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