Fractional CFO for first-time raisers

Priya Nair, CFA

I help bootstrapped DTC and SaaS founders walk into their first raise with a model investors trust. Available for 8–12 week engagements.

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How I help

  • Model build

    2-week sprint from $9,500

    A bottoms-up financial model tied to your real unit economics, cohort retention, and cash position. Closes with a written walkthrough and a 90-minute review with you and your co-founders.

  • Embedded fractional CFO

    Quarterly retainer from $14k/mo

    Two days a week with the founders and the team. Board decks, runway planning, hiring spend, investor calls, and the monthly close. Ends when you hire your first full-time finance lead.

  • Pre-raise diligence prep

    1-week sprint from $5,000

    I run the financial diligence your investors are about to run — quietly, with you in the room, before the term sheet has consequences.

Track record

  • 13 Founders advised since 2022
  • $76M Aggregate seed and Series A raised by clients
  • 90% Engagements that lead to a renewal or referral
  • <3wk Median time from first call to first deliverable

How we work together

  1. Free 30-minute call

    We talk through where your numbers feel shaky before the raise. If I'm not the right fit, I'll usually know someone who is.

  2. Scoped proposal

    I send a one-page document with the engagement, the deliverables, and a fixed price. You can say no without owing me anything.

  3. Kickoff in 5 days

    Once we sign, I'm in your books and your data room within a week. No long onboarding.

  4. Weekly written updates

    Every Friday: what changed in the model, what's next, what's blocked. Async-first; meetings only when they earn their place.

About

I've been a startup finance lead since 2014 — three companies, two acquisitions, one quiet shutdown that taught me more than the others. Before that, I priced growth deals at **Stripe** and audited consumer brands at **Deloitte**. I write [a newsletter](https://example.com/letters) for first-time founders, and I live in Austin with my partner and two cats.

Got a raise coming up?

I take on three retainer clients at a time. I usually have one slot a quarter.