Fractional CFO · New York · Remote across the US

A senior CFO for your next stage, without the full-⁠time cost.

A senior CFO for your next stage, without the full-⁠time cost.

We run finance for venture-⁠backed companies and SMBs doing $2M–⁠$50M: forecasts your board trusts, a five-⁠day close, and a raise you walk into prepared.

We run finance for venture-⁠backed companies and SMBs doing $2M–⁠$50M: forecasts your board trusts, a five-⁠day close, and a raise you walk into prepared.

60+ venture-⁠backed clients1

$410M raised alongside clients1

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Runway

9 → 21 mo

Month-⁠end close

5 days

13-week cash forecast

Updated weekly · $ thousands

Ending cash · wk 13

$1,334K
1,2001,2501,3001,3501,4001,450NET FLOW / WKW1W4W7W10W13

1Demo figures for a fictional firm. Not investment, tax or legal advice. Disclaimer

Finance partner to founder-⁠led teams, from seed to exit

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Why teams call us

Why teams call us

Most companies outgrow their bookkeeper a year before they can justify a CFO.

Most companies outgrow their bookkeeper a year before they can justify a CFO.

Most companies outgrow their bookkeeper a year before they can justify a CFO.

That gap is where runway gets misread, board meetings run long and raises slip. We close it with a senior finance lead who works to your stage, not to a timesheet.

That gap is where runway gets misread, board meetings run long and raises slip. We close it with a senior finance lead who works to your stage, not to a timesheet.

Without a finance lead

With Stavely & Rowe

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The month-⁠end close takes 25 days

The month-⁠end close takes 25 days

Books closed in 5 business days

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Runway is a guess made in a spreadsheet tab

Runway is a guess made in a spreadsheet tab

A 13-⁠week cash forecast, updated every Monday

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The board deck is built the night before

The board deck is built the night before

A standing board pack, sent three days early

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Investors ask for a data room you don’t have

Investors ask for a data room you don’t have

A diligence-⁠ready data room before you start the raise

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Pricing and hiring decisions made on gut

Pricing and hiring decisions made on gut

Every decision tested against the model first

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Results

Results across 38 engagements, 2023–⁠2026

Results across 38 engagements, 2023–⁠2026

$410M (note 1)
$410M (note 1)
$410M (note 1)

Raised by clients while we ran the numbers

21 mo (note 2)

Median runway twelve months after we start

21 mo (note 2)

Median runway twelve months after we start

21 mo (note 2)

Median runway twelve months after we start

5 days
5 days
5 days

Month-⁠end close, down from 20+ at kickoff

96% (note 2)

Forecast accuracy at week 13, median

96% (note 2)

Forecast accuracy at week 13, median

96% (note 2)

Forecast accuracy at week 13, median

1Demo figures for a fictional firm.

1Demo figures for a fictional firm.

2Illustrative. Past results do not predict future outcomes. Not investment, tax or legal advice. Disclaimer

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Case studies

Case studies

Numbers before and after, in the client’s own terms.

Numbers before and after, in the client’s own terms.

Numbers before and after, in the client’s own terms.

All case studies

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How we work

How we work

Four steps from first call to a finance function that runs.

Four steps from first call to a finance function that runs.

Four steps from first call to a finance function that runs.

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Scale or hand over

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Weeks 1–⁠2

Diagnose

We read your books, bank data, contracts and plan, then tell you what is broken, what is fine and what to fix first. You get a written diagnostic, not a slide deck.

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Written diagnostic with a 90-⁠day plan

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Weeks 2–⁠4

Build the model

A driver-⁠based model and a 13-⁠week cash forecast, tied to the plan you pitch. Your team can run it without us.

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Operating model and weekly cash forecast

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Every month

Run the cadence

Close in five days, a monthly pack with commentary, board prep, investor updates and the decisions in between.

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Monthly pack, board materials, investor update

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When you’re ready

Scale or hand over

We run the finance side of the raise or the sale, or hire and train your first full-⁠time finance lead and step back.

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A raise, a sale, or a finance team you own

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Engagement models

Engagement models

Pay for the finance leadership you use.

Pay for the finance leadership you use.

Pay for the finance leadership you use.

Three ways to work together. Each can run monthly or as a fixed-⁠scope project.

Monthly

Project

Advisory

For founders who need a senior second opinion

For founders who need a senior second opinion

$3,500

/ month

About 8 hours a month

Monthly review of your numbers

Forecast and budget check-⁠ins

Board pack review before it goes out

Book a free intro call

Fractional CFO

Most chosen

For teams that need a finance lead, not a full-⁠time hire

For teams that need a finance lead, not a full-⁠time hire

$8,500

/ month

24–⁠40 hours a month

Five-⁠day close and monthly pack

Board meetings and investor updates

Owns the model, budget and cash forecast

Book a free intro call

Transaction Support

For a raise, an acquisition or a sale

$6,000

/ month

During a live process

Data room and diligence prep

Investor or buyer Q&A

Deal model and scenario analysis

Book a free intro call

Transaction Support

For a raise, an acquisition or a sale

$6,000

/ month

During a live process

Data room and diligence prep

Investor or buyer Q&A

Deal model and scenario analysis

Book a free intro call

Transaction Support

For a raise, an acquisition or a sale

$6,000

/ month

During a live process

Data room and diligence prep

Investor or buyer Q&A

Deal model and scenario analysis

Book a free intro call

Prices are demo figures. All engagements are scoped in writing before work starts.

Prices are demo figures. All engagements are scoped in writing before work starts.

Compare plans

Fractional vs. full-⁠time CFO

See what a year of finance leadership costs each way. Change the inputs to match your company.

See what a year of finance leadership costs each way. Change the inputs to match your company.

Calculator inputs

Sets the fractional hourly rate for your stage

32 h

About 8 hours covers a board-ready month-end; plan 40+ during a raise

$285,000

2026 benchmark for this revenue range. Edit to match your market

Annual cost, year one

Full-time CFOsalary + 28% taxes and benefits + 25% recruiting fee$436,050
Fractional CFO32 h × $275 × 12$105,600

You keep

$330,450
76% less

Illustrative estimate, not financial advice. Real costs depend on scope and market.

Book a free intro call

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What clients say

What clients say

Quiet work, measured in board meetings that end early.

Quiet work, measured in board meetings that end early.

Quiet work, measured in board meetings that end early.

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Our board meeting went from three hours of questions to forty minutes of decisions. Maren rebuilt the forecast in three weeks, and we raised the B on numbers nobody had to defend twice.

Maya K.

CEO, Series A vertical SaaS

“We thought we had a demand problem. We had $3 million sitting in a warehouse. The weekly cash forecast is now the first thing I open on Monday.”

Jonah R.

Founder, DTC home goods brand

“Collections were a black box across fourteen clinics. Six months later I can see every payer, every site and every week, on one page.”

Alana P.

COO, Multi-site physical therapy group

“Buyers found nothing we hadn't already found ourselves. That is why the price held all the way to close.”

Chris T.

Managing Partner, Engineering consultancy

“They modeled grants, equipment financing and the Series A as one plan. Our investors asked fewer questions about the money than about the product.”

Noor H.

Co-founder, Climate tech hardware startup

Testimonials are written for a fictional firm. People and companies are not real.

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Insights

Insights

Guides we write for our own clients.

Guides we write for our own clients.

Guides we write for our own clients.

All insights

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Questions

Questions

Before you book a call.

Before you book a call.

Before you book a call.

More answers on pricing

What does a fractional CFO do each month?

How is this different from our bookkeeper or accountant?

How many hours will we need?

Do you work with the tools we already use?

What happens on the intro call?

Is this investment, tax or legal advice?

Free intro call · 30 minutes

Tell us where the numbers stand. We’ll tell you what we’d do first.

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A partner, not a sales rep, runs the call

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A partner, not a sales rep, runs the call

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Bring your last three months of financials if you have them

Bring your last three months of financials if you have them

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You leave with two or three next steps, whether you hire us or not

You leave with two or three next steps, whether you hire us or not

Book a free intro call

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Maren Stavely
Daniel Rowe
Leah Okonjo
Sam Iverson

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