Startups · Fundraising
Turn operating assumptions into investor-ready projections.
An integrated operating plan connecting customers, revenue, headcount, expenses, cash requirements and funding milestones.
The business problem
Understand what drives the result.
Founders need a model that explains the funding requirement instead of merely displaying ambitious growth figures.
Scope, source information and the level of supporting documentation determine the procedures and deliverables.
Potential deliverables
- Operating assumptions register
- Monthly three-statement projections
- Hiring and payroll forecasts
- Funding and cash runway scenarios
- Investor-facing summary outputs
- Sensitivity analysis
From assumptions to decisions
Questions the work should answer
01 / QUESTION
How much funding is needed and when?
02 / QUESTION
What milestones does the next raise finance?
03 / QUESTION
What happens if customer growth is slower?
How the model is structured
Clear inputs. Traceable calculations. Useful outputs.
The method is designed to reduce manual overrides and expose the assumptions behind the numbers.
- Define the business model and milestones
- Translate commercial assumptions into forecasts
- Link profitability, working capital and cash
- Review scenarios and decision outputs
Let’s put the numbers under scrutiny.
Tell me the model, the decision, the source information and the deadline. We will define a scope that fits the evidence.