Make the next round an easy decision.
Founders raise on traction and judgement. The finance, the go-to-market and the technical choices behind both are usually handled by whoever was free that week.
Where young companies slip
Early-stage Spanish companies tend to trip on the same four things:
Finance runs from the bank app
The cap table, the burn and the runway sit in three spreadsheets, and the investor finds out before the founder does.
Public funding rewards preparation
The startup certification run by ENISA, and its participative loans, favour founders who arrive with clean numbers and a plan.
The first sales hire carries the strategy
One person is asked to find the market, set the price and write the pitch, with nobody senior to test the result.
The technical lead is the only engineer
Architecture decided fast and never revisited, until the next round asks for a technical review.
An early-stage company can have a fractional executive with the senior judgement of a funded competitor, for the number of days it can pay for. They set up what the next stage will ask for, so the round is not the first time anyone looks.
Who this is for, and who it is not
Best for
- Founders wearing every hat with no senior cover where it matters most
- Pre-seed to pre-Series A companies that need structure before they can fund it
- Teams that need investor-grade finance, reporting or operations at speed
- Startups scaling headcount faster than their processes can hold
- Founders who want to protect the cap table while adding senior leadership
Not for
- An idea with no product or traction to build structure around yet
- A role a capable full-time hire is already ready to own
- Founders looking to outsource a function rather than lead it
- A single deliverable an agency or contractor could hand back
Before the next round
A founder gets the judgement of a person who has already built a company, in the number of days the runway allows.
In touch with both sides
We keep in touch with founder and executive, and raise it early if the scope no longer fits the company.
Been there before
Stock options, a first senior hire or a first corporate client: someone in the collective has already handled each.
Owned by the company
If your executive moves on, we keep the brief and find the next person; the work is tied to your company, not to one name.
Steady through a pivot
Startups pivot. We look for people who keep their footing when the plan is rewritten.
From first call to embedded operator
We move at startup speed.
Tell us your stage
Where are you in the journey? What are the gaps? What does the next 90 days need to deliver?
We match the right operator
From our vetted collective, we introduce the fractional executive matched to your stage, sector, and culture.
Embedded within days
Your fractional embeds with your team, begins the scoped work, and operates with real accountability.
Scale the stack
As you grow, add further specialists from the collective. We coordinate them so they work as a coherent team.
Which leader for your stage
The gap that slows a startup changes as it grows. Here is where most founders feel it first, and who owns it.
The right fractional executive depends on your stage
Start with the widest gap today, then add roles as you scale.
Operators from the region's defining startups, and beyond
