EmergeOne | Fractional CFO services

EmergeOne is a leading consultancy providing fractional CFO support to venture backed tech startups from seed to Series B.

We help founders get the most out of their capital, streamline financials, and manage investor relations so they can focus on scaling. Examples of our support:

- Strategic Finance Execution and Oversight over finance operations
- Financial Planning and Analysis
- Board reporting, Investor relations and management
- Capital Raising, Fundraising Support, Due Diligence and Data room management
- Capital Management and Structuring
- Capital Allocation
- Financial modelling, forecasting, scenario planning, KPIs, metrics and reporting

Our clients are some of the fastest growing startups backed by funds like Hoxton Ventures, Stride, Playfair, Octopus, Outlier Ventures, Founders Factory and more.

Fractional CFO

Blue Ridge Partners

I've worked with DeepTech (mainly) founders for over 5 years, building the business and financial muscle behind their technology!

After exiting the angel group I cofounded, I found that I just couldn't stay away from startups, but I knew I didn't want to be a founder again...
So I started consulting for founders and quickly found that the business and finance stuff I knew so well was actually really hard for them. From deep in the weeds of building project management to creating and maintaining financial models to creating pitches for complex tech, I thoroughly enjoyed the nights-and-weekends work of supporting founders.

When my family moved from the US to the UK in 2022, I transitioned my "hobby" from nights-and-weekends into a real job, and now, I help founders make sense of their strategy, business, and finances full time!

DeepTech Fractional CFO and Venture Builder

Octiocor

Leading finance and product teams for AI image analysis start up spun out of Cambridge University.
Building product management function and larger company operations to translate academic research into commercial-grade technology
Projecting complex cash needs to inform hiring employees, onboarding contractors, fundraising, and completing grant applications.
Pitching with CEO to potential venture and angel investors for seed round fundraising.
Working with accountants to ensure all regulatory filings (e.g. VAT, R&D, etc) are accurate and timely to maximize cash in the bank.

Fractional CFO / COO

MCA funding company

Provided financial and operational leadership as fractional CFO of fast growing Merchant Cash Advance (MCA) funder.
Advised strategic changes to adapt to quickly changing economic conditions in high risk business lending environment.
Created detailed financial models to inform internal decision making and communicate business / economics to potential outside investors.
Created cash management systems to better understand cash inflows and outflows and better manage ongoing operations.
Led push for a data-first culture using analytics to make better decisions.
Informed strategy by identifying previously-unseen opportunities using existing data.
Guided and built full analytical stack, from data stores through visualizations.

Capital One

Intrapreneurially built and ran analytics function inside ~$80M Identity Services business unit from scratch.
Directly managed 4 analysts and influenced the work of 6 data scientists, 7 data engineers / analysts, and multiple tech teams; officially and unofficially mentored numerous team members.
Built and managed credit governance process for $10M's in marginal enterprise value from over 20 credit decisions. 
Product Manager for AI / ML team, influencing internal and external stakeholders on strategy by demonstrating value generated by and potential value from new products.
Represented Digital Identity analytics group in monthly VP+ Authentication Council Working Group; created and presented numerous data-centric VP+ presentations on strategy, value-added, enterprise partnership needs, etc.
Created and maintained data sets and visualizations sourcing data from across the enterprise, including customer, fraud, behavioral analytics, credit card transaction, click-stream / UI data, etc.
Worked extensively with product managers, fraud analysts, and tech teams to understand needs and deliver solutions.

Analytics Lead: CIO Tech Excellence award 2019 (top 3 of over 1,800 tech teams) 
Analytics Lead: Circle of Excellence award 2021 (top 2 of over 1,000 product teams)

Senior Analytics Lead - Digital Identity

University of Virginia

Taught entrepreneurial topics as adjunct faculty at UVA's School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Lecturer for New Product Development and Entrepreneurial Finance courses, creating numerous adaptations and improvement to course curricula.

Lecturer

CAV Angels

Operationalized, managed, and grew UVA-oriented angel investment network.
Performed in depth due diligence on companies and write comprehensive memos on investibility of startups. 
Negotiated deal terms, execute investments, and lead ongoing efforts to provide support to portfolio companies in business development, hiring, additional fundraising, etc.
Formed and executed strategy for creating educational material for first-time angel investors.
Created and ran program to train and manage over twenty student fellows and interns responsible for augmenting due diligence efforts.
Built data-centric platform to manage deal pipeline, due diligence data, and member input; created roadmap to expand platform to scale to other universities and angel groups with the goal of using ML to automate portions of deal process.

Co-Founder, President

S&P Global

Leader on implementation team of newly launched product: semi-custom business intelligence software for regional and community banks. 
Co-created operational model and scrum set up allowing product to scale from 5 to 42 customers in under two years.
Advised C-suite customers / stakeholders on product adoption and usage as a technical project manager.
Advised management on reorganization of ~20 person implementation team.
Mentored and instructed tech colleagues in the nuances of the banking and finance industries.
Created custom and semi-custom ETL's and presentations to integrate disparate data silos into a single source of truth.

Manager / BI Implementation Consultant and Engineer

FI Consulting

Built multiple custom software systems in Freddie Mac's Multifamily division as technology and data engineer.
Owned deal management system organizing and analyzing data for over $20b in deals each year.
Interfaced with executive-level clients on application requirements, functionality, and enhancements.
Designed, developed, implemented, and maintained custom IT and reporting solutions.
Actively involved in SDLC, including system specification and design, programming, testing, documenting, user-training, deploying, and post-implementation activities.
Managed junior colleagues through multiple enhancement projects.

Technology and Data Consultant

Foxhall Capital Management

Member of Investment Committee managing over $750 million in quantitative investment strategies
Proactively identified and researched quantitative investment ideas using back testing and data mining techniques on large historical price datasets; presented findings to Investment Committee
Implemented quantitative investment strategies requiring monthly rebalancing of over 5,000 separately managed accounts and daily monitoring of global stock, bond, and commodity index prices

Portfolio Manager

I partner with world class researchers, visionaries, and entrepreneurs to turn their DeepTech technology into highly scalable startups.
From pre-formation to scaling, I come along side founders to augment their efforts, teach new skills, and establish rigor and structure.
Through fractional and project-based work, I have enabled my pre-Series A clients to raise over $30m combined through equity, debt, and grant funding.

David Sade, CFA

Driven by a passion for turning vision into action, I help ambitious entrepreneurs and leaders in tech businesses solve critical business problems standing in their way. 

My no-nonsense, results-driven approach sharpens decision-making, drives action, and empowers leadership. 

Together, we create clear strategies for scaling sales and operations, securing funding, and resolving leadership challenges—so you can focus on growth, not just survival.

Here’s how we can work together:
💪 Sparring: Regular strategy sessions with deep dives into your most pressing problems as needed.
👨‍💼 Fractional Management: Part-time leadership roles in your company, focusing on a specific area or clearly defined project.
🗓️ Interim Management: Full-time leadership roles in your company for a defined period (6-12 months), e.g., COO, Head of Sales, Head of Operations.

What I bring to the table:
➡️ 18 years of entrepreneurship in the digital industry (building asgoodasnew.com from 0 to €20M annual revenue and over 100 employees, raising more than €10M in Seed and Series A funding, international expansion into Spain and Poland, founding mobile and AI startups, angel investments, LP in VC funds)
➡️ 10 years of sparring and mentoring for entrepreneurs and executives, successfully supporting dozens of founders and leaders
➡️ A broad network within the European digital industry
➡️ I’m your ideator, activator, strategist, and trusted sounding board.

Christian Wolf

Manchmal liefert dir ein Accelerator Programm nicht nur Wissen, sondern deinen Co-Founder.

In der Folge mit Johannes Mailänder 💡von Lichtwart aus Bünde ist ein spannendes Ereignis hängen geblieben.

Johannes und sein Co-Founder Gregor Giataganas gingen 2023 zur Founders Foundation gGmbH nach Bielefeld, in die Startup School. Eigentlich eher aus Zufall, sagt Johannes. Sie hatten sich gar nicht so sehr als Startup gesehen. 

Und dann passierte etwas, das viele Gründer nur aus Erzählungen kennen.
Ihr Mentor und Lehrer aus dem Programm, Jackson Bond, war so überzeugt, dass er nicht nur beraten hat. Er ist als dritter Co-Founder eingestiegen.

Das ist sehr wertvoll, wenn so eine bisher fehlende Kompetenz in dein Team kommt. Wenn ein Founder mit höchst erfolgreichem Exit in dein Startup einsteigen möchte dann ist das ein ziemlicher Coup. 

Ein Accelerator oder ähnliches Programm kann dir drei Dinge liefern, die du alleine nur schwer bekommst:

1. Struktur
Du wirst gezwungen, sauber zu denken und zu fokussieren. ICP. Positionierung. Johannes sagt selbst, sie sind nochmal zur Schule gegangen.

2. Komprimierte Erfahrung
Du arbeitest nicht nur an Folien. Das Team arbeitet miteinander, iteriert in sehr schnellen Zyklen und man sieht schnell Fortschritte. Auch mit den anderen im Programm: Man sieht sich, diskutiert, baut, scheitert, verbessert. Das erzeugt Vertrauen.

3. Commitment
Wenn ein Mentor so tief einsteigt, ist das das stärkste Signal, das es gibt. Nicht nur Worte, sondern Risiko und Verantwortung.

Für Lichtwart war das ein Hebel.

Drei Co-Founder, klare Rollen, mehr Schlagkraft. 

Wenn du gerade über ein Programm nachdenkst, dann frag dich nicht nur, ob es Fördergeld gibt oder Pitch Training.

Frag dich lieber: Bringt mich das in einen Raum, in dem die richtigen Menschen sitzen?

Denn manchmal ist der beste Output eines Accelerators kein Zertifikat. Sondern ein Co-Founder.

Links zur aktuelle Folge von This is not Berlin: 
Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gxugfpyE 
Apple: https://lnkd.in/gviQisNN

Sparring Partner for Entrepreneurs | Serial Founder | Founder asgoodasnew electronics

Ich freue mich immer, wenn es Erfolge bei meinen Podcast-Gästen zu vermelden gibt. Heute feiere ich einen der sympathischsten und gleichzeitig ungewöhnlichsten Gründer, die ich bisher kennenlernen durfte: Mike Joszko von Talent2Go aus Landau in der Pfalz. 

Mike kommt aus der Praxis. Er machte nach seiner kaufmännischen Ausbildung Karriere in einem großen Handelskonzern. HR-Abteilung, verantwortlich für die Ausbildung von hunderten Azubis. Dazu war er im Prüfungsausschuss der IHK. Aus seinem Frust über die mangelhafte Vorbereitung der Kandidaten, die suboptimale Betreuung vieler Ausbildungsbetriebe und das Fehlen leicht zugänglicher Lernmaterialien schrieb er zunächst über 30 Bücher zur Prüfungsvorbereitung und baute aus den Inhalten einen Videokurs. Als immer mehr Unternehmen, darunter auch Großkonzerne seine Inhalte kauften war für ihn klar: da ist noch mehr drin. Er gründete Talent2go und baute eine umfassende Lösung für Ausbildungsmanagement und Prüfungsvorbereitung. Heute sind DAX-Konzerne wie Bayer und bekannte Mittelständler wie Kaefer Kunde. 

STS Ventures von Onvista-Gründer Stephan Schubert unterstützt ab jetzt das weitere Wachstum dieses spannenden Startups. Principal Niklas Boehlke dazu: "Wir freuen uns, Talent2Go auf dem Weg zum Marktführer für digitales Ausbildungsmanagement zu begleiten." Mit Investments in Zooplus, Emma, Kaufda, audibene und andere Erfolgsgeschichten hat STS Ventures sein gutes Händchen beim Picken von Gewinnern schon bewiesen. Mosel Ventures von Matthias Frost und die Investitions- und Strukturbank Rheinland-Pfalz (ISB) investieren ebenfalls weiter. Auch allygatr von Benjamin Visser ist mit an Bord. 

Viel Erfolg auf deinem weiteren Weg, lieber Mike, liebe Sabine und Team!  

👉 Mike und Talent2go im Podcast: 
Spotify: https://lnkd.in/dTz7sSJq
Apple: https://lnkd.in/dZjggDNq

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