ThriveGrowth

Providing Fractional CFO services to various startups in Fintech, SaaS, E-commerce, Digital Marketing, and Sustainability.

Highlights:
•	Built 20+ financial models, resulting in $10m+ investments and an acquisition.
•	Collaborated with startups to extend runway by an average of four and a half months.
•	Advised on metrics dashboards, enhancing Founder understanding of unit economics.
•	Guided startups in successful completion of Seed rounds.
•	Led incorporation of India "tech hub" entity and UK office setup for an Australian fintech, including FCA license application.
•	Raised venture debt funding, extended Fintech startup's runway.
•	Advised on share option schemes using Seedlegals and Vestd.
•	Implemented financial tech stacks for scalable growth.
•	Assisted startups in expanding their operations to the US market, providing strategic guidance and overseeing the successful establishment of US subsidiaries.

Fractional CFO

SHAY CPA P.C.

Fractional CFO helping investment backed companies with a range of services from financial modelling, fundraising to systems and processes.

NatWest Accelerator

The NatWest Accelerator supports and empowers UK entrepreneurs to scale their businesses to the next level.

Mentor

Wilbe | Home for entrepreneurial scientists

Wilbe educates, builds and invests in scientists solving some of the world's hardest problems. Based in London, Wilbe works with scientists from leading research hubs from Cambridge, Imperial, Oxford in the UK to Max Planck in German.

Finance Lead

Highview Power

Highview Power is a technology company which has developed the CryoBattery, a proprietary solution to extending wind and solar energy throughout the day. The company is now positioned to roll out the technology on a commercial basis. Involved from the very early stages to c. £200m valuation.

•	Raised £55m (equity and debt) over 5 rounds, with thorough investor engagement and due diligence.
•	Pioneered go-to-market strategy for proprietary CryoBattery technology.
•	Secured £22m grant funding for commercial and innovation efforts.
•	Developed finance, legal, IT, HR functions to sustain growth.
•	Implemented scalable systems including Xero, Receipt Bank, CapDesk, and more.
•	Spearheaded Corporate Governance policies.
•	Led tax strategy, including transfer pricing, patent box, and R&D tax credits.
•	Setup US subsidiary included navigating regulatory requirements, coordinating legal processes, and liaising with local stakeholders for seamless entry into the US market.

Finance Director

ENGIE

Assistant Reporting Accountant

Publicis Groupe

Senior Management Accountant

I help you grow and scale your business as an outsourced CFO. Through the company I founded, ThriveGrowth, I get to do what I love: support startups and SMEs with my finance expertise. With nearly two decades of finance experience — six as the Finance Director of a technology startup — I know what it means to step into a fast-paced business and pinpoint areas for growth.

During my six years at the aforementioned startup, I:

•	Helped it grow from 10 to 50 people
•	Raised £55m over 6 rounds
•	Created a finance function and the necessary team
•	Enabled the company to expand abroad
•	Watched as the company almost went under and helped turn it around 
•	Grew its valuation to £200m 

Now, I bring everything I’ve learned to founders and entrepreneurs through ThriveGrowth. With real hands-on experience, I can help at each stage of your journey (startup, growing, scaling). If you need a CFO, advisor, consultant, or mentor to help you grow your company, get in touch.

👉🏽Schedule a call: https://calendly.com/thrive-growth
👉🏽Email me: enquiries@thrivegrowth.co.uk
👉🏽Call: 0203 920 8210

Rakesh Shah

Aarish Shah

EmergeOne

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.

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

Founder

Nothing Ventured Podcast

Talking to operators and investors, listening to the stories we never heard from the folk that make the startup world go round.

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Angel Investor

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London Venture Capital Network

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The NEF+ Programme - Centre for Entrepreneurs

Virgin StartUp

Projected

Make better decisions. Your business projected.

I’ve spent almost two decades operating as a CEO or CFO in SME’s. I’ve also executed greenfield projects and secured over $10 million in venture, debt, and working capital funding. 

As a CFO and founder myself, I know that building a venture that’s scaling quickly is not like building any other kind of business. I also believe that access to knowledge and experience around finance shouldn’t be a barrier to growth. 

Because of these principles, EmergeOne was founded - a leading consultancy that provides Fractional CFO support to venture backed tech startups and scaleups from Seed to Series B.

It’s my mission to change the way scaling companies run finance so that we can work towards changing the future of this space.

Our team of Fractional CFOs at EmergeOne have collectively raised tens of millions, been involved in 9 figure exits, and have worked with clients that are some of the UK’s fastest growing startups and scaleups backed by funds like Stride, Playfair, Octopus, Founders Factory, Hoxton Ventures and more. 


Alongside building EmergeOne, I’m the host of Nothing Ventured, a podcast created to shine a light on the stories of those who make the startup world go round.

Watch & subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/@nothingventuredpodcast 

I’m also the author of Off Balance, a weekly newsletter that explores the intersection of finance, tech, startups and venture. 

Sign up here: https://off-balance.beehiiv.com/ 


If you can't already tell by my LinkedIn posts, my core purpose in life is to inspire, educate and empower people.

That’s why I’m so passionate about fuelling startup and founders growth - whether that’s helping businesses scale through EmergeOne, educating people on the early stage tech and venture ecosystem with my content or sharing my knowledge and expertise through mentorship.

With that in mind, if you’ve got any questions about finance, VC or tech, please do book in with my office hours and grab 15 mins with me for free: https://calendly.com/aarish_shah 


And in the meantime, stay liquid :)

Business advisory providing Part Time and Portfolio Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Finance Director (FD) and finance ops services to startups and growth ventures.

We help you build a better finance stack.

Financial Modelling
Financial and Business Strategy
Financial Planning and Analysis
Treasury and Cash Management
Debt and Equity raises
Performance Dashboarding

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