Fractional Executive Search

Raising a Series A or B? Put a seasoned CFO beside you first.

Saigon's venture scene is busy, and diligence will test every gap in your finance function. We find, vet and match a fractional CFO who embeds before the round, builds what investors expect to see, and stays to deliver against it.

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The situation

What holds up Vietnamese rounds

Investors in Vietnam are active, but they slow down or walk away for reasons that are easy to spot early:

01

Documents that take weeks

Domestic and regional funds read a slow data room as a sign of how the company is managed, and with so many startups in the city competing for attention, they can afford to move on.

02

Numbers that do not reconcile

Unit economics, projections and the accounts tell three different stories, and funds backing Vietnamese rounds test models hard.

03

No finance leader to answer

Detailed questions land on the founder, and in a market short of experienced finance executives, the gap is obvious to investors.

04

Registration and tax issues surfacing late

Out-of-date registrations, a messy cap table or open tax questions appear in diligence, long after they could have been tidied quietly.

All of this is avoidable with a finance leader in place before the process starts. When investors look beyond finance, our collective can add operational or technology seniority as well.

Is it the right fit?

Who this is for, and who it is not

Best for

  • Preparing for a funding round in the next three to six months
  • A data room or financial model that will not survive diligence
  • Gaps in investor reporting, cap table or board resolutions
  • A founder carrying every financial question personally
  • Numbers and investor narrative that do not yet line up

Not for

  • A business with no revenue or traction to diligence yet
  • A one-off pitch deck or investor slide design
  • A team that wants a document produced, not a leader embedded
  • A round already closed that needs only bookkeeping
A quiet meeting room at dusk, two chairs across a table, the city skyline beyond

Investor-ready, before the first meeting.

What a fractional CFO adds

How a fractional CFO gets a Saigon company investor-ready

The model, the data room and the story, prepared by a finance leader who knows what Vietnamese and regional funds want to see.

1 monthNotice, either way
800+Curated and vetted executives
2–3 weeksBrief to deployment
30–60%Less than a full-time hire, on our engagements

A model built for diligence

Three to five years of projections with clear assumptions, scenarios and a direct line to unit economics, plus a data room that is organised from day one.

A story investors can follow

Your CFO links growth, margins and cash into one investment case, and prepares the founders for the questions local, regional and international funds will ask.

Registration and tax in order

Certificates, filings and tax positions are checked and tidied before diligence, so the conversation stays on the opportunity.

A fuller team when needed

If investors want to see operations or technology leadership, we can match a fractional COO or CTO to work with your CFO through the round.

Delivery after the close

Once the money lands, your CFO reports to the board against the plan and builds the finance team the next round will expect.

How it works

From gap to investor-ready

Calibrated to your round timeline.

01

Fundraise assessment

We assess your current financial infrastructure, identify gaps, and calibrate to your round timeline.

02

CFO deployment

Your matched Fractional CFO is embedded within two to three weeks and begins building investor-grade infrastructure.

03

Fundraise preparation

Financial model, data room, board pack, governance, built and stress-tested before you enter conversations.

04

Round support and post-close

Your CFO stays through the round and transitions to execution mode. Reporting infrastructure, milestone tracking, and board presence.

The round, end to end

Before, during and after the round

What a fractional CFO owns at each stage of a raise.

Stage
What the CFO owns
StageBefore
What the CFO ownsFinancial model, data room and governance in order
StageDuring
What the CFO ownsInvestor questions, diligence and the financial story
StageAfter
What the CFO ownsBoard reporting, milestone tracking and cash discipline
Roles for a raise

The leaders a Vietnamese round may need

A CFO leads most fundraising work; some rounds also test operations and technology.

Proven leadership

Executives who have raised alongside

Sequoia
Andreessen Horowitz
Goldman Sachs
JPMorgan
Morgan Stanley
Index Ventures
Accel
Balderton
Common questions

The questions buyers ask first

Two to three weeks from brief to embedded is our usual pace. Tell us your round timetable at the start and we will plan the search around it.

They stay and keep running the books. Your CFO adds strategy, modelling, investor relations and governance on top, and helps your chief accountant grow into a bigger role.

Funds active in Vietnam know how scarce experienced finance leaders are, and they judge the person rather than the contract. A CFO who has been through diligence before strengthens the founders' position.

Your CFO reviews registrations, filings and tax positions before diligence and works with your advisers to fix anything outstanding, so investors find a tidy company.

Usually the CFO stays on to deliver the plan you raised against: milestone tracking, board reporting and building the finance team. We review the scope with you as the business moves into its next stage.

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Raise with a credible finance leader in the room.

Tell us where the round stands. We will assess the model, data room and governance, then match a fractional CFO who has raised before, embedded within weeks.

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