WHAT WE DO
We help you grow
- Control all financials, improve internal processes and help with any type of fundraising
- Proactively detect areas of improvement and provide additional support if needed
- Reliable partner with many years of industry experience by your side
FINANCIAL CONTROL
We help you to stay on track by monitoring financials and KPIs
Planning
- Idenfify growth drivers and key success factors over next years
- Create complete business plan based on ambitious but realistic estimates
- Tie projections to main objectives for each department
Reporting
- Compile detailed monthly reporting on KPIs and financials
- Summarize key insights and red flags for CEOs and investors
- Suggest improvement actions in both business and financial aspects
Forecasting
- Regularly update forecast based on past performance and bottom-up inputs
- Monitor upcoming cash needs to cover following months expenditures
- Suggest early actions to adjust spending levels if outlook changes
PROJECT SUPPORT
We help you to implement projects to expand your business
Efficiency improvement
- Build invoicing, collections, pay-ments and accounting processes
- Optimize cash management minimizing commissions/losses
- Structure and build finance function in line with the company size
Decision support
- Establish essential dashboards for KPI tracking and visualization
- Analyze market and competitors to identify untapped growth potentials
- Develop pricing strategies to maximize profits
Business expansion
- Establishment and integration of subsidiaries abroad
- Setup of employee incentive programs including phantom stock
- Support in other administrative or strategic projects
FUNDRAISING
We help you to get the financing you need
Bank financing
- Analyze company's needs to improve their capital structure
- Carry out application process with banks on behalf of company
- Negotiate terms with several banks to obtain best deals
Public funding
- Work with consultants to gather necessary documentation
- Support funding applications with necessary financials and forecasts
- Review and optimize reports for the applications
Private rounds
- Prepare material from business plan to valuation and cap table
- Provide and tailor documentation to potential investors
- Support requests and subsequent negotiations
HOW WE HAVE HELPED
Past contributions to companies growth
- Over 15x in charge of aligning strategic plans for growing tech companies and subsequently developing annual budgets including key department objectives
- Navigated company through sudden loss of biggest market (20% of total) with detailed rolling forecasts, hitting financial targets while keeping strategic investments on track
- Implemented worldwide pricing strategy for scientific instruments manufacturer resulting in +30% gross margin increase over two years
- Helped to establish sales and production subsidiaries in Germany, Netherlands, US, Japan, China and Hong Kong
- Raised EUR 25M in bank financing for midsized tech company at favorable conditions through competitive bidding process
- Contributed to raising over EUR 95M through private rounds and initial public offerings
HOW WE WORK
Support that scales with your needs
WHO WE ARE
In-depth expertise from successful tech companies
Heiko Brehm, Founder
Strategic CFO with a passion for bleeding-edge tech companies
Started in venture capital where he was project manager for several IPOs, worked in New York for a couple of years, then in charge of finances for high-growth tech companies in Germany and Finland. Founded Scale CFO Services to focus on supporting founders to grow their businesses. In his spare time, Heiko loves to explore Europe in a camper-van with the family and dreams of taking them to Japan next.
Natalia Fernández-Quintanilla, Co-founder
Experienced CFO with strong background in internal and external audit
Natalia started her career at Arthur Andersen before leading multinational audit teams for corporations in the US for several years. Rolling up her sleeves, she then moved to supporting small and medium-sized companies where she streamlined accounting, implemented budgeting and reporting and managed cashflows. She speaks five languages and loves flamenco dancing and going out with friends.
