Early Stage
Monthly
Mentoring
FIFTK Support offers a streamlined alternative to FIFTK Office. This service includes unlimited email support and up to three hours of monthly online mentoring.
The sessions, structured like board meetings, enable in-depth discussions and address challenging questions. We ensure each meeting is well-prepared, providing key takeaways afterwards to maximize the benefit of every interaction.
Simulate board meetings and get prepared to address challenging questions.
Engage in the necessary dialogue required to build a resilient company.
Leverage best practices to minimize problems and boost growth.
Seamlessly transition to the full-scale FIFTK Office service when ready.
Early-stage companies have limited resources, which they allocate to activities delivering the quickest value, such as building a great product and taking it to market.
As a result, they often delay the hiring of a VP of Finance, and may lack the necessary strategic dialogue required to build an enduring company.
Additionally, they may experience stress and isolation when confronted with complex financial or transactional matters, increasing the risk of making costly mistakes.
FIFTK Support mitigates these early risks.
A flexible, support-as-a-service offering that guides and empowers you in meeting various buy-side expectations. Discussions can cover any topic typically addressed with a board, conducted with total neutrality and without judgment. Coordination with board members is available when needed. Price: CHF 1k per month.
Online Mentoring: Enjoy 3 hours of monthly online mentoring over 2 or 3 interactive sessions. Each session, akin to a board meeting, fosters deep discussions and addresses challenging questions. The goal is to facilitate knowledge sharing, assist in informed decision-making, and promote progress.
Strategic Workshop: Unused mentoring hours, up to 6 hours, can be accumulated for focused strategic workshops. These half-day sessions are designed for sophisticated issue resolution or mid-term roadmap accomplishment.
Meeting Enhancement: We allocate 30 minutes for proactive meeting preparation, including document review and question anticipation. Key takeaways and action items are documented for consistent progress tracking.
Unlimited email support: Access to unlimited email support for urgent finance-related questions that require a quick, less extensive response.
For specific finance-related tasks, you can order customized expert services. FIFTK will support you in completing these tasks efficiently. For more details, hit the chat button below (bottom right corner).
Financial Planning: We create professional financial models tailored to your business, ensuring robustness, consistency, and engagement. Our service includes refining assumptions and crafting compelling narratives for stakeholders.
Business Analysis: Whether you need Business Intelligence (historical analysis) or Business Analytics (forecast analysis), we can help you build your analytical platform and dashboards that will make your key stakeholders happy.
Equity Management: Manage your ownership effectively with our comprehensive approach to valuation, dilution analysis, and cap table management. Starting from your current cap table, we simulate various scenarios for shareholder ownership optimization.
Financial Transaction: Approach fundraising and M&A transactions confidently. We assist in developing term sheets for Equity/Debt/Convertible Loans and guide you through negotiations, complementing the work of existing professionals like fundraisers, lawyers, or investment bankers.
CHF 50k/year - This pricing covers the complete range of financial services. It's an annual commitment that provides peace of mind.
CHF 1k/month - This base rate includes online mentoring and support. Quotes are provided for any additional services. This plan offers flexibility and can be canceled at any time.
Required - Internal resources are necessary to implement the guidance and follow the provided roadmap, noting that this approach requires a hands-on, potentially time-consuming effort.
Not Applicable - Most services are included, no extra purchases needed.
Late Stage - Tailored for more established companies with at least CHF 1 million in Annual Recurring Revenue or equivalent funding. Typically, these are scale-ups or more traditional SMEs.
Early Stage - Ideal for early-stage ventures without significant revenue or funding and facing financial or governance challenges on their growth journey.
Optional - Customers can purchase additional consulting services as needed. We offer a variety of add-ons (as shown below) to tailor your experience.
Strategic Finance - Focuses on the crucial elements of Strategic Finance, with FIFTK actively managing and executing strategic financial functions for advanced oversight.
Support Hub - Monthly online mentoring for strategic and financial governance. This service empowers entrepreneurs to take a proactive, hands-on approach under the FIFTK guidance.
Not required - Internal resources are not required as the service is designed to manage most strategic functions in collaboration with your team, thus saving time.
Strategic Governance - Addresses a spectrum of strategic and financial topics tailored to entrepreneurs' and stakeholders' needs.
Full-Service Solution - A comprehensive financial management service where all your Strategic Finance needs are handled by FIFTK, allowing you to focus on your core business.
Entrepreneurship is challenging, with complex problems often faced under the constraints of limited resources. This can foster stress and a sense of isolation.
While team members, board members, and shareholders offer valuable advice, their perspectives aren't always neutral, and their availability can be limited.
Without access to unbiased and informed guidance, there's a real risk of overthinking, decision paralysis, or costly mistakes.
FIFTK Support reduces this risk.
Pat has a decade of experience in strategic finance and private equity, having worked with renowned institutions like Rothschild & Cie, Close Brothers, and SFF Financial Services in both France and Switzerland. Over the next ten years, he supported over 300 SMEs, including startups, growing businesses, and industrial companies. Pat holds economics degrees from Sorbonne and Dauphine universities, along with a master's in finance from HEC Paris.
Entrepreneurs with big dreams and tight budgets. Especially if you're a tech-heavy team with little financial know-how or if you’re short on high-level support. FIFTK Support is made for you.
It's akin to an essential board meeting where preparation is key. You'll need to come ready to discuss your accomplishments and challenges. Expect frank feedback from me — no sugar-coating, but with a genuine commitment to helping you advance.
Sure. Finance is just your business story in numbers. So, anything that could change your business game—like your business model, team setup, market strategy, product, or even your brand's core story—is fair game.
You don't have to, but it’s a smart move. It’s CHF 2k for the memo that gives you clear-cut feedback on your business. Most entrepreneurs find it eye-opening.
Aim for three times a month, an hour each time. Super busy? At least twice. Staying regular is crucial as it keeps the momentum going.
You can, but taking a break can slow us down. We do our best when we're in the loop and keeping up with your business.
No contract is required, but acceptance of general terms and conditions is mandatory when ordering the service.
When you feel your business is really taking off and you're ready to make big moves, that's the time. FIFTK Office will give you that extra edge.