Ready to take your idea to the next level?
The Growth CFO Venture Cornerstone Programme is designed to help ambitious founders turn their vision into a thriving startup.
Over 2-8 weeks (you can go as fast or as slow as you like), you can get unlimited access to our AI Agents, and curated support from one of our Venture Advisers, to help you lay the foundations of a scalable business, craft a winning strategy, and prepare you for a successful funding strategy, whether that's bootstrapping, seed strapping or a traditional VC route.
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For a fixed fee from £500+VAT you get unlimited access to our AI Agents, specifically designed to get Seed Rounds off the round; you can also request more support with 6x meetings with a Venture Adviser to make sure you're headed in the right direction - giving you everything you need to give your startup the best chance of success.
What you can achieve in 2–8 weeks
The Venture Cornerstone Programme offers powerful AI Agents, and hands-on support and expert guidance, to transform your concept into a solid executable strategy and funding plan.
Here’s what we’ll help you deliver:
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Strategy and Execution Plan: strategy & execution plans which are robust & investor ready.
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Comprehensive Financial Model: a financial model which is fit for purpose for a seed round, to demonstrate the value drivers and viability of your business, to showcase to investors.
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Investor-Ready Pitch Deck: a compelling pitch deck designed to capture investor interest and build confidence. Making sure any gaps are covered before you speak with investors.
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Identify Seed Funders: identify and rank UK seed funders to your proposition using the UK's first (and only) AI agent designed to score investor suitability for seed rounds.
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Pitch coaching: give you guidance and tips on how to prepare for investor pitches.
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Cap table & fundraising strategy: Look ahead to future funding rounds, and put in place the best structure and framework today to give your startup the best chance for success, including helping to set your fundraising request today and structure your cap table.
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SEIS and EIS advanced assurance application: using our AI agent to get your SEIS/EIS advanced assurance application completed in just a few clicks. Saving days of effort and £000s.
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Valuation: we can discussion valuation methodologies and metrics to help you set your pre-money valuation.
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Investor-ready data room: guidance to setup and structure your virtual data room.
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Legal document review: we can provide an informational review (i.e. non-legal) of your articles and SSA to ensure the key terms are fit for purpose.
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All this comes with tailored mentorship from our experienced team, ensuring decisions is based on sound financial and operational insights.
What Follows
Graduates of the Venture Foundation Programme are automatically eligible for the Growth CFO Seed Programme — an additional 3 months of specialised support to help you secure funding and establish a financial foundation for growth.
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Key benefits of the Seed Programme include:
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Fractional CFO Support: Access up to 8 days of fractional CFO support, deferring 50% of the cost until after your funding round.
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Seed Funding Success: Gain the expertise and resources needed to finalise your funding round with confidence.
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Financial and Legal Readiness: Build a scalable financial structure to support your next stage of growth.
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Ongoing Support and Access to Our Network: Lasting benefits to help achieve success.
Why Founders Choose Growth CFO
At Growth CFO, we understand that founders face an uphill battle when launching a business. We've sat in your seat as a founder, having raised millions of pounds from angels and VCs. We know it's hard, and we know how to give you the best chance of success.
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What Sets Us Apart?
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Hands-On Expertise: Our team have been founders before, raising millions of pounds of funding for their own startups and growing successfully. We've also participated in 100s of funding rounds over multiple decades, so we know what is required to help startups raise funding and scale effectively.
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Tailored Approach: Every plan, model, and pitch deck is customised to reflect your unique business goals and industry dynamics.
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Long-Term Support: Our Seed Programme ensures you’re not just investor-ready but prepared to thrive post-funding.​​​
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Highly focussed: we accept a limited number of startups to our Venture Cornerstone Programme each year, ensuring a high-quality experience for all participants.
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Pricing & Plans
Three different service levels depending upon how much assistance you would like - all approaches are intended to get you investor-ready materials & structure for your seed funding round.
AI Agents
£500
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Unlimited use of our AI Agents for 3 months.
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1x 30 min kick-off call.
Venture Adviser Assistance
£2,500
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Unlimited use of our AI Agents for 3 months.
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6 calls with a dedicated venture adviser. Structured to take you through the process & review your outputs.
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Full Service
£5,000
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Unlimited use of our AI Agents for 3 months.
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Weekly calls for up to 12 weeks.
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Hands-on assistance to help you produce materials, and structure your round.
The deliverables are worth over £15,000 when compared to purchasing the services separately: SEIS submission, pitch deck building, financial model, etc.
