The Scale-up Case. One commercial path through your next round until the business pays for itself. Built with you in 4–8 weeks. Get the one-pager For founders PDF ↗ For investors PDF ↗
5 years financial controlling at BMW, US to China.
Decision cases up to €260M in annual revenue.
Based in Munich, working across Europe Kickoff On-site, wherever you are.
A quick gut check.
Can you name the business milestone this round must unlock?
Founders list what the money pays for. Investors ask what risk disappears.
Got a NO in your mind? That's the gap.
You proved the technology.
From the other side of the table, investors need a business they can fund, not a technology they admire.
Fewer than 1 in 7 European seed startups reach Series A. Many stall on a case investors can’t decide on.
They saw the technology. They couldn’t see the business.
You showed a pipeline. They wanted proof customers would pay.
All the numbers. No clear path to break-even.
A commercial path to break-even and beyond.
Ready for your next round.
We start with a kickoff, on-site whenever possible. I translate your technical case into a business case investors can decide on.
a baseline: where you stand without the round, and with it.
a milestone plan you can run the business on.
Your three deliverables
And what happens if a pilot slips: to cash, runway and your next round.
Tech unlocks, sales cycles and rounds on one timeline, to break-even and beyond.
Round size, use of funds and runway, rehearsed live until you can defend it.
A case you can carry into every investor and board meeting — and make your own.
MONTHLY
Every month. And whenever a pilot slips or a board meeting is coming.
Like a rally co-driver, I read sales, margins and runway against the plan — so you can act before a missed milestone becomes a cash problem.
A delayed contract. A lower margin. What it does to cash and your next round.
Where to accelerate sales, pace spending or revise the plan.
What changed. Your recommendation. The numbers behind it.
5 years financial controlling at BMW, US to China. Decision cases up to €260M in annual revenue.
Price, volume and margin first. I find the assumptions that don’t hold — and what they do to cash and break-even.
Complex businesses, reduced to a clear decision: what to fund, what it unlocks and where the risks sit.
Nothing to prepare. I ask the questions your investors will ask next. You leave knowing where your case holds, and where it doesn’t yet.
Investors: have a founder heading into a round? Introduce us.
The KPIs that drive the business
A milestone plan
The next-round one-pager
