The Scale-up Case. One commercial path through your next round to break-even and beyond. Built with you in 4–8 weeks.
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 fund what it unlocks.
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.
The technical case is clear. Can you connect the milestones to customers, revenue and a business that pays for itself?
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
Tested at the edges, so you know what moves the business and what breaks it.
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.
ON DEMAND
When a milestone 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.
30 minutes, free and non-binding. Nothing to prepare. Tell me about your business and I'll ask the questions your investors will ask next. You'll know where your case holds — and where it doesn't yet. Investors: tell me about a portfolio founder heading into their next round.
The KPIs that drive break-even
A milestone plan
The next-round one-pager
