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Pilot Names Pre-revenue
6 named clients Serves US
$1,750 per month
Best fractional CFOs for pre-revenue companies
5 firms and practitioners offer fractional CFO work and say they serve pre-revenue companies. Listings that do not state a revenue band are left off, so the role page is longer. First on the list are Pilot, ScaleWithCFO and VertexCFO. 3 publish a monthly fee, from $1,750 to $2,540 a month. The other 2 quote.
Most companies bring one in between $2M and $5M in revenue, or earlier when they raise money, take on debt or start burning cash faster than the bookkeeper can explain. Published fractional CFO retainers run $3,000 to $12,000 a month, with $5,000 to $8,000 the common band for a $1M to $20M company; bookkeeping is often billed on top.
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ScaleWithCFO Names Pre-revenue
Serves UK
$2,540 per month, no minimum
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VertexCFO Names Pre-revenue
2 named clients Serves US
$1,750 per month
4
GrowthLab Financial Names Pre-revenue
3 named clients 30+ people
Fee on request monthly retainer
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inDinero Names Pre-revenue
5 named clients 150+ people
Fee on request monthly retainer, no minimum
How this list is built. Every firm and practitioner here offers fractional CFO work on its own site and says it serves pre-revenue companies. Order is editor's pick, then listings that name the revenue band, then a published fee, then name. Nobody pays to appear or to move up. Full methodology.