AI can prepare the data. Point B demands more.
Fractional Co-Founder for post-seed tech founders in the UK and Ireland. Point B is your destination, the Transaction closed. A raise, an exit, a strategic partner, or growth held to the same standard. The diagnostic, the decisions, and the work that get you there.
The P&L that got you through seed won't pass muster at Point B. The numbers have to read clean to a sharp investor in thirty seconds, variance commentary, cohort retention, unit economics at a glance.
You've built something real. Scaling it internationally is a different job. Different motion, different hires, different conversations with boards and investors who have done it before.
Getting them to commit, an investor to lead, an acquirer to move, a partner to sign, is a different conversation entirely. You need someone who has sat at that table, on your side and theirs, and knows what it takes to get the deal you actually want.
Evidence-driven, not calendar-driven. The Sprint tells us where you start.
Each phase is an entry point. The Sprint determines which one fits, and what the work actually is.
Start with a 30-Day Sprint. Commitment, not consultancy. We run the diagnostic, produce your Point A Dashboard, name your Point B, and tell you what the phase between them actually is.
What needs to be true before anyone serious looks at it. Six to twelve weeks.
What needs to accelerate before Point B is within reach. Eight to twelve weeks.
How we run a process that closes. Eight to twelve weeks of prep, the deal itself four to nine months.
Thirty years building, scaling, funding and selling technology companies across five continents. Chartered Accountant. $500m raised across debt, equity and cross-border transactions. Twenty-plus exits, including one at a record multiple for its sector. President and COO of an international technology business operating in thirty-plus countries. Global M&A lead for a group with eleven thousand employees and $1bn in revenues. Founder of a private equity firm in Ireland, operations across Africa. Formerly CEO and Co-Founder of BABB | ReDeFi. Previously CEO of a US-listed greentech. BalancePoints is Ken doing the job he's done twenty times before, as your fractional co-founder, not your advisor.
Illustrative. Sample Co is a representative post-seed UK greentech company used to show what a 30-day Sprint produces.
Sample Co, post-seed UK greentech, £420k ARR, twelve FTE, targeting a £4m raise, their chosen Transaction. Product works. Customers paying. Founder running a motion that got them here but won't get them to a closed round. The question, what does investor-grade actually look like from where they stand today?
Thirty days. Eleven functional areas scored against the Point B readiness framework, including Voice, the BalancePoints differentiator. Gaps surfaced, routed, and ranked, pre-raise versus use-of-funds. The output, a Point A Dashboard showing the founder exactly where they are and what the next eight to twelve weeks look like.
The Sprint doesn't raise the round. It tells the founder what getting to Point B is actually going to require. AI can prepare the data. Point B demands more.
Retainer only. No hourly billing. No success fees. The phase is what the diagnostic says it is. The duration is what the evidence requires. The engagement ends when Point B is reached, the Transaction closed.
Pricing on request.