Fractional Executive Search

Show Up Investor-Ready. Close Your Round.

Between now and a closed round, there's a due diligence process that will expose every gap in your financial infrastructure. A Fractional CFO closes that gap, fast enough to matter.

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The situation

The most common reasons UAE rounds stall

We've seen the same patterns across founder journeys. Rounds slow down or die for specific, fixable reasons:

01

The data room wasn't ready

Documents requested take weeks to produce. Investors interpret the delay as a signal about operational maturity.

02

The financial model didn't survive scrutiny

Assumptions weren't documented. Revenue projections didn't connect to unit economics. The model told a different story to the P&L.

03

No credible finance leader in the room

When an investor asks detailed financial questions, the founder is the only one answering, and they're not a CFO.

04

Governance gaps surfaced late

Missing board resolutions, incomplete cap table, or UAE compliance issues that should have been cleaned up 12 months earlier.

Each of these is preventable with the right fractional CFO deployed at the right time. Our collective can extend that credibility into operations and technology when due diligence demands it.

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Investor-ready, before the first meeting.

Why Fractional Dubai

What a Fractional CFO brings to your fundraise

Everything investors scrutinise, built, managed, and presented by a credible finance leader.

No visaNo employment visa to sponsor
No EOSNo end-of-service liability
1 monthNotice, either way
30–60%Less than a full-time hire

Financial model and data room

A three-to-five-year model built to institutional standard, with documented assumptions and scenario analysis. A structured, professionally organised data room that signals operational maturity from the first click.

Investor narrative and relationships

Connecting the financial story to the strategic narrative. Many of our fractional CFOs have direct relationships with UAE-based investors, family offices, and regional funds.

The full-stack option

We can deploy a Fractional CFO and COO simultaneously, or bring in a CTO for technology due diligence support. No other provider in the UAE can deploy a coherent fractional leadership team at this pace.

Post-round continuity

Your CFO transitions from fundraising mode to execution mode, reporting to your board on the milestones you committed to in your investor deck. The partner model. One trusted relationship.

How It Works

From gap to investor-ready

Calibrated to your round timeline.

01

Fundraise assessment

We assess your current financial infrastructure, identify gaps, and calibrate to your round timeline.

02

CFO deployment

Your matched Fractional CFO is embedded within two weeks and begins building investor-grade infrastructure.

03

Fundraise preparation

Financial model, data room, board pack, governance, built and stress-tested before you enter conversations.

04

Round support and post-close

Your CFO stays through the round and transitions to execution mode. Reporting infrastructure, milestone tracking, and board presence.

Our Fractional Services

Which Fractional supports your fundraise?

The CFO leads most fundraising engagements, but due diligence often goes deeper.

Proven leadership

Executives who have raised alongside

Mubadala
Sequoia
Andreessen Horowitz
Goldman Sachs
BECO Capital
Shorooq Partners
Wamda
JPMorgan
Common questions

The questions buyers ask first

Most engagements begin within three to four weeks of the initial call. The quality of the match is important to us. If you have a specific round timeline, we calibrate accordingly.

A Fractional CFO operates at a different level, strategy, investor communication, financial modelling, and governance. They work with and above your existing finance resource, not instead of it.

Institutional investors are familiar with the fractional model, particularly in UAE and GCC markets. What they care about is competence and credibility in the room, both of which our fractionals provide.

A full-time CFO in Dubai costs AED 120,000–180,000 per month in total employment cost. A Fractional CFO engagement is typically 30–60% less, for the time your business genuinely needs.

Your engagement continues. The CFO transitions from fundraising focus to execution focus. We maintain oversight and adjust scope as the business evolves.

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Get started

Tell us where you need leadership.

We will match a vetted executive within weeks, backed by our collective of 350+ curated and vetted leaders. The engagement is business to business, and you keep one month's notice either way.

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