Cash and runwayfrom $1,800 a month
Know the day the cash runs out.
A 13-week cash forecast, updated every week, so a hire or a bill never surprises you.
Plan my cash
13 weeks ahead
Fractional CFO / for founders / from $1,800 a month
Know your runway.
With $ in the bank and $ going out each month, you have (14.0 months) of runway.
You have 14.0 months of runway.
A senior finance lead for the months you can’t hire one. Monthly numbers, a 13-week forecast, one page you can act on.
Tuesday runway review, 9:30+9.4 months of runway- 13 weeks ahead
- Fundraising supportfrom $3,500 a month
Walk into the round with the numbers.
Model, data room and investor questions, ready before the first meeting.
Prep my round
Data room ready - Board reportingfrom $2,400 a month
One page the board actually reads.
A monthly pack sent the same day every month: key numbers, what moved and the next 90 days.
Send my board pack
Sent the same day - Month-end closefrom $1,200 a month
Books closed by the fifth.
We manage your bookkeeper and close every month in five working days, with a short note on what changed.
Close my month
Closed in 5 days
Your first 90 days.
Live engagement / updated weekly
- Week 1
Open the books
We connect your bank, billing and payroll, clean up the last 12 months and agree on one runway number.
- Weeks 2-4
First monthly page
One page a month: cash, burn, runway and the three decisions that move them.
- Month 2
Forecast and plan
A 13-week cash forecast and an 18-month plan you can show an investor.
- Month 3
Board-ready
Board pack, KPI set and a fundraising model, handed over in your own format.
Results / median of our engagements
Whatchangesinthefirst90days.
Median runway gained in the first 90 days
Cut without losing a single hire
Faster month-end close, from 31 to 8
Sample figures. Replace with your clients' numbers.
The runway line
This is the line most founders watch.
And this is the month it hits zero.
Same company. Now with a plan.
- Without a plan
- $4.3M
- With Marginal
- $4.3M
What founders say back.
4.9/ 5
Average across 41 engagements, seed to Series B.
We had one number for the bank balance and a different one for the board. Now there is one page, and it is right.
+9.4 months of runway
AR
Ana RuizCEO, Tessel
Marginal built the model our lead investor asked for in a week. The round closed six weeks later.
Closed a $4M seed
DP
Dev PatelCo-founder, Kitebase
Month-end used to take us a month. It is a five-day habit now, and nobody dreads it.
Close down from 31 to 8 days
HB
Hannah BergCEO, Orbyt
They found the two contracts we were overpaying for and told us which hire could wait. Plain advice, no slides.
28% lower burn
TO
Tom OkaforCTO, Fernway
Payfortherunway,notthehours.
Fixed monthly price. No hourly billing, no lock-in, cancel with 30 days notice.
Best fit: Monthly CFO. Burn $60k to $250k a month.
Starter
$1,200/ month
For pre-seed and seed teams that need clean books and one honest number.
- Monthly close in 5 days
- One-page monthly report
- 13-week cash forecast
- Email support
Monthly CFOMost chosen
$3,500/ month
Your finance lead: weekly runway reviews and the decisions that move them.
- Everything in Starter
- Weekly runway review
- Investor and board reporting
- Budget vs actual and hiring plan
- Two calls a month
Raise-ready
$6,500/ month
For the six months before a round: model, data room and investor prep.
- Everything in Monthly CFO
- Fundraising model and scenarios
- Data room built and kept clean
- Investor Q and A prep
- Shared Slack channel
Sample prices in USD. Replace with your own plans.
Beforeyoubook.
No. Your accountant files the taxes; we run the finance function: forecast, runway and board reporting. We work with whoever you have, or introduce one.
Three months to start, then month to month with 30 days notice. No lock-in and no exit fee.
QuickBooks, Xero, Stripe, Brex, Ramp, Gusto, Rippling, and a spreadsheet when that is what you have. We never make you migrate.
Most teams are live in five working days: we connect the bank and billing, clean up the last 12 months and agree on one runway number.
A senior finance lead, not a rotating junior. You get one name and one number, backed by a small team for close and reporting.
Move to Raise-ready any month. We build the model, the data room and the investor Q and A prep, and keep the numbers consistent through diligence.
Next step / 20 minutes, no deck
Seeyourrunway.
Bring last month's bank balance. We'll send back the date the cash runs out and one decision to change it.
Book a cash review
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