Case Studies

A Fractional Executive Built a Comprehensive and Automated Business Case for a Venture Builder

March 3, 2025

About the company

The company is a venture builder that creates mobility startups from scratch, with a vision to build a world without distance. It creates and invests in startups that use mobility to generate a positive impact on society, the environment, and people's lives. With a diverse, multidisciplinary team of innovators, the company takes on the daily challenge of developing extraordinary mobility solutions.

Primary industry:
Company Builder
Financing status:
Seed
Primary Office:
Santiago de Chile
Website:

Problem Statement

  • The company faces challenges in conducting high-level financial due diligence for startups it plans to invest in, requiring a thorough understanding of business models and ensuring that founders have a clear grasp of their own financials and operations. Additionally, it needs support in structuring viable business models for early-stage researchers and entrepreneurs, validating the scalability and feasibility of their ideas.
  • The lack of standardized tools for financial analysis also poses a challenge, highlighting the need for comprehensive business model templates that help founders better understand their financials and unit economics. To address these challenges, the company is looking for a fractional executive with over 10 years of relevant experience, preferably with a background in venture capital or startups, and ideally based in Chile.
  • Year: 2024
  • Advisors matched: 3
  • Advisors selected: 1
  • Satisfactory outcome: Yes

Case Study

Problem Statement

The company faces challenges in conducting high-level financial due diligence for startups it plans to invest in, requiring a thorough understanding of business models and ensuring that founders have a clear grasp of their own financials and operations. Additionally, it needs support in structuring viable business models for early-stage researchers and entrepreneurs, validating the scalability and feasibility of their ideas. The lack of standardized tools for financial analysis also poses a challenge, highlighting the need for comprehensive business model templates that help founders better understand their financials and unit economics. To address these challenges, the company is looking for a fractional executive with over 10 years of relevant experience, preferably with a background in venture capital or startups, and ideally based in Chile.

Project Type
Fractional executive
Primary Skillset
Finance
Problem Type
Need additional senior talent in a short time
Potential negative Impact
Inefficient processes
Root causes
Lack of internal skill or seniority
Solution

The fractional executive provided advisory support based on deep industry knowledge, focusing on developing a comprehensive and automated business case for a founder in residence. This tool enabled the founder to analyze the unit economics of a new startup project, ensuring a well-prepared pitch to the venture firm and a solid foundation for launching the company. The project played a key role in enhancing the founder’s ability to assess financial viability with accuracy and efficiency. By automating the business case, the solution not only saved time but also improved precision, ultimately supporting the successful approval to move forward with building the company.

Solution

The fractional executive provided advisory support based on deep industry knowledge, focusing on developing a comprehensive and automated business case for a founder in residence. This tool enabled the founder to analyze the unit economics of a new startup project, ensuring a well-prepared pitch to the venture firm and a solid foundation for launching the company. The project played a key role in enhancing the founder’s ability to assess financial viability with accuracy and efficiency. By automating the business case, the solution not only saved time but also improved precision, ultimately supporting the successful approval to move forward with building the company.

Project Format & Description

The fractional executive built a comprehensive and automated business case for a founder in residence.

Time commitment

  • 12 weeks
  • 15 hours

Outcome and Impact

  • The project was completed in the agreed-upon time frame with a satisfactory outcome.
  • The advisor was responsive to the client’s needs and concerns in a timely fashion.