Startup CFO Success for Growing Companies

Build stronger financial visibility, make confident decisions, and keep critical finance work moving with senior operating expertise matched to your company’s needs. Veep helps founders and CEOs access hands-on CFO-level capacity without immediately committing to a permanent executive hire, so urgent priorities can advance while leadership stays focused on growth, fundraising, and the next stage of the business.

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Our Startup CFO Services

Flexible finance leadership and operating support for startups navigating growth, fundraising, and complex financial decisions.

Fractional CFO Leadership

Access senior CFO-level ownership for financial priorities without making an immediate permanent executive hire. Operators help founders bring focus, structure, and judgment to important finance work.

Financial Planning

Build practical financial visibility around forecasts, reporting, cash planning, and decision support so leadership can evaluate priorities with greater confidence.

Fundraising Support

Strengthen the financial work surrounding fundraising with experienced operator support, clear analysis, and hands-on ownership of critical preparation and execution.

Senior Finance Ownership

Move Critical Finance Work Forward

Startup finance work often stays with founders until the business has enough complexity to require dedicated leadership. Veep matches companies with vetted senior operators who can own urgent priorities across financial planning, reporting, fundraising, and strategic decision support. Engagements are scoped to the work, available as advisory, project-based, or ongoing support, and protected by a 30-day fit guarantee.

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The Veep Difference

Why Choose Veep?

Veep provides managed access to senior operators who take responsibility for outcomes, not just recommendations.

Senior Expertise

Work with former founders, CEOs, GMs, C-suite executives, and functional leaders.

Matched Fit

Receive an operator selected for your priority, company stage, business context, and urgency.

Hands-On Ownership

Operators step into the work and own outcomes instead of leaving execution with your team.

Flexible Commitment

Scope support to the initiative, with options to pause, extend, scale, or exit.

Meet The Veep Team

Experienced builders helping founders move important work forward.

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Dave Garcia

Co-Founder

Dave Garcia is a Co-Founder of Veep, bringing decades of experience building and scaling products inside high-growth startups. Throughout his career, Dave has launched products from the ground up, led critical organizational pivots, and guided companies through successful exits. His deep understanding of what it takes to move fast without sacrificing quality shapes Veep's approach to matching companies with senior operators who can immediately own outcomes. At Veep, Dave focuses on helping founders and CEOs offload urgent, high-impact work so they can concentrate on strategic priorities. He is passionate about giving founders access to the same caliber of operating talent that only the largest companies typically enjoy, ensuring critical work never sits idle waiting for a permanent hire.

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Jian Yang

Co-Founder

Jian Yang is a Co-Founder of Veep with an extensive background in raising capital, scaling companies, and leading organizations through successful exits. His experience spans multiple high-growth environments where he directly navigated the operational and financial challenges that founders face daily. Jian co-founded Veep to give other founders and executives access to senior-level operating expertise without the delays and risks of traditional hiring processes. He is dedicated to helping companies move critical initiatives forward with the same rigor and judgment he applied while building and scaling his own ventures. At Veep, Jian focuses on ensuring clients receive matched operators who bring both strategic insight and hands-on execution, helping founder-led and investor-backed companies grow smarter and faster.

Portrait of Mark Newhouse, Co-Founder of Veep

Mark Newhouse

Co-Founder

Mark Newhouse is a Co-Founder of Veep, known for building brands, transforming organizations, and successfully selling startups over the course of his career. His broad experience across company stages and industries gives him a unique perspective on the operational gaps that emerge as businesses scale. Mark co-founded Veep to address a recurring problem he witnessed firsthand: critical work without clear ownership, left to founders and CEOs already stretched thin. He is committed to building alongside founders, providing them with vetted senior operators who step in immediately and take ownership of high-impact priorities. At Veep, Mark emphasizes clean handoffs and guaranteed fit, ensuring that every engagement delivers real results and lasting continuity for the businesses Veep serves.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does a CFO do in a startup?

A startup CFO helps leadership understand financial performance, plan for future needs, manage cash decisions, support fundraising, and connect financial information to business strategy. The role may also establish reporting practices, improve financial visibility, and guide high-stakes decisions as the company grows. Veep provides matched senior operators who can take hands-on ownership of these priorities without requiring an immediate permanent hire.

When should a startup hire a fractional CFO?

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Need More Startup Finance Guidance?

Talk with Veep about the finance priority your company needs to move forward.

Built For Trust

Awards and Recognition

Invite-only senior operator network recognition

Invite-Only Network

Access to a curated network of vetted senior operators.

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30-Day Fit Guarantee

Operator replacement or exit option helps reduce engagement risk.

Clean handoff operating support recognition

Clean Handoffs

Documentation, context, and continuity support lasting business value.

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