Fundraising Strategy
Clarify fundraising priorities, strengthen the financing plan, and establish an actionable path for investor conversations based on the company’s context.
Veep connects startups with vetted senior operators who can take ownership of fundraising strategy, investor preparation, financial planning, and high-stakes execution. Instead of leaving critical work with an already stretched founding team, you gain hands-on operating capacity matched to your company’s priorities. Flexible engagements help move fundraising forward before a permanent executive hire is in place.
Hands-on fundraising support from senior operators who own critical work across strategy, finance, investor preparation, and execution.
Clarify fundraising priorities, strengthen the financing plan, and establish an actionable path for investor conversations based on the company’s context.
Prepare the materials, analysis, narrative, and internal alignment needed to support focused, credible conversations with prospective investors.
Add senior operating capacity to lead fundraising work without immediately committing to a permanent executive hire or long-term employment arrangement.
Fundraising can stall when founders are balancing investor outreach with product, hiring, operations, and growth. Veep matches founder-led companies with vetted senior operators who can own fundraising priorities and related finance or strategy work. Engagements are scoped to the initiative, available as advisory, project-based, or ongoing support, and backed by a 30-day fit guarantee.
Get senior operating ownership matched to the work, urgency, and context of your company.
Work with former founders, CEOs, GMs, C-suite leaders, and functional experts.
Receive an operator selected for your priority, company stage, function, industry, and business context.
Structure support around the work through advisory, project-based, or ongoing engagements.
Reduce engagement risk with a 30-day fit guarantee and the option to replace or exit.
Experienced builders helping founders move critical work forward.
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.
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.
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.
A startup fundraising consultant helps founders organize and advance the work required to raise capital. Support may include fundraising strategy, investor preparation, financial planning, analysis, narrative development, and ownership of related execution. Veep provides senior operators who step into the work and deliver outcomes rather than only offering recommendations, with the engagement shaped around the company’s specific priority and business context.
Talk with Veep about the senior operating capacity your company needs.
Access to a curated network of vetted senior operators.
Former founders and executives bring hands-on operating judgment.
A 30-day fit guarantee supports confident engagement decisions.
Tell Veep what needs ownership, and explore a matched senior operator for the work.
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