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Finance · Ops · Growth — senior team built for you

Aerea builds a finance + ops + growth team for early-stage founders.

Modular evidence pack. Fixed scope. Operational team in under 30 days — no permanent hire, no day-rate consulting firm.

From €14k flat · €400/month M0–M18

Specialized in construction subcontracting · PROBTP · Qualibat · AFNOR · WORM audit chain · 7-day delivery

They built with Aerea

Within eight weeks we had an operational finance function, a defensible financial model, and the first monitoring dashboards — before our Series A close.

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CEO, industrial company — Series A

Mechanics & Pack

How the Aerea team deploys.

Four phases. A cross-functional team. An audit-ready deliverable at every milestone.

  1. Diagnostic

    Finance, ops, and growth priorities mapped in two days. Mission scope fixed and roadmap validated before any billing begins.

  2. Installation

    Selected modules activated, connected to your existing tools, first delivery within 14 days of signature.

  3. Operation

    The Aerea team runs alongside your structure: weekly sync, monthly reporting, real-time alerts on critical indicators.

  4. Review & Transfer

    Joint review at M6 or M12. Decision: extend, reduce scope, or transfer in-house. No imposed duration commitment.

Pack composition

CFO Module

Financing plan, rolling forecast, cash-flow management, investor due diligence preparation.

FP&A Module

Financial modelling, KPI tracking, department budgets, monthly board reporting.

Ops Module

Procurement process, management control, operational workflow automation, governance documentation.

Growth Module

Unit economics analysis, acquisition cadence, commercial performance reviews, resource allocation arbitration.

Live product

The dashboard your teams open every morning.

Same components as the production version. Demo data. No mockups.

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Dashboard

Account at a glance

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Credits remaining

4,820

Credits never expire.

Current plan

Pro

Active

This period

$189.00

Next billing

Jun 18, 2026

Launch readiness

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Recent transactions

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DateTypeStatusAmountActions
Jun 6, 2026PurchaseSuccess$50.00
Jun 4, 2026PurchaseSuccess$29.00
Jun 1, 2026UsagePending$7.40

Demo data — real product shell

Comparison

Why not a consulting firm? Why not build in-house?

Each row below is a question your board will ask before your next funding round.

Time to activation

Aerea

Operational team within 30 days — no staffing phase, no tender process.

Traditional consulting firm

Three to six months between the pitch, contract negotiation, and actual mission start.

Internal assembly

Six to twelve months of recruiting before reaching the minimum critical mass to operate.

Real cost over 18 months

Aerea

€14k flat + €400/month — fixed scope, no surprise amendments, no hidden fees.

Traditional consulting firm

Day-rate billing: the real envelope is rarely known before the end of the engagement.

Internal assembly

Salaries, employer costs, management overhead, and turnover: actual cost consistently exceeds the initial forecast.

Team seniority

Aerea

Experienced CFO and finance-director counterparts at every meeting — no junior hidden behind a partner.

Traditional consulting firm

The partner signs, analysts execute — quality varies with the priority assigned to your file.

Internal assembly

Entirely dependent on the profile hired, with concentration risk on one or two individuals.

Deliverable ownership

Aerea

Models, processes, and documentation are yours upon delivery of each milestone.

Traditional consulting firm

Methodologies often remain the firm's property — you buy an output, not a competency transfer.

Internal assembly

Knowledge is embedded but concentrated — fragile on departure or reorganisation.

Scope flexibility

Aerea

Modules can be activated or deactivated at each quarterly review. No imposed duration commitment.

Traditional consulting firm

Framework contract difficult to reduce mid-engagement without contractual friction.

Internal assembly

No structural flexibility — fixed cost continues even as needs evolve.

Compliance and traceability

Aerea

WORM audit chain, EU-exclusive hosting, GDPR, DPA available. Evidence pack ready for your investor due diligence.

Traditional consulting firm

Reports delivered as PDFs — no traceable audit chain, no standardised format for your data room.

Internal assembly

Depends on the tools and rigour of the person hired — unstandardised, unverifiable.

Use cases

What founders have built with Aerea.

Synthetic anonymised cases — patterns drawn from real missions. Figures are representative, not contractual.

Anonymised case

+6,4 mois

Cash runway

Industrial SaaS

Series A · 8m

Cash runway extended by 6.4 months following full financial model rebuild and monthly close cadence overhaul.

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Anonymised case

−12 j

Délai de clôture mensuelle

Construction-tech B2B SaaS

Seed · 5m

OKR cadence and investor reporting installed in 5 months — close cycle cut from 18 to 6 days.

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Anonymised case

+9 pts

Marge brute

Health-tech consumer

Series A · 6m

Gross margin rebuilt +9 pts through care-delivery cost rationalisation and supplier contract renegotiation.

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Anonymised case

+11 KPIs

KPIs tracés en temps réel

Climate-tech B2B

Series B · 4m

Series B data room structured in 4 months — 11 operational KPIs tracked in real time, lead-investor due diligence ready.

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Anonymised case

+4 référentiels

Référentiels couverts

Sous-traitance BTP — conformité réglementaire

Pre-seed · 3m

Construction subcontractor compliance evidence pack assembled in 3 months — PROBTP, Qualibat, AFNOR, EU AI Act and Loi Climat Résilience frameworks covered, audit-ready.

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Trust & Questions

What CFOs ask before signing.

If your question is not here, write to us directly.

GDPR

GDPR-compliant — EU-exclusive hosting, DPA available on request

SOC 2

SOC 2 Type II in preparation — progress report available on request

WORM

WORM audit chain — every deliverable traced, immutable, verifiable

What is the realistic timeline before having an operational team?
30 days from signature to the first weekly steering meeting. The two-day diagnostic upfront calibrates scope without a prolonged framing phase.
Who owns the financial models and delivered documents?
You do. All deliverables — models, processes, documentation — are transferred to you at each milestone. Aerea retains no intellectual property rights over your data or documents.
What happens if scope needs to change mid-engagement?
Modules can be activated or deactivated at each quarterly review. No imposed duration commitment, no penalty for scope reduction. You decide at every milestone.
How does Aerea prepare us for a fundraise or due diligence?
Due diligence preparation is included in the CFO Module. We produce the financial data room, investor forecast, and governance documentation in the format funds expect.
Can you provide verifiable references?
We operate under confidentiality constraints for most clients. On request after qualification, we arrange anonymised reference calls with founders who have agreed to share their experience.
Where is our data hosted and who has access?
Exclusively hosted within the European Union. Access strictly limited to the mission team. WORM audit chain on every action. GDPR DPA signed before any mission begins.
What is the difference between Aerea and a classic fractional CFO?
A fractional CFO is one person. Aerea is a cross-functional team — finance, ops, growth — with a documented scope, defined deliverables, and explicit competency transfer at every milestone.
Next step

Build the team. Not hire — build.

Two-day diagnostic. Operational team in 30 days. Fixed scope, defined deliverables, full document ownership.

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From €14k flat · €400/month M0–M18 · No imposed duration

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