Updated October 20, 2026

Best Fractional CFO Firms for Deep tech / advanced technology

Hardware, R&D, and advanced-technology companies managing longer funding and development cycles.

Scored against our public methodology.

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1Kruze Consulting
San Francisco, CA
Adjacent funded-technology proposal only; hardware, R&D, grant and deep-tech specialization are not established by SaaS evidence.$650-$2k/mo
82
/ 100
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2airCFO
San Francisco, CA
Adjacent funded-technology proposal only; hardware, R&D, grant and deep-tech specialization are not established by SaaS evidence.$2k-$4k/mo
74
/ 100
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3Burkland
San Francisco, CA
Adjacent funded-technology proposal only; hardware, R&D, grant and deep-tech specialization are not established by SaaS evidence.$2k-$4k/mo
72
/ 100
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Firms on this page are ordered by the overall score in the Score column, using the public methodology. That score stays the same on every page. Rank changes because the set of firms on each page changes. The firm with the highest score on this page is first. Tied scores keep the earlier listing order.

Last verified 2026-10-07. View changelog
  • 2026-09-11Initial ranking published (editorial scoring).
  • 2026-09-23Replaced with evidence-based scoring and placements from a sourced research review (89 cited sources across 11 firms).
  • 2026-10-07Ordered the page by each firm's overall score. Existing firm scores were left unchanged.