Best Fractional CFO Firms for Series A-B Companies
VC-backed companies building finance discipline, forecasts, board reporting, and fundraising readiness.
Zabella does not appear on this page. The reviewed evidence does not position it around VC fundraising or board-reporting readiness for scaling startups. See the firms below.
Scored against our public methodology.
| # | Firm | Best for | Price | Score | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kruze Consulting San Francisco, CA | Series A-B falls within Pre-Seed through Series C targeting and matches scaling finance and fundraising support. Check: Assumes Delaware C-Corp with at least $500K raised. | $650-$2k/mo | 82 / 100 | Visit site |
| 2 | airCFO San Francisco, CA | Series A/B are explicitly within the stated stages, with scaling FP&A, reporting, board and fundraising support. Check: Confirm current funding, revenue/expense band and assigned senior practitioner. | $2k-$4k/mo | 74 / 100 | Visit site |
| 3 | Burkland San Francisco, CA | Series A-B is an explicit pathway aligned with fundraising, board reporting, planning and embedded finance-team support. Check: Confirm funding/legal-form gates and exact board deliverables. | $2k-$4k/mo | 72 / 100 | Visit site |
| 4 | Graphite Financial Miami, FL | Publishes a Finance starting price of $2,000 per month that includes strategic fractional CFO support, and says it has operated since 2016. Testimonials and the client count are company-reported. | From $2k/mo | 63 / 100 | Visit site |
| 5 | CFO Advisors Not disclosed | The firm's buyer guide lists a typical monthly price of $8,000 to $20,000, scored here as a firm estimate. Headquarters is not disclosed. Client and capital figures in that guide are company-reported. | $8k-$20k/mo | 60 / 100 | Visit site |
| 6 | Ignition Consultants Dedham, MA | Lists a Dedham, Massachusetts address, says it is headquartered in Greater Boston, and serves clients across the United States. Pricing is quote-only. Homepage scale figures are company-reported. | Undisclosed | 54 / 100 | Visit site |
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).
- 2026-10-07Added newly scored firms. Existing firm scores were left unchanged.
- 2026-10-07Ordered the page by each firm's overall score. Existing firm scores were left unchanged.