We help founders, CEOs, and investors refine strategy, assess capitalization options, and prepare for growth — combining go-to-market strategy, organizational readiness, investor selection, and raise preparation into one senior, fixed-fee engagement.
We work with a small number of companies at a time and respond within a week.
Built for the gap between consultants and investment banks. Senior, fixed-fee advisory that makes companies investable, not just interesting.
Most consultants don't get a company finance-ready. Most banks don't engage until you're already running a process. The space in between — sharper readiness, strategy, and execution — is where Rockpiper sits.
We partner with companies from first raise through growth capital. The work runs across three connected families — and we engage on a fixed-fee or retainer basis, never transaction-based.
We get a company genuinely transaction-ready, open structured access to the investors who actually fit, and run the process that turns interest into a closed round.
How we engage: Readiness Sprint (4–6 weeks) · Capital Process Management (retainer) · SPV & Sidecar launch support (per transaction).
Upstream of the raise: the strategy, story, and organizational shape that make a company genuinely fundable — and ready to scale once the capital is in.
Downstream and ongoing: the valuation, models, and finance function that keep a company engaged with investors and disciplined as it grows.
Every engagement is scoped to your stage and the actual work in front of it — not a packaged template. Fixed-fee or retainer, senior attention throughout, never transaction-based.
A focused package when you're getting close to a round and the company isn't finance-ready yet. We rebuild the story, sharpen positioning, get the numbers in shape, and stand up the diligence architecture before any investor sees anything.
For teams running a live financing who need disciplined outside hands on the pipeline, week over week — meeting prep, diligence triage, provider coordination, and board-ready updates — without diverting management from the business.
For companies or lead investors who want a clean single-asset vehicle rather than coordinating many direct subscribers. We select the platform, coordinate counsel, admin, and tax, and run onboarding through close.
Rockpiper is built around a single principal, so founders and CEOs always know whose judgment they're getting.
Two decades of capital strategy, M&A, and corporate finance leadership for venture-backed companies across technology, infrastructure, manufacturing, and life sciences. CFO or finance lead at four venture-backed start-ups including Vantem Global, SmartLabs, and Cambridge Innovation Center. Earlier roles include Director at Credit Suisse Dubai and Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Co. Founded the original Rockpiper advisory practice in 2009.
Tuck MBA · FINRA Series 7, 24, and 63
A roster of senior advisors who bring specific capability — narrative coaching, market access, technical diligence, and regulatory counsel — into the engagements where each is needed. Where a transaction calls for licensed placement activity, that work is routed to providers with the appropriate registrations.
If this is your first round, the curve is steep and the stakes are at their highest. We've built a dedicated entry point that compresses that curve — without taking the experience away from you.
We work with a small number of companies at a time. If you have a financing in front of you, write to us and we'll tell you within a week whether we're a fit — and what the engagement would look like.
What you're raising, who you've already spoken to, what stage your story is at, and the timeline you're working against.
We'll tell you so directly and, where we can, point you to someone who is.
