We help Seed and Series A startups level up with fractional execs in finance + growth.

We’re trusted by the best early-stage, venture-backed companies.

You need the horsepower and execution of an experienced operator but don’t want to add heavy FTE burn on your runway.

We are a growth-focused team of startup founders, execs, and builders. We get our hands dirty. We have built 0->1 and 1->10. We have raised capital, run m&a processes and sold companies, and built sustainable, profitable big businesses. We have “been there, done that” a few times over, which means we can help you replicate our wins and avoid our mistakes.

Time is money. Money is time. You’ve got a massive business to build and a tight runway to build it on. We can help you get there.

CFO +

Strategic Finance

For early-stage startups actively thinking about:

  • financial modeling

  • unit economics

  • fundraising + m&a

  • growth levers + hiring plans

  • budgeting + forecasting

  • pricing

  • the path to profitability

  • board meeting support

Growth,

GTM + Revenue

For early-stage startups actively thinking about:

  • new customer acquisition

  • acquisition channel and analytics setup

  • experimenting in new channels

  • customer segmentation + targeting

  • campaign management

  • spend optimization

  • search, display, paid social, retargeting

Working with Early Stage Labs has been a game-changer for us. In just a few days they rolled up their sleeves, got up to speed, and provided invaluable strategic direction that has significantly improved our approach and readiness. The team is A+: incredibly talented, thoughtful, and moves at the fast startup pace we need.

Marina Pavlovic Rivas

CEO, Eli Health

The Early Stage Labs Difference

Being a founder/CEO is incredibly hard. We’ve been there. It’s lonely at the top, even when things are going great. You have the world to prove and no time (and no money!) to do it. The clock’s ticking.

Our CFOs and growth leaders help you define your objectives and then we roll up our sleeves and help you get there. Strategy is important, but great execution is what separates you from the pack.

We have a disciplined approach to how we think about serving our customers:

  • We think about it from the founder perspective. We’ve been founders before - we’ve built and sold technology companies. We’ve had the learnings, the wins, the losses. We’ve made the mistakes that every founder makes, we’ve gotten lucky, and we’ve worked really damn hard. We’ve built great teams and we’ve scaled to exciting exits. We know what it takes to win.

  • We think about it from the investor perspective. We are early-stage investors. We see hundreds - maybe thousands - of companies every year. We have a tight pulse on the ever-evolving current state of the early-stage markets and we know how to make sure companies are best positioned to raise successful funding rounds that can help them drive their business forward.

This is a lab. We build here. We build with you. We build for you. We’re in the trenches. We take things off your plate from day one. And our people are the best - they’ve been there, done that many times over. Let’s get after it.