Strategic CFO: Fundraising & Growth Architect

Subsense Inc.; Palo Alto (CA); In loco; USD 300.000 - 540.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Subsense Inc. in Palo Alto seeks a CFO to own the full capital strategy, drive a Series A, and serve as the financial and strategic counterpart to the CEO. You will shape fundraising architecture, engage investors end-to-end, and translate scientific milestones into a compelling investment narrative.

You will lead strategy, messaging, and investor materials, coordinating across R&D, Product, Operations, and external advisors to secure the capital needed to scale Subsense.

Competenze

• Experience in venture-backed startups, deep-tech, medtech, biotech, or related high-complexity fields.
• Proven track record leading or driving $50-150M institutional fundraising rounds.
• Established relationships with top-tier VCs, strategics, family offices, or crossover funds.
• Direct experience structuring equity economics, valuation narratives, and cap table strategies.
• Fluency in investor processes, technical diligence, financial defensibility, and milestone-driven capital planning.
• Exceptional communicator who can craft high-conviction investor stories and influence diverse senior stakeholders.
• Comfortable operating in scientific, regulated environments with R&D, Product, and external advisors.

Mansioni

• Shape the fundraising strategy: round size, structure, timing, sequencing, investor tiering.
• Define capital allocation logic tied to milestones and long-term funding pathways.
• Craft the core investor narrative (market framing, positioning, value-creation path).
• Build strategy for competitive tension, syndicate composition, and negotiation positioning.
• Prioritize investor segments and define approach per segment.
• Partner with CEO on strategy, messaging, and board alignment.
• Build and manage the investor pipeline across VCs, strategics, family offices, and crossover funds.
• Lead all investor interactions: outreach, screening, meetings, diligence coordination, closing.
• Own investor materials: deck, data room, trackers, diligence responses.
• Maintain consistent investor communication across updates and milestones.
• Coordinate advisors, legal, technical reviewers, and bankers (if engaged).
• Represent Subsense at fundraising-relevant conferences and strategic events.
• Run cap table modeling, dilution scenarios, and option pool planning.
• Present and defend valuation during investor discussions and diligence, define valuation boundaries and negotiation logic.
• Align R&D, Product, and Operations milestones with capital-to-milestones logic and investor expectations.
• Translate scientific progress into measurable investor KPIs and funding logic.
• Drive internal preparedness for diligence: strategy clarity, documentation, risks, feasibility.
• Ensure internal alignment on fundraising timeline, critical path, and interdependencies.
• Evaluate partnerships (pharma, CROs, enterprise) for impact on valuation and fundraising leverage.
• Structure partnership terms, pilots, LOIs, and commercial frameworks that enhance investor credibility.
• Integrate partner traction and external validation into the fundraising narrative.

Conoscenze

Venture-backed startups

Fundraising leadership

Investor relations

Cap table modeling

Equity economics

Financial modeling

Strategic partnerships

Executive communication

Descrizione del lavoro

Subsense Inc. in Palo Alto seeks a CFO to own the full capital strategy, drive a Series A, and serve as the financial and strategic counterpart to the CEO. You will shape fundraising architecture, engage investors end-to-end, and translate scientific milestones into a compelling investment narrative.

You will lead strategy, messaging, and investor materials, coordinating across R&D, Product, Operations, and external advisors to secure the capital needed to scale Subsense.