EmergeOne | Fractional CFO services

EmergeOne is a leading consultancy providing fractional CFO support to venture backed tech startups from seed to Series B.

We help founders get the most out of their capital, streamline financials, and manage investor relations so they can focus on scaling. Examples of our support:

- Strategic Finance Execution and Oversight over finance operations
- Financial Planning and Analysis
- Board reporting, Investor relations and management
- Capital Raising, Fundraising Support, Due Diligence and Data room management
- Capital Management and Structuring
- Capital Allocation
- Financial modelling, forecasting, scenario planning, KPIs, metrics and reporting

Our clients are some of the fastest growing startups backed by funds like Hoxton Ventures, Stride, Playfair, Octopus, Outlier Ventures, Founders Factory and more.

Fractional CFO

Blue Ridge Partners

I've worked with DeepTech (mainly) founders for over 5 years, building the business and financial muscle behind their technology!

After exiting the angel group I cofounded, I found that I just couldn't stay away from startups, but I knew I didn't want to be a founder again...
So I started consulting for founders and quickly found that the business and finance stuff I knew so well was actually really hard for them. From deep in the weeds of building project management to creating and maintaining financial models to creating pitches for complex tech, I thoroughly enjoyed the nights-and-weekends work of supporting founders.

When my family moved from the US to the UK in 2022, I transitioned my "hobby" from nights-and-weekends into a real job, and now, I help founders make sense of their strategy, business, and finances full time!

DeepTech Fractional CFO and Venture Builder

Octiocor

Leading finance and product teams for AI image analysis start up spun out of Cambridge University.
Building product management function and larger company operations to translate academic research into commercial-grade technology
Projecting complex cash needs to inform hiring employees, onboarding contractors, fundraising, and completing grant applications.
Pitching with CEO to potential venture and angel investors for seed round fundraising.
Working with accountants to ensure all regulatory filings (e.g. VAT, R&D, etc) are accurate and timely to maximize cash in the bank.

Fractional CFO / COO

MCA funding company

Provided financial and operational leadership as fractional CFO of fast growing Merchant Cash Advance (MCA) funder.
Advised strategic changes to adapt to quickly changing economic conditions in high risk business lending environment.
Created detailed financial models to inform internal decision making and communicate business / economics to potential outside investors.
Created cash management systems to better understand cash inflows and outflows and better manage ongoing operations.
Led push for a data-first culture using analytics to make better decisions.
Informed strategy by identifying previously-unseen opportunities using existing data.
Guided and built full analytical stack, from data stores through visualizations.

Capital One

Intrapreneurially built and ran analytics function inside ~$80M Identity Services business unit from scratch.
Directly managed 4 analysts and influenced the work of 6 data scientists, 7 data engineers / analysts, and multiple tech teams; officially and unofficially mentored numerous team members.
Built and managed credit governance process for $10M's in marginal enterprise value from over 20 credit decisions. 
Product Manager for AI / ML team, influencing internal and external stakeholders on strategy by demonstrating value generated by and potential value from new products.
Represented Digital Identity analytics group in monthly VP+ Authentication Council Working Group; created and presented numerous data-centric VP+ presentations on strategy, value-added, enterprise partnership needs, etc.
Created and maintained data sets and visualizations sourcing data from across the enterprise, including customer, fraud, behavioral analytics, credit card transaction, click-stream / UI data, etc.
Worked extensively with product managers, fraud analysts, and tech teams to understand needs and deliver solutions.

Analytics Lead: CIO Tech Excellence award 2019 (top 3 of over 1,800 tech teams) 
Analytics Lead: Circle of Excellence award 2021 (top 2 of over 1,000 product teams)

Senior Analytics Lead - Digital Identity

University of Virginia

Taught entrepreneurial topics as adjunct faculty at UVA's School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Lecturer for New Product Development and Entrepreneurial Finance courses, creating numerous adaptations and improvement to course curricula.

Lecturer

CAV Angels

Operationalized, managed, and grew UVA-oriented angel investment network.
Performed in depth due diligence on companies and write comprehensive memos on investibility of startups. 
Negotiated deal terms, execute investments, and lead ongoing efforts to provide support to portfolio companies in business development, hiring, additional fundraising, etc.
Formed and executed strategy for creating educational material for first-time angel investors.
Created and ran program to train and manage over twenty student fellows and interns responsible for augmenting due diligence efforts.
Built data-centric platform to manage deal pipeline, due diligence data, and member input; created roadmap to expand platform to scale to other universities and angel groups with the goal of using ML to automate portions of deal process.

Co-Founder, President

S&P Global

Leader on implementation team of newly launched product: semi-custom business intelligence software for regional and community banks. 
Co-created operational model and scrum set up allowing product to scale from 5 to 42 customers in under two years.
Advised C-suite customers / stakeholders on product adoption and usage as a technical project manager.
Advised management on reorganization of ~20 person implementation team.
Mentored and instructed tech colleagues in the nuances of the banking and finance industries.
Created custom and semi-custom ETL's and presentations to integrate disparate data silos into a single source of truth.

Manager / BI Implementation Consultant and Engineer

FI Consulting

Built multiple custom software systems in Freddie Mac's Multifamily division as technology and data engineer.
Owned deal management system organizing and analyzing data for over $20b in deals each year.
Interfaced with executive-level clients on application requirements, functionality, and enhancements.
Designed, developed, implemented, and maintained custom IT and reporting solutions.
Actively involved in SDLC, including system specification and design, programming, testing, documenting, user-training, deploying, and post-implementation activities.
Managed junior colleagues through multiple enhancement projects.

Technology and Data Consultant

Foxhall Capital Management

Member of Investment Committee managing over $750 million in quantitative investment strategies
Proactively identified and researched quantitative investment ideas using back testing and data mining techniques on large historical price datasets; presented findings to Investment Committee
Implemented quantitative investment strategies requiring monthly rebalancing of over 5,000 separately managed accounts and daily monitoring of global stock, bond, and commodity index prices

Portfolio Manager

I partner with world class researchers, visionaries, and entrepreneurs to turn their DeepTech technology into highly scalable startups.
From pre-formation to scaling, I come along side founders to augment their efforts, teach new skills, and establish rigor and structure.
Through fractional and project-based work, I have enabled my pre-Series A clients to raise over $30m combined through equity, debt, and grant funding.

David Sade, CFA

Finna Inc.

Investor and Board Advisor

Wavelink

Board Advisor

Eatsly

Investor and Board Member

COGNIATE

Strategy, Business Develpment, Fund Raising support

Authenticai.ai

Strategy.  Fund Raising.  Business Develpment.  Scaling Operations.

Stealth AI Startup

Board Advisor and Incubator

Boardy

Connector

hubble

hubble helps people connect with Advisors Experts that can help you in your Startup, in your Business.  

Learn more and schedule time with me here: 
👉 Book now: https://www.hubble.social/bettinabriz

Expert Advisor

Zade

Board Advisor / Senior Vice President

Absolute Magnitude

Angel Investor | Board Member | Ex-GoPro | Semiconductor Veteran | Mentor at PlugnPlay, Berkeley SkyDeck & MassChallenge | Silicon Valley Based | Avid Skier | Novice Sailor | Clumsy Cook

I create clarity and momentum for early-stage founders to move you from your 0 to 1.

Almost 4 decades  building and scaling tech products at companies like GoPro and National Semiconductor, I now focus on empowering mission-driven startups—as an angel investor, board advisor, and mentor at top accelerators like Berkeley SkyDeck, Plug and Play, and MassChallenge.

🧭 My superpower: seeing around corners, asking the right questions, and helping founders operationalize bold visions.

💸 What I look for:

AI deep, proprietary.

Founder-problem fit

Humongous Markets that matter

Solutions that solve pain problems some so unique from the get go.

B2B2C models, AI, DeepTech, FinTech, EdTech, Sustainability, Others

Soft spot for Female Led.

Oh, and I own a U.S. patent, US20170287523A1, Voice Based Video Tagging

🫱🏽‍🫲🏾 Whether you're raising, scaling, or navigating the first 100 days—I’d love to connect.

🎿 Offline? You’ll find me skiing, sailing, hiking and spending lots of time in the mountains with my family. 
 I also attempt (emphasis on attempt) to cook... 

📩 DM me if I can support your journey.

Bettina Briz

Hello everyone!  especially to the  +1500 new connects in last 36 hours and counting.  Here's bit about me...

1.  I love to meet many, give Founders advise - on your deck, investors to chase, how to frame you so you're Irresistible, Investable.  Try super hard to make it productive worth your time.  (I'm a nerd, like to do homework before I meet you...) book a Hubble call, doesn't have to be me, there are so many amazing Advisors on the roster.  I book myself to meet others.  Strike a relationship whilst you can.   Many have DM'd does Hubble work for Founders?  suggest read the reviews, many Founders I've met here on LI.  And for me, a very loud YES!  I've invested in 1, may add another before EOY, and have joined the Board of 2 all based on meeting these excellent Founders who've booked calls.  

2.  Use Boardy, my BFF super connector. And between now and EOY, Boardy is connecting Founders with $1Trillion (yes that many zeroes) in capital. I'm an itty bitty part of this combined fund but meeting some of you already thru intros.   Apply here if you're a 
Founders, apply here: go.boardy.ai/500founders
Investors, apply here: go.boardy.ai/100investors

3.  I try to read all your DM's and comment back, just buried.  I will try to respond to all as I remember being ghosted, it's no fun, least I can do for you.
But please, read my profile first on what my focus is and how I can help with.
HINT - it's not agriculture, medtech, biotech, real estate as example...  
AND Please don't beg for investing in you and don't send me long novels to read on your DM, just be crisp.

4.  Here alot on LI.  I will try to shine light on your posts if it resonates.  It's so hard your journey as a startup Founder, my life as Investor Advisor, infinitely easier.   respect your grind and if I can help by commenting to grow your reach, I'll do it.

5.  And once we've met and have gotten to know you and your startup, I don't forget you.  Try and circle back every now and then with other suggestions.  This week, thinking of you Laura Dunn Charles O'Neil Zoya Lehrer, let's talk...

6.  And to the Founders and your startups I'm so honored to be a part of, I have your back always.  Pedal to the metal here, let's do this sprint together
Colin Cimino - Wavelink; Morné Maritz 💡⧩ - Cogniate; Christian Fiil Lindekilde - Finna Inc.;  Stephen Para - Eatsly AI; Kathryn Vatt - My Startup Shield™;Jura V. - Authenticai.ai 

That's it.  and yes, I'm always in a #BucketHat.  
Sending my hellos from Mexico City this month, It's so delicious here!

Meet my #SuperPower...        

Peter Himes is my co-investor, co-pilot, 24/7 life partner hubby for 35 years now.  

IYKYK, we come as a pair.   And it's priceless to have Peter as my sounding board when we're doing our due diligence with startups.  He's the deeper DeepTech brain, I'm bit wider, more of everything, together I really think we compound impact we can make for all the startups we're Advising, Investing in.

He is the smartest one in our household and he lifts me, makes me a #BetterBettina everyday.   So grateful for Peter as my sounding board when advising, Hubble'ing with many of you.

Fun facts:
- we met 4 decades ago, his cubicle 5 feet away at National Semiconductor
- he's my sherpa for all our outdoor activities, the man always has first aid kits 
- he's a published poet, gifted culinary artist AND wine collector enthusiast
- we both have our own U.S. Patents
- golf was our first fun activity, he had to learn
- now we just race each other down the ski slopes

So #ChooseWisely my friends
Your Co-Founders, your Besties, your Life and Love Partners
Your Investors, Your Advisors
They can change your trajectory

He did mine.    
Feel lucky I chose wisely everyday...

And here for your giggles, back near 40 years ago ...  
darker hair, no bucket hat, can you even recognize us?

#NewPosition.       When AI, blockchain, and deep tech converge, I dive in.  

I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as an LP at StarChain Ventures!  Radhika Iyengar and Jorden Woods literally wrote the book and we're so excited to be a part of the journey.  Peter Himes and I are super excited to ride this rocketship.  Grateful.

Friday Claps to amazing FemaleFounders who are grinding hard always!

Your journey infinitely harder than mine as an Investor, Advisor

Clapping hard for you
- Kathy Ando, growing slime, 21 storefronts in what less than 1.5 years?!?
- Mariane Bekker, HBD!  Founders Bay Director AND the best emails weekly about events I should attend in SF Bay Area
- Emmie Faust, leading a community of Female Founders in London, and thanks for inspo to do this
- Steph Nightingale, in retail now with Stimmie, so proud of you Steph
- Zoya Lehrer, crushing it with Orgo the sports family logistics app

I'm sprinting hard to EOY.  So many more #EarlyStage founders to meet, hopefully invest in and advise.  And if you're fund raising, reminder that Boardy has $Trillion (that's alot of Zeros) in capital from Investors ready to deploy. I'm an itty bitty part, but apply.

Sending my hellos from Guanajato Mexico this weekend.  
So beautiful here AND I get to matchy match my BucketHat with the houses.

Happy Friday!

I’m happy to share that I’m starting a new position as Investor at COGNIATE!  Thanks to Hubble for introducing me to Morné Maritz 💡⧩, the rest they say is history.  This mighty EdTech startup is one for the books, can't wait!

1 TRILLION $'s in Capital ready to deploy, thru Boardy
Founders apply now!  I love all these zeros...

So proud to be a small part of this amazing opportunity.  Thank you Andrew D'Souza Swish Goswami and all.   Apply here my friends and Boardy, my BFF Aussie AI SuperConnector will talk to you...  

Now Andrew D'Souza , along with Boardy, are personally working with 100 founders who are actively raising to help them close before the end of the year.

Comment "Boardy" below – and he'll message you the link to reply.
(and if you know someone raising, tag them)

P.S. - not quite the official Boardy pic, but I love this pic of us...

I have to fall in love with YOU!  

And there's no DIVORCE as an Investor /  Board Advisor
Its stronger than a marriage in my book for #EarlyStage #PreRevenue #PreSeed 

As part of my due diligence in Investing or agreeing to be an Active Advisor
I listen and query deeply to get signals about you the Founder

- do you have the technical, emotional IQ to lead this startup of yours
- can you sell effectively 24/7, and for as long as it takes
- can you attract and motivate the best and let them run with your vision
- can you lead with conviction, empathy and kindness
- do I want to get my hands dirty for your startup, roll up my sleeves do whatever it takes to move the needle for you
- can I see myself as your bodyguard, your bouncer, protect you at all costs
- can I see myself hanging out with you lots, invite you to my home

If I can attack on your behalf at midnight, than I'm all in.  

So far falling in love with many of you alot!

Thanks Michael Coppola for the interview, you get me...

p.s. - lots of love for you
Christian Fiil Lindekilde Kathryn V. Morné Maritz 💡⧩ Colin Cimino Stephen Para Jura V.

Meow!              I'm now a Kitten!  

When a single Hubble call turns into a long term relationship

So impressed with this FinTech startup Charles O'Neil is leading.  Sunshine+Kittens is a soon to launch financial app for kids.   Designed to engage kids and to teach them about money.  

#FinTech meets #EdTech, 2 of my fave focus areas ...
More to come once S + K launches which is very very soon.   And thanks Charles O'Neil, truly loving that my #BucketHats fit

In the meantime.   I think this Kitten is ready to come out of stealth!

p.s. - thanks Kevin Jurovich and Timo Gehrke one conversation can change things

See here my Founder friends, and have just recently connected with near +1000 in last 24 hours.  what Hubble can provide you is direct priceless access to Investors and Advisors, see below.  strike a relationship, ask for help.  I'm just one of many but check out the roster here...

Co-Founder, CEO at Hubble | Lifelong optimist

If you’re raising pre-seed, this is the list you bookmark. 🔥 

Actual first-check funds + the VCs and angels available on Hubble.

💸 𝐏𝐫𝐞-𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬

1) Boost VC
2) Outside VC
3) VU Venture Partners
4) Yonder
5) Gacsym Ventures
6) Treeo VC
7) Baukunst 
8) XRC Ventures
9) Underscore VC
10) Outlander VC
11) Forum Ventures
12) Hustle Fund
13) Everywhere Ventures
14) FOVC
15) Geek Ventures
16) Baobab Network 
17) Panache Ventures
18) Riceberg Ventures
19) Pear VC
20) Precursor Ventures

💰 𝐆𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬 & 𝐕𝐂𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞
(𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑘 𝑠𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑠: $25𝐾–$5𝑀)

Adam B. - A12i
Ankur Sethi - Winner Capital
Brandon Hoffman – Sunset Ventures
Cesare Pesci – YOBE Ventures
Chloé Lozac’h – VU Ventures
Chris Tottman - Notion Capital
Claire Cherry - Era VC
Colin Gardiner – Yonder
Dallas Price - Forum Ventures
David Y. – Ethos Fund
Drew Glover – Fiat Ventures
Elana Gold – Red Beard Ventures
Ethan Austin – Outside VC
Etienne Boutan – Intuition VC
James Roycroft-Davis – Evio 
Keshia – BDev Ventures
Kenneth Kashif Thomas – BackFuture VC
Leon Eisen, PhD - Network VC
Nikhil Choudhary – Nirman Ventures
Ohad Tzur – Venture Forward
Olivia O'Sullivan - Forum VC
Pablo Srugo - Mistral 
Shane Ray Martin – B Ventures
Thomas Panton – EndGame Cap
Trace Cohen – Six Point Ventures

😇 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐮𝐛𝐛𝐥𝐞
(𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑐𝑘 𝑠𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑠: $5𝐾–$500k)

Abhay Ghatpande, PhD, MBA
Amit Giladi
Angie Parker 
Ben Lang 
Bettina Briz
Blerina Sanocki
Brandon Pierce
Craig Du Bruyn
Chang Kim
Dan Hibell
Dario de Wet
Erin O'Keefe Graham
Jason Atkins
Kasey Roh

Don't cold pitch. Use Hubble to get feedback on your business and learn what would make it impossible to pass on when you announce your round.

Search their name on Hubble 
Book that 1:1 → www.hubble.social

Fund Raising?  Join me with my fave tribes Hubble and Boardy 

Kevin Jurovich said it best, it isn't easy but perhaps along with Erin O'Keefe Graham Olivia O'Sullivan and Judah L. we can share some insights and tips to help get you from 1st meeting to 1st check.

See you there, should be a great conversation Nov 20th, 10am Pacific

Raising money isn’t easy. 💸 😤 

And if you only read LinkedIn headlines, you might think everyone else is closing rounds in their sleep.

The truth? Most founders are grinding through one of the toughest fundraising markets we’ve seen. Expectations have never been higher.

At Hubble, we’ll always be founder-first...helping you build, launch, and raise with real support, not vague advice.

So we teamed up with Boardy to bring you something special:

🚀 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 — 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Featuring operators and investors who’ve been in the arena:

1. Bettina Briz — 40 years scaling tech from semiconductors → GoPro. Angel investor + board advisor helping founders raise and win.

2. Olivia O'Sullivan — Partner @ Forum Ventures. Builder of high-trust founder communities and deeply tapped into early-stage investing.

3. Erin O'Keefe Graham — Managing Partner & angel investor who builds high-growth teams from culture → leadership → performance.

4. Judah L. — 3x founder with 2 exits. Now leading North America at Robot.com. Raised $50M+ and knows how to survive a fundraise.

The landscape is shifting...fast.

If you plan to raise in 2026, don’t wait to figure it out. This call gives you the roadmap founders rarely get access to.

And if you show up live…
Let’s just say there may be a few surprises waiting for you. 

📅 Thursday, Nov 20th

𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞→ https://luma.com/n7ciocnv

Founders...let's make 2026 one to remember. 

#venturecapital #startups #fundraising

Fund Raising and want to get to know me a bit, see here...

Thanks Michael Coppola, you have a gift for drawing me out

Happy end of November everyone, it's Thanksgiving week and I'm grateful to have met you all here.  Hope you find this helpful. 
DM me if Q's...

🚨 What Bettina Briz shares here… most investors won’t tell you.


Bettina Briz doesn’t talk like a typical angel investor.

She challenges how founders build, validate, raise, and think in the AI era.
In this full episode, she drops pure gold:

🔥 Why “bootstrapping” is dead — and seed-strapping is the new path
🔥 Why AI isn’t a tool… it’s your partner
🔥 What she actually looks for in founders (hint: it’s not your product)
🔥 Why you must ship the broken prototype early
🔥 How AI transforms your GTM and execution

If you’re building right now, this conversation will give you practical clarity you can use immediately.

🎥 Full interview OUT NOW
👉 https://lnkd.in/ekCT6BXj

Featuring Bettina Briz
👉 https://lnkd.in/eUDAn2uT

#Startups #Founders #AngelInvesting #SeedStrap #AI #AIBusinessTransformation #Entrepreneurship #StartupAdvice

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