Fractional CFO and strategic finance advisory for startup founders.
🇯🇵 Tokyo
Hartwright Group is a strategic finance advisory and fractional CFO practice for founders. It builds investor-grade financial models and helps with cash runway, unit economics, board and investor reporting, finance systems and fundraising preparation. It was founded by Ben Hartwright, CFA, a former VP Corporate Finance at DFS Group/LVMH who also worked in investment banking and equity research at Goldman Sachs and Nomura. He has worked across Tokyo, Hong Kong, Singapore and London.
Takes on project-based financial model work and retainer engagements. Founders can reach the firm through the contact form on its site.
Project-based build of an investor-grade Excel model.
Who it's for: Founders from pre-seed to Series B+
Ongoing finance leadership on a retainer of one or two days a week.
Who it's for: Founders and leadership teams
Gets the numbers and materials ready for investors.
Who it's for: Founders preparing to meet VCs
Startup founders from pre-seed to Series B+, and leadership teams of larger groups. Published case studies cover a Japan AI startup, a Japan platform startup and a Hong Kong holding company.
The site describes three engagements: a seed fundraising model for a Japan AI startup, a go-to-market and business model review for a Japan platform startup, and a group scenario and cash model for a Hong Kong holding company with more than 40 capex projects.