Chief Financial Officer

Key Responsibilities

• 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
• Coordinate advisors, legal, technical reviewers, and bankers (if engaged)
• Represent Subsense at fundraising-relevant conferences and strategic events

Valuation Strategy & Execution

• Own valuation strategy, valuation assumptions, and defensibility of the valuation narrative
• Develop equity economics and investment scenarios aligned with financial models and milestones
• 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

Fundraising Readiness & Company Alignment

• Align R&D, Product, and Operations milestones with capital-to-milestones logic and investor expectations
• Ensure defensible KPIs, clean financials, and a coherent technical milestone trajectory
• 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

Strategic Partnerships & Deal Support

• 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
• Coordinate legal, technical, and commercial inputs for partnership-related diligence
• Use strategic partners to strengthen negotiation leverage and valuation defensibility