Services.
Run The Engine (RTE).
Run The Engine is Helve's core offering: ownership of the commercial and operational engine of a startup.
Run The Engine (RTE).
Run The Engine (RTE) exists to let founders focus on growth, product, and customers - without carrying the cognitive load of finance, cash, and operational hygiene.
When execution is owned properly, momentum compounds.
Run The Engine (RTE).
RTE - Core.
First finance hire replacement.
Helve takes ownership of:
• Cash visibility and control
• Monthly close and reporting
• Rolling forecasts
• Core HR and operational support
• Accounts receivable and payable
RTE - Growth.
Scaling with burn or fundraising.
Everything in Core, plus:
• Scenario planning and trade-offs
• Board and investor reporting
• Hiring and burn optimisation
• Fundraise peparation
RTE - Embedded.
Acting as Head of Finance / Ops.
Near-daily involvement, including:
• Crisis and runway management
• Fundraising support
• Narrative and decision ownership
Focused engagements & sprints.
Focus - Customised.
For moments where clarity is required quickly.
• Financial Triage
• Financial Recovery & Rebuild
• Fundraise / Diligence Readiness
• Cashflow or runway crisis
• Operational turnarounds
No commitments around fundraising or diligence readiness are made prior to Financial Triage.
Decks don't ship. Execution does.
Advisory optimises for presentation. Operators optimise for survival.
Strategy is intent. Execution is compounding reality.
Helve exists to make execution sustainable - so founders can move faster, not slower.
Equity - selective and secondary.
In a small number of exceptional cases, Helve may take minority equity where its involvement can materially change outcomes.
Equity is:
Earned through delivery
Never required for engagement
Always secondary to cash sustainability
Helve remains cash first and outcome driven. We do not trade access or optionality.
Equity is rare, earned, and always secondary to sustainable delivery.
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