Strategic finance leadership, built for the way startups actually scale.
I'm Amine Saoudi-Hassani. For 25 years I've led finance for scale-ups, marketplaces and consumer-tech companies across Europe and EMEA — closing rounds, structuring boards, and turning messy P&Ls into investor-ready stories. Barna CFO brings that same senior bench to founders who need it without a full-time hire.
A senior CFO, on the days you actually need one.
Most early-stage and scale-up founders don't need a full-time CFO. They need clear numbers, a fundraising plan that survives investor scrutiny, and someone who's been in the boardroom before. That's what Barna CFO delivers — embedded, hands-on, and on a fractional basis.
I've led finance and strategy at companies ranging from venture-backed startups to international groups: Orbidi, UM6P Foundry, Iter Advisors, Syra Coffee, Freepik, YEGO, eDreams Odigeo, and Splendia Group. I've raised primary and secondary capital, built finance teams from zero, restructured complex cap tables, and signed off on more board decks than I can count.
Today I work with founders and operators as a fractional CFO and fundraising partner — typically one to three days a week, embedded with your team, focused on the decisions that actually move the company.
- EDHEC Business School — MSc Finance
- Based in Barcelona · works across EMEA
- Operating in English, Spanish & French
- Sectors: SaaS, marketplaces, consumer, deep tech, fintech
Two practices, deeply connected.
Fractional CFO work and fundraising are sides of the same coin. Strong numbers fund strong rounds — and strong rounds demand finance functions that hold up under diligence.
Fractional CFO
Embedded senior finance leadership without the full-time cost. I plug in alongside founders and operators to build the financial backbone of the company.
- Three-statement financial model & rolling forecast
- Monthly close, KPI dashboards & board reporting
- Cash management, runway & scenario planning
- Pricing, unit economics & margin analysis
- Hiring, mentoring and structuring the finance team
- Audit, tax and compliance oversight
Fundraising & Investor Relations
From positioning the story to negotiating the term sheet to keeping investors warm between rounds. I run fundraises the way investors expect them to be run.
- Round strategy: timing, size, dilution, lead profile
- Pitch deck, financial model & data room build-out
- Investor mapping & warm-intro outreach
- Term sheet review & negotiation support
- Due diligence project management end-to-end
- Quarterly investor updates & board materials
How we work together.
Engagements typically run three to twelve months, billed as a monthly retainer. No bloated deliverables — just the work that compounds.
Discovery
A focused 60-minute call to understand the stage, the team, the cap table, and what's keeping you up at night.
Diagnostic
Two-week deep dive across finance, fundraising readiness and operating cadence. You get a written assessment and a 90-day plan.
Embed
I work alongside your team — board prep, model rebuilds, investor calls, hiring — at the cadence you actually need.
Hand-off
When it's time, I help you hire the in-house CFO or Head of Finance who'll carry it forward. Clean exit, no lock-in.
Selected companies I've helped build.
From early venture-backed startups to international groups — including IPO and exit experience.
Let's talk about your next twelve months.
The fastest way to know if we'd work well together is a 30-minute call. No deck, no slides — just a conversation about where the company is and where it needs to be.