Get funding-ready in 30 days.
Management presentation, financial model, investor targeting, and founder coaching — built end to end by an ex-UBS investment banker. Priced for your market.
₹2,00,000 · $2,500 · full package, 30 days
The hardest part of raising your Series A isn’t the meetings. It’s everything before.
The deck investors actually respect. The three-statement model that survives the third diligence call. The target list that doesn’t waste your time. The narrative that holds when a partner pushes back.
Do it yourself
You build it between sales calls and product fires — and it shows. The deck is too long, the model has hardcoded numbers, the target list is from a Google search. The round drags into a six-month grind that erodes runway and burns your team.
The Catharsis Sprint
One experienced senior partner works directly with your founder team to build the entire package, then coaches you through investor meetings. By week six you’re round-ready — deck, model, narrative, target list, diligence pack, all to institutional standard.
Senior finance help, priced for your market.
Flat fees in INR for Indian clients, and in USD for international clients. Take the full funding-prep package, a single module, an ongoing fractional role, or ad-hoc work.
Funding Preparation
30 days · full packageEverything you need to walk into investor meetings ready — built end to end by one senior partner.
- Management presentation (institutional pitch deck)
- Financial model (three-statement, investor-ready)
- Investor identification (curated, matched target list)
- Founder coaching (investor-meeting prep)
Single Module
1 week · pick any oneNeed just one piece? Choose any single workstream, delivered in a week.
- Management presentation
- Financial model
- Investor identification
- Founder coaching
Fractional CFO / Banker / Strategist
ongoing · hourlyAn ongoing senior finance partner — fractional CFO, investment banker, strategist, or consultant — on a flexible basis.
- Strategic finance & FP&A
- Fundraising & investor relations
- Board & IC reporting
- Capital strategy & deal support
Ad hoc
on requestOne-off or bespoke work — a second opinion, a diligence review, a board paper, a valuation sanity-check.
- Scoped to the task
- Fast turnaround
- INR or USD
Indian clients pay in INR; international clients pay in USD. Cash only — no equity, carry, or success fees.
Four workstreams. 30 days.
The full package runs all four end to end. Or take any single workstream on its own in one week. You walk into investor meetings knowing your numbers and your story will hold.
Management presentation
- Institutional-grade pitch deck, built from scratch
- The equity story and the three slides investors remember
- Narrative that holds when a partner pushes back
Financial model
- Fully linked three-statement model, 5-year forward
- Unit economics and base / upside / downside scenarios
- Dashboard summary for the deck appendix
Investor identification
- Curated target list of VCs and family offices
- Matched to your stage, sector, geography and check size
- Notes on recent fund activity and partner-level fit
Founder coaching
- Investor-meeting prep: narrative flow and pushback
- Term-sheet anchors and negotiation framing
- Run-throughs until you are meeting-ready
Pricing — ₹2,00,000 for Indian clients ($2,500 international) for the full 30-day package, or ₹50,000 / $500 for any single workstream in a week. Ongoing fractional CFO / banker / strategist support at $100/hour, and ad-hoc work on request. Cash only — no equity, carry, or success fees.
Deal-team rigour. Operator instincts.
I’m Deepak Rao — an investment banker and venture investor with 19 years across UBS Investment Bank (London, Associate Director, Technology & Energy IB), Silicon Valley operating leadership at MacroMeta, family-office investment governance, and venture capital.
Post-banking I’ve been a Director and Investment-Committee member at a $100 million family office overseeing 12 investments, a Principal at a deep-tech VC, and a Senior Director on the executive team of a Silicon Valley edge-computing startup. Today I run Catharsis, advising growth-stage technology and consumer companies on fundraising and strategic capital.
Frequently asked.
Why are there two prices?
Pricing is set for your market — Indian clients pay in INR, international clients pay in USD. Same work, same quality.
Why fixed fees?
Hourly billing creates the wrong incentives for fundraising work. You want me focused on outcome quality, not hour count. Flat fees align me with what you actually need. The only hourly offering is the ongoing fractional role, where you control the scope.
Why 30 days for the full package?
Thirty days is enough to build genuine, investor-grade quality without losing momentum. Need it faster, or only one piece? Any single workstream ships in a week.
Do you take equity instead of cash?
No. Cash only. This keeps my incentives clean and my judgement honest — if I think your business isn’t ready to raise, I’ll tell you, instead of optimising for an equity outcome.
What sectors do you cover?
Technology (B2B SaaS, edge computing, deep tech, digital media, marketplaces), consumer (e-commerce, hospitality, travel), and selective energy / industrial-tech. I’ll tell you upfront if your sector is outside what I can serve well.
Can I see sample work?
Yes — redacted excerpts of recent decks and models, under NDA. Ask in our first call.
Book a 30-minute fit call.
Tell me your company, stage, target raise, and timeline. The fit call is free and runs about 30 minutes. If we both think it’s a fit, we kick off within 10 days.
Prefer email? Use the subject line and I’ll send two calendar windows within 48 hours.
raodeepak@gmail.com
What happens next
Free 30-min fit call → if it’s a fit, kickoff within 10 days → 50% on kickoff, 50% on handover.