At Growth Partners our team of startup finance experts have supported 75+ ambitious startups with their growth. We specialize in supporting startups with $1M - $10M in annual revenue. We do this with strategic CFO advisory, the right finance tech stack, and providing you with timely and relevant reporting.
Our Startup CFOs leverage a strategic approach, proven playbooks and the right processes and technologies to ensure your startup’s finances are running smoothly. We give you confidence in your numbers, and save you hours in your day to focus on what matters most.
We empower your growth, and always lead with a human first approach.
Why We’re The Right Choice
From strategic finance to bookkeeping, we have a full-stack team of finance experts and services that meet you where your needs are today, and down the road as you grow.
We specialize in scaling startups, from Seed to Series-A, with specific expertise in SaaS.
Our team of technology experts understands how to save you time and energy with a scalable tech stack and the right processes to help you on your growth journey.
We have extensive internal procedures and a playbook tailored to start-up growth that helps you scale.
CFO & Founder
With 10+ years of startup CFO experience, Jordan has successfully secured equity funding for various startups from seed to post Series B stages.
These include startups in FinTech, AI, AdTech, HealthTech, EdTech, Marketplace, PropTech, Consumables, and Robotics. His financial strategies and fractional startup CFO leadership have helped Canadian and US startups raise $20M+ CAD in equity, and secure $10M+ CAD in debt funding. He has also streamlined finance functions and reduced admin overhead by 60%. Jordan’s expertise is financial leadership and fundraising strategy. He has a knack for providing founders with a clear growth plan and a path to prepare for investment.
Jordan dreams as big for himself, as he does for the startups he works with. His bucket list item is to go to Mars (if Musk or Bezos invite him!).
CFO
With 10+ years of experience, Alan has supported seed to post Series B, PE-backed, and public startups.
His track record includes establishing finance processes and scalable tech stacks, successful debt and equity raises, M&A transactions, and supporting startups with launching and successfully monetizing new products. Alan is known for his extensive industry knowledge in SaaS, B2B, B2C, Marketplace, and E-Commerce revenue models. He leverages cloud accounting, financial modelling, capital raising, strategic planning, and automation technology to help startups become scaleups. He excels in early-stage finance, covering financial modelling, strategy, capital raising, finance operations, and decision support.
Like a neat whiskey on the rocks, Alan brings simple and seasoned thoughts to your startups’ approach to finance.
CFO, CPG Strategy
With 25+ years of experience as a finance leader in CPG, M&A, private equity and software, Irene has successfully helped multiple founders go from startup to exit.
Her strategic frameworks and tactical planning, operations improvements, workflow design, financial management and direct leadership have helped multiple founders grow their company from less than $10M to over $100M.
Her M&A expertise has been pivotal in completing multiple company acquisitions on both the buy and sell sides. From pre-acquisition readiness to post-acquisition operational conversions, she drove successful negotiations, diligence, legal aspects, and stakeholder management to oversee multiple successful exits.
Irene has a broad range of strategy, finance and leadership skills that take founders on a growth journey, from startup to exit.
CFO
With 15+ years of experience, Ryan has successfully guided seed to post Series B startups across diverse sectors including those with SaaS, B2B, E-Commerce, B2C, D2C, Enterprise, and transactional business models.
As a CFO he played a key role in 3 acquisitions and 1 sale ($4-40M). He also facilitated 8 business expansions into the USA and Europe, and actively contributed to boards in SaaS, B2B, Crypto, and Not-For-Profit startups. Ryan excels in growth strategy, KPIs and metrics analysis. He also has a knack for reporting, and knowing how to communicate the results to board members and investors to maintain strong relationships. His expertise extends to navigating multi-currency and multi-entity businesses. He also knows the ins-and-outs of regulatory compliance and licensing.
Ryan is your go-to-guy if you’re looking to expand beyond our Canadian borders, and do it right.
CFO
With 20+ years of accounting and finance experience, including 12+ years in senior management roles, Scott has guided companies from pre-seed rounds to public markets.
His expertise spans across various industries including Fintech, Healthtech, Blockchain, Retail and CPG. Scott transforms financial landscapes, moving clients from conventional bookkeeping to robust finance teams. His strategic expertise includes financial strategy, cash flow management, scenario planning, and effective collaboration with auditors and internal/external stakeholders. Scott is your trusted advisor with startup specialization. He simplifies complexities for founders to understand and action.
Like any good Vancouverite the food that represents him the most is sushi.
Director of Technology and Operations
For nearly 10 years, Mark has worked with early growth to publicly traded companies with SaaS, B2B, B2C, and E-Commerce business models.
Mark’s motto is to make things simple. He specializes in workflow optimizations and technology implementations. Having been in contollership and bookeeping roles, he understands the common financial and operational pain points founders have. He has leveraged his knowledge to lead the implementation of over a dozen finance tech stacks that save founders time, and give them peace of mind.
As an experienced technology advisor, Mark works with high-growth startups to assess and streamline a startups’ processes and finance tech tools.
Senior Accountant
General Accountant
Growth Partners has helped several Highline Beta Founders. Their CFOs have expert perspectives, backed by a full-stack finance team that always provide exceptional delivery to accelerate a founder from Seed to Series A.
- Marcus Daniels, Partner at Highline Beta
Right from the start, it was clear to me that I was in good hands. The team's patience, kindness, and expertise stood out strongly. They had answers ready for every question I threw their way, demonstrating their in-depth knowledge and experience. I was impressed with both their strategic and tactical approach. It's top-notch in every aspect.
- Alison Ruks, Founder at Mobobaby
From bookkeeping to payroll, with Growth Partners I feel confident that my startup’s day-to-day finances are taken care of. Their team delivers great work, and the processes and tech they put in place save me hours of work and stress.
- Francois Gouelo, CEO at Enso Connect
Growth Partners has helped several Highline Beta Founders. Their CFOs have expert perspectives, backed by a full-stack finance team that always provide exceptional delivery to accelerate a founder from Seed to Series A.
- Marcus Daniels, Partner at Highline Beta
Right from the start, it was clear to me that I was in good hands. The team's patience, kindness, and expertise stood out strongly. They had answers ready for every question I threw their way, demonstrating their in-depth knowledge and experience. I was impressed with both their strategic and tactical approach. It's top-notch in every aspect.
- Alison Ruks, Founder at Mobobaby
From bookkeeping to payroll, with Growth Partners I feel confident that my startup’s day-to-day finances are taken care of. Their team delivers great work, and the processes and tech they put in place save me hours of work and stress.
- Francois Gouelo, CEO at Enso Connect
Interested in joining our team?
We’re always open to connecting with finance experts to join our mission of helping ambitious startups scale.
Connect with us at careers@growthpartners.ca
Interested in joining our team?
We’re always open to connecting with finance experts to join our mission of helping ambitious startups scale.
Connect with us at careers@growthpartners.ca
372 Bay Street, Suite 200
Toronto, ON M5H 2W9
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