Scene 1 of 4
One desk. Five executives.
Marcus
Finance chief
Finance and capital
Victoria
Legal chief
Legal and compliance
Maya
Marketing chief
Growth and brand
Jordan
Operations chief
Operations and delivery
Athena
Strategy counsel
Strategy and decisions
Founder question
“Should we raise now, or grow efficiently for six more months?”
Routed to AthenaFinance validation
Athena · answer first
Decision memo · evidence reviewed
Delay the institutional round for one milestone cycle, while opening a controlled investor dialogue now. The recommendation changes if runway falls below nine months or enterprise conversion remains under 18%.
Base case · 6 months
Trigger · runway below 9 months
Fallback · bridge financing