Eccere — Fundraising, Leadership & Advisory

Strategic partner for growth companies — from fundraising to the boardroom.

We work alongside founders and management teams — and the investors and institutions around them — as fractional CFOs/COOs, board members, strategy partners and dealmakers, hands-on, not from a distance.

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What We Do

Five ways we support growth companies

Each engagement scoped to what the business actually needs — click a service to see how the process works.

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Strategy & Scale-Up Partnership

We step in as embedded operators, not outside advisors — helping founders and management teams turn ambition into an executable plan, then staying to help run it.
  1. 01Diagnostic — current state of organization, operations, finance and market position
  2. 02Strategic options & prioritization
  3. 03Roadmap & business plan development
  4. 04Organizational design & capability building
  5. 05Embedded implementation support
  6. 06Performance tracking & course correction
  7. 07Leadership handover / transition planning
02
Fundraising

We prepare, position and run fundraising processes end to end — equity, debt, or a blend — from first model to signed term sheet and beyond.
  1. 01Needs assessment & financing strategy
  2. 02Investment case & materials — business plan, financial model, pitch deck, data room
  3. 03Investor / lender mapping & targeting
  4. 04Outreach & pitching
  5. 05Term sheet negotiation
  6. 06Due diligence support
  7. 07Closing & documentation
  8. 08Post-close investor relations & reporting
03
Fractional CFO / Interim Finance & Management

A senior finance function without the full-time overhead — built to stabilize, then scale, then hand over cleanly.
  1. 01Finance function assessment
  2. 02Stabilization — cash, reporting, compliance gaps
  3. 03Systems & process setup — ERP, controls, KPI dashboards
  4. 04Ongoing financial management — budgeting, forecasting, monthly close
  5. 05Financing & banking relationships
  6. 06Team building & capability transfer
  7. 07Transition & handover
04
Board & Advisory Roles

Independent, engaged counsel at board level — for companies that want a sparring partner with real operating experience, not just a name on the letterhead.
  1. 01Governance & fit assessment
  2. 02Onboarding — company, market, stakeholder briefing
  3. 03Board / advisory cadence
  4. 04Between-meeting counsel
  5. 05Annual governance review
  6. 06Succession / rotation planning
05
Internationalization & Market Entry

Practical support for companies expanding across borders — built on direct experience and networks in Switzerland, Finland, Germany and the US.
  1. 01Market screening & prioritization
  2. 02Market & competitor analysis
  3. 03Entry-mode strategy — direct, partnership, joint venture, or acquisition
  4. 04Partner or target search
  5. 05Negotiation & deal support
  6. 06Local setup support
  7. 07Post-entry performance monitoring
06
PE & Corporate Venturing Support

We work as an embedded interim manager or consultant inside portfolio and target companies on behalf of private equity firms and corporate venturing arms — and just as often support growth companies in navigating those same relationships from their side of the table.
  1. 01Mandate scoping — with the investor, the company, or both
  2. 02Stakeholder & governance mapping
  3. 03Embedded interim role — CFO, COO or advisory placement
  4. 04Bridging communication between investor and management
  5. 05Value-creation or turnaround execution
  6. 06Handover & exit from mandate
Who We Work With

Across the table, on either side.

We work directly with founders and management teams — and just as often as the interim link between them and the institutions they deal with.

Founders & Management Teams Private Equity Firms Corporate Venturing Arms Family Offices Banks
How We Work

Operating principles, not a mission statement

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Operators, not slide decks

We stay hands-on inside the business until the work is actually done — not just diagnosed.

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Technologists at core

We have the technical depth to lead engineering teams and drive AI transformation projects hands-on — not just sponsor them from the sidelines.

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Cross-border by design

Direct experience and networks across Switzerland, Finland, Germany and the US.

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Built for the long haul

Engagements are scoped to the company's stage — from a single fundraising mandate to a multi-year CFO role.

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Skin in the game

Engagements typically combine consulting fees with a sweat-equity component, and in select cases direct cash co-investment — so incentives stay aligned with the company's success.

Track Record

Selected engagements

Finance & Operations

Finance, risk & operational leadership

  • An EUR 15m equity fundraising mandate that evolved into an operative CFO/COO, corporate-structuring and advisory role. The company — a European solar and energy-storage provider — grew from CHF 8m to CHF 34m in revenue while internationalizing its customer base from roughly 80% Finland-based to roughly 80% pan-European.
  • Designed and implemented an enterprise risk management framework for a fast-growing commercial real estate business.
  • Led design, delivery and global roll-out of a USD 1bn savings initiative through Lean transformation for a leading insurance group.
Fundraising, Board and Advisory

Fundraising, board & advisory support

  • Strategy, fundraising and CEO-coaching support for a Nordic biotech company.
  • CEO coaching and strategic advisory support for a Nordic social-media management app for small businesses, including direct participation in fundraising.
  • Led due diligence, business planning and investor search for a Swiss high-tech start-up in silicon wafer manufacturing.
Strategy

Strategy & transformation

  • Defined product strategy and an implementation plan for a large Swiss telecommunications operator.
  • Reviewed the business portfolio and strategy of a major insurer's mortgage unit.
  • Vision and strategy development, followed by full implementation leadership over an eight-year period, for a world-leading commodity chemicals group.
  • Alternative-fuels market entry — opportunity confirmation and go-to-market strategy.
Contacts
JA
TR

Jukka Alvesalo

M.Sc. (Econ) & M.Sc. (Tech)

Thiemo Rehlaender

MBA & M.Sc. (BA)

25+ years building and scaling organizations across banking, technology/energy and management consulting.

30 years developing and implementing business strategies and leading large-scale transformations across industries.

  • CFO/COO and business-builder for a European energy-solutions company
  • 15 years in director-level strategy, business-unit CFO and finance COO roles at a leading global bank, Zürich and New York
  • CEO of Eccere, advising founders and executives on fundraising, strategy and market entry since 2004
  • Management consultant at a global top-tier management consultancy, Zürich
  • English, German, Finnish, French, Swedish, Swiss German
  • MD, Strategy & Transformation for a global leader in petrochemicals and energy
  • Independent strategy advisor to boards and C-suites
  • Global Head of Enterprise Operations Improvement and other global leadership roles at one of the world's leading insurance companies
  • 14 years at a leading global consulting firm, progressing to Partner
  • Professor of Strategy at a leading university in China
  • German and English
Bäch, Switzerland
+41 79 198 17 41
jukka@eccere.ch
linkedin.com/in/jalvesalo
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