Plug & play operations team for your web3 startup

Keep your focus on building exceptional products and getting users. We take care of finance and operations.

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Founders at those startups bought back time with us

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No more awkward ops hires

Let's be real. Do you need a full-time CFO or COO? Probably not. Do you need the expertise? You bet. Will a less expensive junior hire be able to provide it? Definitely not.

With us, you always get a CXO profile to help you with strategic issues, as well as additional talent that executes. Forget about payroll, employee benefits, equity allocations, and headaches.

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We understand your language

Have you ever tried to explain your business to a service provider or new employee that is not crypto-savvy? We have, and it's painful.

We're crypto natives. We've built web3 products, hired and managed remote teams, structured crypto foundations, launched tokens, kept compliant crypto accounting, and managed token treasuries. Whatever problem you may have, we got you.‍

We may also have aped into degen coins and got rugged on a few occasions in our free time

We understand your language

Have you ever tried to explain your business to a service provider or new employee that is not crypto-savvy? We have, and it's painful.

We're crypto natives. We've built web3 products, hired and managed remote teams, structured crypto foundations, launched tokens, kept compliant crypto accounting, and managed token treasuries. Whatever problem you may have, we got you.‍

We may also have aped into degen coins and got rugged on a few occasions in our free time

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Want to share your pains with us?

We cover the full spectrum of finance and operations

Financial Planning & Analysis

Leverage financial operations for strategic insights

We manage the relationship with bookkeepers, auditors, banks, and authorities so that your company is compliant at all times and we always have a clear view of your financial position.

We create budgets and forecasts that we compare monthly with actuals to identify key strategic insights that enable you to take corrective action.

We help you manage your treasury and send out investor updates.

Fundraising

Accelerate your fundraising velocity

Forget the fundraising runaround. We're here to research your market, create impactful decks, sharpen your pitch, strategize your outreach, and get those investment talks across the finish line with ease.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Navigate M&A serenely

Whether you want to sell your company or grow with acquisitions, M&A are always stressful and time consuming.

You can rely on us to guide you through every phase, from initial valuation, through due diligence, to negotiations.

We meticulously analyze potential targets or partners, offering you critical insights that drive informed decision-making. Our hands-on approach in the negotiation and integration phases means you're always positioned for success.

Operations strategy

Set a clear heading and don't miss a beat

Organizations tend to fall apart when they grow and become more complex. We help you avoid this situation with a strict operating system for your startup.

We help you define the goals that set the strategic direction of your company, set the KPIs to track your progress toward your goals, and put in place the systems to track and report them accordingly.

We help you identify and document the core processes of your organization so there is no space for improvisation. Just pure, ruthless execution.

Human Resources & Culture

Elevate your most precious asset

The most important responsibility of founders and CEOs is to carefully build the best team for their company, so we won't take that from you. What we will take from you (if you let us) is implementing and managing all the system and processes that get into building a dream team.

We start by going over the basics with you: your mission, vision and core values. They will influence who you hire and how you expect them to conduct business on a day-to-day basis.

We help you define the entire hiring process: how to conduct the search, implementing the right tools, setting up interviews that identify only A players that match your values, and effective trial periods.

We draft the processes for, and monitor, inductions and training so that your new hires get comfortable in their new position.

We help you with the processes regarding evaluations, terminations, and employee benefits.

Tools and automations

Zero time spent testing and implementing tools

Good news! No need to spend hours researching, testing, demoing, selecting and due diligence'ing new software. Chances are, we already have. If we haven't, we'll do it for you and give recommendations.

We set up tools tailored to your business and connect them through automations to increase efficiency.

Customer Support

Customer support on autopilot

Get S-tier retention rates thanks to impeccable customer support. We set the infrastructure and processes so that your customers' problems are always addressed quickly and in a consistent manner.

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Read what founders say about us

Working with Lambert brought a lot of clarity into BlackComb’s strategy. He is available and proactive with great communication. I would definitely work with him again.

Igor Lilic
Founder & CEO

Web3-native entrepreneurs at the helm


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Lambert Despaux
Founder & CEO
- Co-founded and led Operations & Finance for a web3 startup of 27 serving more than 170 B2B clients with $6 million in Total Value Locked (TVL)

- Established and led Operations & Investments for a regulated angel venture fund focusing on blockchain infrastructure and RWA tokenization. Invested in 11 projects in tokens and equity

- Acted as Advisor and Fractional CFO for 4 companies (Developer tools, Regtech, Fintech, Web3, B2B SaaS)

- Mentored dozens of startups through Techstars Web3 and R3's Venture Development Program

- Transacted $1.5 bn in private equity real estate

Even our pricing model makes your life easier

Scaling

Custom
Revenue > $1m/yr
Team > 15
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Growing

$12,000/month
$100k/yr < Revenue ≤ $1m/yr
5 < Team ≤ 15
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Starting

$6,000/month
Revenue ≤ $100k/yr
Team ≤ 5
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Scaling

Custom
Revenue > $1m/yr
Team > 15
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Growing

$10,000/month
$100k/yr < Revenue ≤ $1m/yr
5 < Team ≤ 15
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Starting

$5,000/month
Revenue ≤ $100k/yr
Team ≤ 5
Book a free consultation
Financial Planning & Analysis
(all plans include the same services + full refund if you're not satisfied after 2 weeks)
Relationship with bookkeepers
Relationship with auditors
Relationship with banks
Relationship with authorities
Control of accounts
Budgets and forecasts
Monthly accounts reviews & strategic insights
Financial controls & processes
Treasury management strategy
Assistance with investor updates
Unlimited questions to CFO
Fundraising
Included with no additional fee (value $5-10k)
Market research
Deck outline and narrative
Deck draft
Basic deck design
Professional deck design
Not included
Pitch preparation
Investor identification & outreach strategy
Data room
Assistance with investment documentation
Assistance with negotiations
Mergers & Acquisitions
Additional fees: retainer + success fee
Market research
Company valuations & financial modelling
Research and analysis of acquirers/targets
Relationship with due diligence advisors
Supervision of due diligence
Data room
Assistance with investment documentation
Assistance with negotiations
Ongoing assistance with integration
Operational strategy
Included with no additional fee
Setup & review of company goals and KPIs
Setup of systems to track KPIs
Identification of core processes
Human Resources processes
Marketing processes
Sales processes
Customer success processes
Company cadence policies & alignment
Unlimited questions to COO
Human Resources & Culture
Included with no additional fee
Review of Vision, Mission & Core Values
Draft of job descriptions
Implementation of HR tools
Interview strategy & process
Trial period strategy & process
Induction strategy, process & monitoring
Evaluation process
Termination process
Employee benefits implementation
Relationship with and monitoring of recruiters
Recruiters
Not included
Assistance with organization of offsites
Customer success
Included with no additional fee
Documentation of customer success process
Documentation of customer success training
Implementation of customer success tools
Monitoring of customer success specialists
Customer success specialists
Not included
Tools & automations
Included with no additional fee
Audit and remodeling of CRM implementation
Audit of domain-specific software
Integration of domain-specific tools with CRM
Continuous research and improvement
Financial Planning & Analysis
(all plans include the same services + full refund if you're not satisfied after 2 weeks)
Relationship with bookkeepers
Relationship with auditors
Relationship with banks
Relationship with authorities
Control of accounts
Budgets and forecasts
Monthly accounts reviews & strategic insights
Financial controls & processes
Treasury management strategy
Assistance with investor updates
Unlimited questions to CFO
Fundraising
Included with no additional fee (value $5-10k)
Market research
Deck outline and narrative
Deck draft
Basic deck design
Professional deck design
Not included
Pitch preparation
Investor identification & outreach strategy
Data room
Assistance with investment documentation
Assistance with negotiations
Mergers & Acquisitions
Additional fees: retainer + success fee
Market research
Company valuations & financial modelling
Research and analysis of acquirers/targets
Relationship with due diligence advisors
Supervision of due diligence
Data room
Assistance with investment documentation
Assistance with negotiations
Ongoing assistance with integration
Operational strategy
Included with no additional fee
Setup & review of company goals and KPIs
Setup of systems to track KPIs
Identification of core processes
Human Resources processes
Marketing processes
Sales processes
Customer success processes
Company cadence policies & alignment
Unlimited questions to COO
Human Resources & Culture
Included with no additional fee
Review of Vision, Mission & Core Values
Draft of job descriptions
Implementation of HR tools
Interview strategy & process
Trial period strategy & process
Induction strategy, process & monitoring
Evaluation process
Termination process
Employee benefits implementation
Relationship with and monitoring of recruiters
Recruiters
Not included
Assistance with organization of offsites
Customer success
Included with no additional fee
Documentation of customer success process
Documentation of customer success training
Implementation of customer success tools
Monitoring of customer success specialists
Customer success specialists
Not included
Tools & automations
Included with no additional fee
Audit and remodeling of CRM implementation
Audit of domain-specific software
Integration of domain-specific tools with CRM
Continuous research and improvement

Everything you want to know about us

(but are afraid to ask)

Can you help with growth or product?
Do you do refunds?
What happens when I want to start building my own Ops team?
What's your cancellation policy?
How does billing work?
What happens when we start working together?

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