CapabilitiesFinancial modeling
Financial models for Canadian companies that need to raise capital, borrow, buy, sell or plan with confidence. Built around how the business actually works, with clear assumptions and outputs that investors, lenders and your own team can use.
When a model is needed
A model is only as useful as the decision it informs. We start with the question, then build what it needs, no more and no less.
An investor-facing model with milestones, use of funds and a valuation that holds up in diligence.
A forecast and debt schedule that show lenders how the loan will be repaid, with covenant tests.
Valuation, deal structure, synergies and the combined business after closing.
A driver-based budget and rolling forecast the management team can update and use.
A new facility, product or market, tested across scenarios before the money is committed.
A short-term cash forecast and a plan that lenders and other stakeholders can follow.
How we help
Financial modeling for founder-led and family-owned businesses, high-growth startups and scale-ups, companies preparing for M&A or recapitalization, and businesses under financial pressure across Canada. We translate the business into numbers that make sense to investors, lenders and your own team.
Models tailored to your business model, whether SaaS, consumer goods, manufacturing or services, with clear assumptions, dynamic outputs and layouts that are easy to use and update.
Models that stand up to scrutiny and support your story, whether you are raising equity or applying for a loan.
Forward-looking budgets, rolling forecasts and sensitivity tools that help management act early rather than react late.
What happens if sales drop, margins tighten or financing is delayed, modeled so decisions are made with the downside in view.
Discounted cash flow, comparables, LBO and exit waterfall models for internal planning, M&A or 409A preparation.
A second set of eyes on an existing model, assessing structure, accuracy and credibility, with clean-ups or rebuilds as needed.
Modeling across Canada
Canadian companies raise money from a wide range of sources: the major banks, credit unions and BDC, private credit funds, angels and venture funds, private equity firms, family offices and the public markets in Toronto. Each reads a model differently, and a model built for one audience often fails with another.
We build models in the form each audience expects, with the assumptions they will test made explicit, whether the company is in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal or Halifax. Our experience spans investment banking, venture capital and CFO roles.
Venture and growth investors look for unit economics, growth drivers, burn and runway, and how the round gets the company to its next milestone. Many Canadian companies also raise from U.S. investors, who expect the same discipline.
Banks, credit unions and BDC look for cash flow available for debt service, covenant headroom and a downside case they believe. Private credit funds add their own tests on leverage and liquidity.
Buyers and sellers need a model that bridges reported to normalized earnings and shows value under different structures, from earn-outs to rollover equity.
Mining, energy, infrastructure and real estate projects need project-level models of capital costs, timelines, financing and returns, often for a joint venture partner or a lender. See real estate financial modeling and mining feasibility.
Our view
A good model makes the important assumptions visible and lets the reader change them. A poor one buries them in thousands of rows that only its author can follow, and loses credibility the moment an investor asks a question.
We build models that are clear, auditable and easy to update, and we explain them to the people who will use them. When we hand over a model, your team should be able to run it.
Watch: Convertible Notes Explained
How an engagement works
The timeline depends on the complexity of the model and how quickly the information is available. You receive a written proposal with the scope, timing and fee before any work begins.
Already have a model? We review existing models and clean them up or rebuild them where needed.
Need a model for a raise, a loan or a decision?
Selected clients
Frequently asked questions
A spreadsheet representation of how a business makes money, linking its assumptions to forecast income statements, balance sheets and cash flows, so decisions can be tested before they are made.
Three-statement operating models, budgets and rolling forecasts, fundraising and lender models, valuation, LBO and merger models, and project models for real estate and resources.
Yes. We review structure, accuracy and credibility, and clean up or rebuild where needed.
Yes. We build for the user, document the assumptions and walk your team through the model at handover.
Usually Excel, because investors, lenders and buyers expect it. We can work with other tools where a business already relies on them.
Yes. We build investor-facing models for pre-seed to Series B companies, including cap tables and the conversion of SAFEs and convertible notes. See our guide to modeling convertible notes.
It depends on the scope. After a first conversation we send a written proposal setting out the scope, the stages and the fees, so the cost is clear before any work begins.
Yes. Our office is in Vancouver, and we build models for companies across Canada, from Vancouver to Calgary, Toronto, Montreal and Halifax. Most of the work is done remotely, with scheduled calls and a shared workspace for the model.
Have a question that isn’t covered here? Ask us directly.
Start a conversation
Tell us what the model needs to answer and when you need it. We will come back with the questions that matter for your situation.
What happens next
Office
Alphabridge Group Inc.555 Burrard StreetVancouver, BC V7X 1M8
We use your details only to respond to your inquiry.
Whether it is a deal, a raise, a valuation or the way the business is run, we are glad to talk it through.
vasant@alphabridge.co
+1 778 903 4883
Five practices, organized around the decisions our clients face.
Sector depth across the businesses we advise, from early-stage ventures to established operators.
Perspectives on transactions, valuation, capital, performance and strategy.
An independent strategic finance firm, founded in 2016 and led by its principal on every engagement.
