Entrepreneurial Services

Strategic finance support for scaling founder-led businesses


Scaling a business brings pressure, from boards, investors, regulators, and internal teams. For founder-led companies moving fast, especially in sectors like fintech, AI, medtech, and SaaS, the need for strong financial leadership and operational clarity grows fast.

BDO Entrepreneurial Services is a dedicated division to support fast-growing, venture-backed businesses with CFO-level advisory, investor-grade reporting, and scalable finance systems, without the cost or commitment of a full-time hire. Our team combines deep startup experience with the global strength of BDO to help founders lay solid financial foundations, raise capital, expand into new markets, and make smarter decisions, faster.

If you’re building something ambitious and need a partner who understands what that involves, we’re here to support you.


Our Solutions

Scaling fast creates financial complexity. We help you solve the big challenges that come with growth.

We act as a strategic finance partner to founders, giving you access to CFO-level insight, without the full-time overhead.

  • Fundraising strategy, investor readiness, and board-level reporting
  • Exit planning, capital structuring, and M&A support
  • Strategic guidance to navigate high-growth challenges
  • Deep startup experience, we have been in your shoes.

We help founders stay one step ahead of what’s next.

As your business scales, your finance function needs to keep pace. We help you build for today and what’s coming.

  • Design and implementation of scalable finance processes
  • Finance system reviews and tech stack upgrades
  • Real-time dashboards and automated reporting
  • KPI frameworks aligned to investor expectations.

From early traction to international expansion, we build finance functions that grow with you.

We take the weight of compliance off your shoulders, so you can stay focused on building.

  • Fully outsourced accounting and finance support
  • Statutory accounts, company secretarial, and international compliance
  • Tax structuring, R&D tax credits, and audit readiness
  • Investor-grade financial reporting.

Everything you need to stay compliant, credible, and capital-ready.

Make smarter decisions, faster, with insights that power growth.

  • Financial modelling and scenario planning
  • Investor-ready KPI reporting and board packs
  • Funding round analysis and exit planning support
  • Real-time insights to steer your business forward.

We turn your numbers into clarity, and clarity into action.


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Planning your next stage of growth?
Get in touch for a no-obligation conversation.


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Why BDO?


Our Entrepreneurial Services are backed by the depth and scale of the BDO network—local expertise across Ireland, and global reach in over 160 markets. We understand the pace and pressure of building a venture-backed business, because we work with founders and their teams every day.

You stay focused on growing the business. We help you build the finance function to support it.


Connected Services - expert support, where and when you need it.
Entrepreneurial Services connects you with BDO’s wider expertise, so your finance function is backed by specialist knowledge at every stage.

Meet the expert

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Mark Waldron

Head of Entrepreneurial Services, BDO Dublin
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