Growth strategy
A roadmap prioritized by impact on revenue and profitability.
Funding Fast — Strategic advisory
Grow. Get funded. Transform your company.
We combine financial strategy and applied technology to accelerate growth, optimize your structure, and increase the measurable value of your business.
Most companies don't fail for lack of technology.
They fail because of decisions disconnected between finance, operations and technology — not because they lack tools.
01
A poor financial structure that limits growth and access to capital.
02
Non-scalable processes that multiply costs as the business grows.
03
Technology decisions disconnected from business strategy.
04
Lack of focus on the return on investment of each initiative.
The solution
A single growth lever
Capital
Financial structure, fundraising and investment readiness.
Technology
AI, automation and blockchain applied only when they generate impact.
Strategy
Business decisions that connect capital and technology with results.
Value appears when technology, capital and strategy operate as a single integrated system.
What we do
Six lines of work, one single goal
Fundraising
Debt, equity and alternative financing, with a clear investment narrative.
M&A and valuation
Due diligence, valuation and deal structuring for buy-side or sell-side transactions.
AI-driven digital transformation
AI architecture applied to real business impact.
Process automation
Identifying and quickly executing high-return automations.
Operational and financial optimization
Business KPIs and processes redesigned to cut cost and increase margin.
Who we are
Team and Collaborating Partners
A senior, multidisciplinary profile: corporate finance, markets and applied technology.
Clifford Smith
Managing PartnerInternational business development professional and investment advisor with two decades of experience across banking, wealth management, and cross-border capital markets in Europe and Latin America. He currently supports different companies, founders, and scale-ups as Business Partner for LATAM & EUROPEAN Projects, helping companies structure fundraising processes and capital rounds, connect with investors, and execute international expansion strategies.
Before turning into an independent investment advisory, Clifford held senior Wealth Management leadership roles at Citibank and Scotiabank, where he managed relationship-manager teams and investment portfolios exceeding USD $500 million for high-net-worth clients across Central America.
A former captain of the Costa Rican National Basketball Team and former NCAA athlete, Clifford brings the same competitive discipline, composure under pressure, and team leadership that defined his playing career to every deal he structures and every founder he advises.
Albert Salvany
Technology AdvisorStrategic consultant and technical implementer with 25+ years at the intersection of finance, technology, and AI. He built his career advising major asset managers like Caixabank and Deutsche Bank and insurance leaders like AXA, with deep expertise in both Front and Back-Office operations in Asset Management,as a Capgemini Consultant.
After 20+ years as an investor and trader in traditional and crypto markets, he transitioned into FINTech consulting, specializing in Open Banking and distributed technologies like Blockchain and DeFi. This path led him to work with organizations such as BSM/UPF, Barcelona Finance School, EAE, Belobaba, CryptoFund and BiTBCN, and to be featured in Expansión, El Confidencial, Capital Radio and Negocios TV.
Today he helps companies implement AI before their competitors make them obsolete — without hiring a 10-person team. He does it with ready-to-use infrastructure, data and backtesting: from automating simple processes to save 20h/week, to designing, testing and launching 24/7 complex business processes. You bring the idea, he brings the technology.
Who it's for
Companies in a growth or transformation phase
Generate more than €1M in annual revenue
Are in a growth or transformation phase
Need to scale or restructure
Are seeking funding or preparing for investment/sale
Revenue threshold
+0M€
Minimum annual revenue of the client profile we work with at Funding Fast.
Packaged offer
Five solutions, one single system
Strategic Growth Audit
A complete business diagnostic.
- Finance
- Operations
- Technology
- Scalability
Output: Growth roadmap prioritized by ROI
Capital & Funding Advisory
- Investment readiness
- Investor narrative
- Financial models
- Fundraising strategy
Output: Investor-ready equity story
AI & Automation Transformation Sprint
- Identifying automatable processes
- AI architecture design
- Fast implementation
- Reducing operating costs
Output: Automation live in production
M&A & Corporate Strategy
- Company valuation
- Due diligence
- Buy/sell strategy
- Deal structuring
Output: A structured transaction
Executive Transformation Program
Ongoing strategic support for CEOs.
- Growth decisions
- Technology investment
- Financial structure
- Operational scaling
Output: Continuous strategic support
Case studies
Before and after
Operational scaling — before
Manual processes, rising costs, difficulty scaling.
After
Automation + AI + optimization → lower costs and scalability.
Fundraising — before
A growing company, but a weak narrative and unclear financial structure.
After
Equity story + financial model + strategy → access to capital.
Technology transformation — before
Fragmented digitalization with no real impact on the business.
After
Strategic AI integration → direct impact on efficiency and margin.
M&A — before
A company with no clarity on valuation or readiness for the transaction.
After
Valuation, preparation and strategic execution of the transaction.
Philosophy
Technology does not create value on its own.
Value appears when technology, capital and strategy operate as a single integrated system.
Contact
Request your strategic diagnostic
A first conversation to understand your business, identify priorities and see if we're a fit.
Response time< 24 business hours
Format30-min call
CostNo commitment
We turn capital, technology and strategy
into measurable growth.