Hiring a permanent CTO at the wrong stage can cost 12 to 18 months and a chunk of equity. A fractional CTO gives you the architecture, hiring, and technical strategy you need at the cadence the business actually requires.
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Tailored to Startups, delivered by a Toronto security and compliance team led by a published CVE researcher, with our partner Lorikeet Security where offensive testing is involved.
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When you need senior technical leadership but cannot yet justify, or attract, a full-time CTO. It is common pre-seed through Series A.
Yes — technical due-diligence prep, data-room materials, and credibly answering investor technical questions are part of the role.
For many startups, yes — our founder brings hands-on security depth, including six published CVEs, that most fractional CTOs do not, which de-risks both build and compliance.
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