# Vakari Advisors
> Forward Deployed CFO Advisory for Companies Navigating Growth and Change

Vakari Advisors is a CFO advisory firm founded by Amir Jafari, former CFO of Couchbase. We embed directly into organizations as an extension of the CEO and board, providing hands-on financial leadership rather than outside consulting.

## Services

- [Forward Deployed CFO](/fractional-cfo/): Embedded CFO leadership including FP&A, fundraising, board reporting, annual operating plans, and financial infrastructure.
- [AI Strategy & Implementation](/ai-strategy/): Build, deploy, and scale AI across the office of the CFO. Powered by Vakari Labs, our agentic AI incubation arm.
- [Operational Excellence](/operational-readiness/): FP&A, business process automation, digital transformation, financial controls, and audit readiness.
- [Strategic Planning](/strategic-advisory/): M&A advisory, fundraising, debt financing, and long-range strategic planning.

## Key Facts

- Headquarters: Los Gatos, California
- Founded: 2026
- Founder: Amir Jafari (former CFO, Couchbase)
- Website: https://vakariadvisors.com
- Contact: info@vakariadvisors.com
- Innovation Arm: Vakari Labs (https://vakarilabs.com) — building agentic AI solutions for procurement and accounting automation

## Who We Serve

Growth-stage SaaS companies, PE-backed businesses, and technology companies navigating fundraising, M&A, operational scaling, or public-market readiness. We serve companies from Series A through IPO preparation.

## How We Work

We embed as a forward-deployed CFO — working inside the organization alongside the founding team. We price on outcomes (project-based or success-based), not hours. Every engagement delivers both strategic leadership and operational execution.

## Insights

- [When Should an Early-Stage Company Hire Its First CFO?](/blog/when-to-hire-first-cfo/): Why most early-stage companies don't need a full-time CFO until ~$50M in revenue, and how forward-deployed CFO leadership fills the gap.
- [AI in the Office of the CFO: Where to Start](/blog/ai-in-office-of-cfo/): Where AI actually creates value in finance — procurement, close, reporting, forecasting — and how to see ROI in 90 days.
- [How a CFO Advisor Helps Companies That Already Have a CFO](/blog/supporting-your-existing-cfo/): How Vakari gives sitting CFOs surge capacity, senior peer review, process optimization, and AI readiness and implementation — as a force multiplier, not a replacement.