Lasnet Bell Advisory

Clear strategy. Stronger operations. Ready for investment.

Fractional CFO & COO support, investor readiness and compelling pitches for tech startups and spinouts, from pre-seed to Series A.

We work with early-stage startups and university spinouts across England from our base in Oxford, helping founders connect their financial plans, operations and investment story. Our focus is practical: making informed decisions, building solid foundations and preparing for the next stage of growth.

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How we help

Fractional CFO & COO

Experienced financial and operational support as your business grows.

Get the support you need without committing to a full-time CFO or COO. We help with financial planning, cash flow, budgeting, reporting and day-to-day operations, bringing clarity to your runway, spending and priorities.

Investor Readiness & Fundraising

A clear funding plan, backed by credible numbers.

Prepare for your next round with financial models, funding requirements and milestones that reflect your stage of development. We help you organise investor materials and prepare for due diligence, so you can explain what you need to raise and what that investment will achieve.

Pitch Narrative & Positioning

Help investors understand the value of your innovation.

Translate complex technology into a clear commercial story. We work with you to articulate the problem you solve, your market opportunity and your route to commercialisation, aligning your pitch narrative, deck and financial plan.

Approach

From early promise to a business ready to grow

Early-stage businesses face important decisions with limited time and resources. Whether you are spinning out university research, preparing for a first raise or building towards Series A, we help you focus on what matters at each stage.

We work alongside founders to turn plans into practical next steps.

Meet the team

Celia Bell

Co-founder

Celia brings experience across early-stage investment, venture building and growth. Previously, she worked for the University of Oxford, managing its spinout company shareholdings, representing it as a board observer and making pre-seed and Series A follow-on investments on its behalf. Before this, she spent nearly seven years building and running ventures at Deloitte Ventures and was an early employee at AI startup Cipher, later acquired by LexisNexis.

Sev Gunes Lasnet

Co-founder

Sev brings experience across financial leadership, commercial strategy and engineering. She is currently a fractional CFO to Series A tech startups. Previously, she spent close to a decade at PwC, advising on growth strategy, innovation funding and due diligence, followed by a role at a corporate finance boutique serving small- to mid-cap industrial businesses. She began her career as an engineer, bringing technical understanding alongside financial and commercial expertise.

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Preparing for investment, getting a clearer view of your finances or putting stronger operations in place? Tell us where you are and what you want to achieve.