"We engaged Chad Cohen and his team at Scala Advisors to assist one of our early stage biotech portfolio companies with up-leveling both their board materials and the company's early sales and financial models. Chad's team was fantastic - they worked collaboratively across the company and their work has greatly improved the quality and timeliness of financial communications between management, investors and board. We appreciate the partnership and would recommend Scala in a broad mix of portfolio company situations."
Matt McIlwain
Managing Director, Madrona
"Chad is an extremely experienced financial executive who has built finance teams from scratch, scaled them through hypergrowth, and also managed mature teams at scale. Chad was my right hand at Zillow as our first ever CFO, and he created from scratch all aspects of the finance function – from financial planning and analysis to SEC reporting, from tax to audit, from controls to treasury. Any startup or scaling company would be lucky to have Chad’s financial expertise while on their growth journey."
Spencer Rascoff
CEO, Match Group
"My team and I have been working with Chad for the past year. Having his expertise and guidance has been very helpful as we have scaled our accounting and finance functions. He's a great strategic thought partner who effectively balances start-up speed and operational needs with long-term thinking and an understanding of what it takes to scale. I highly recommend him to other entrepreneurs looking for an advisor to help them scale effectively."
Malte Kramer
Founder / CEO, Luxury Presence
"Scala Advisors is an essential partner to Actum as we seek to scale our fast- growing global business while simultaneously building world class financial architecture to support and manage our growth. Chad Cohen has seen the highest levels of finance from every angle and perspective and his counsel is always data-driven, experience-driven and offered from the perspective of an entrepreneur. Scala has our highest recommendation."
Kirill Goncharenko
Founder / Managing Partner, Actum
"Chad and his team at Scala did an outstanding job setting us up with strategic modeling across our portfolio of companies. Beyond the technical work, they were terrific thought partners, bringing valuable strategic ideas while also helping us enhance our financial operations and strengthen the structure of our overall finance and accounting function."
Kabir Shahani
Founder, Amp It Up Ventures
"Chad is not just a world-class CFO with public company experience, he’s also a true thought partner for any founder learning to scale. I worked with him in a CFO/COO capacity at my last startup, and his steady hand as an operator was invaluable in helping me navigate some very choppy waters. Chad is one of those rare executives who can dive into the weeds when needed, then zoom out to play 4D chess on strategy and execution. Every conversation with him made me a better founder, and any company would be fortunate to have him."
Payam Banazadeh
Founder / former CEO, Capella Space
"Chad has been a tremendous partner to Parse as we’ve grown the business. He brings a breadth of experience and knowledge that helped us work through complex topics including FP&A, investor relations, and M&A. We relied on Chad for topics both big and small across diverse areas spanning company strategy to specific accounting practices. I would highly recommend working with Chad to any company looking for an experienced partner to help scale their business to the next level."
Alex Rosenberg
Co-Founder / CEO, Parse Biosciences
"Chad was a valuable partner in helping us get our early finance function off the ground at Northwood. He supported us with operating models and financial projects before we brought the role in-house, bringing an investor’s perspective that helped clarify what numbers really mattered and why. His understanding of early-stage needs — along with experience scaling later-stage companies - made their input practical and actionable for where we were at the time."
Shaurya Luthra
Co-founder Northwood Space
"Chad helps us navigate a wide range of strategic and tactical topics, fills a number of gaps in our team, and provides an important resource to our executive team during a phase of rapid growth when change happens daily"
Andy Lapsa
Co-Founder / CEO, Stoke Space
