Caugia · Fintech B2B

The constraint capping regulated-fintech scale. Named.

265 fintech-native questions across 12 GRIP pillars, tuned for payments, treasury and embedded finance. Sophie diagnoses the one bottleneck, quantifies leakage post-processor, and delivers three concrete moves with owner, cost and deadline. EU residency toggle per workspace.

Free · 15 questions · 2 minutes · Native in EN, FR

LEDGERSTREAM · SERIES B · €2.1B TPV
Primary constraint: Activation Wall
43/100
LEAKAGE
€8.4M/yr
INACTION
€700K/mo
RECOVERABLE
€4.1M

“Sandbox-to-prod conversion 12%. Time-to-first-payment 62 days. 78% of signups never go live.”

Illustrative example, not a real client.

6 fintech-native archetypes

Every failure pattern has a name and a fix.

Guidance
Compliance Debt
Regulatory work run as crisis response, not engineering. Same signal repeats because no one owns the durable fix.
Resources
Sandbox Trap
Signups stuck between sandbox + KYC. Pipeline healthy on paper, revenue never materialises.
Implementation
Activation Wall
Signup to first live transaction 62+ days. Sandbox to prod conversion below 15%.
Implementation
Procurement Gauntlet
Deal cycle 120+ days, 8 stakeholders, 45% slip one quarter. Risk and legal loops in series.
Performance
Unit Economics Mirage
Headline margin flattered by pre-processor revenue. Real post-processor GM below bench.
Performance
Counterparty Concentration
Top client 35%+ of volume, no backup rail. One outage or bad quarter takes 40% revenue.
How it works

Four steps, from diagnosis to executed fix.

Assess

~35 min. 265 fintech-native questions. Compliance-aware, regulated-rail ready.

Connect

Stripe / Plaid / Modulr / Segment (read-only). EU residency toggle.

Decide

Sophie names the binding constraint + 3 moves with owner, cost, deadline. The GTM Intelligence Report lands with a forward 4Q P&L post-processor.

Execute

You fix it, or Tom Meijer, working fractionally, runs the plan with you in GRIP OS: weekly rhythm, regulatory radar (PSD3, DORA), progress measured on the live score.

Fintech-native connectors

During Execute, Tom Meijer plugs GRIP OS into payments + treasury data.

Stripe
Plaid
Modulr
Segment
HubSpot
Salesforce

Read the GTM intelligence by role

Same framework, different lens. Pick your role for a curated reading path.

New here Start with the basics → CEO · Founder CEO/Founder reading path → Head of Risk · Compliance Compliance and risk lens → CFO · Finance Unit economics post-processor → Head of Growth Fintech growth reading path → Fintech B2B lens Filter intelligence to Fintech → Investor · VC/PE Investor reading path → Head of Partnerships Partner ecosystem reading →

Start with the free Pulse.

Thirty-one questions, about ten minutes. You get your binding constraint and what it leaks per year. The €750 Report goes deeper: three moves with owner, cost and deadline, and a forward 4‑quarter P&L with post-processor gross margin. If you would rather have an operator run the fix with you, that conversation starts here too.

Start the free analysis → Talk to Tom → See Pricing