Your Business Finance Accounting Growth Scaling Thought Strategy Partner
Your business deserves a CFO. You just don't need one full time.
Aether & Vale gives small businesses and nonprofits senior financial leadership — forecasting, cash flow, lending, restructuring, and growth strategy — from a partner who spent 25 years in banking and turnaround work, and who has owned and scaled a business herself.
25+ years — banking, turnaround & ownership
>$380M — bank debt restructures
3x — revenue growth delivered, twice, in two industries
60 → 15 days — monthly close
Who we are
Most consultants have studied small business. We've lived it.
Before founding Aether & Vale, Eliana López spent six years inside commercial banks helping companies access capital, three years as a turnaround consultant restructuring companies from family owned to $500M industry icons, and four years as co-owner of a 107-year-old manufacturing company she helped grow from 160 to over 650 points of distribution. She's also led finance for a $30M nonprofit through 3x growth — so whether you run a start up, small to mid sized business, to a high growth company with global aspirations, you get a partner who has personally done the thing you're trying to do.
We are not consultants who hand you a deck and disappear. We are your business partners — here to help you dream big while staying grounded in logic.
Eliana López, MBA | Partner | Founder
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Fractional CFO & FP&A
Forecasting, budgets, KPI dashboards, and a 13-week cash flow you'll actually use. Senior finance judgment, sized to your business.
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Lending & Capital Readiness
Loan packages built by a former bank portfolio manager. Know how much you can borrow - and walk in with financials that get approved.
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Turnaround & Restructuring
Cash triage, creditor negotiation, and interim CFO leadership when the stakes are highest. This is where we built our career.
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Growth, Scaling & Exits
Expansion plans, acquisitions, and succession readiness — from someone who bought, scaled, and ran a company herself.
Know Your Numbers: The Business Owner's Financial Intensive
Five group sessions. Two private 1:1 advisory sessions. One 12-month financial roadmap for your business. Learn to run your company by the numbers — using your numbers. Cohorts capped at 10 businesses.
Let’s find out where your business really stands.
Book a free 45 minute fit call. Bring your questions — leave with at least one thing you can act on this week, whether or not we work together.
“Dream big. Grounded in logic.”
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