About Us

We exist to bring founder-led businesses the same financial and strategic infrastructure private equity and venture-backed companies take for granted — without asking founders to give up equity or control.

We call it the operating CFO function: a senior finance partner who uses accounting and finance not just to report what happened, but to drive what happens next. Through our five-capability ladder — accounting, investor-grade reporting, financial leadership, strategic context, and value creation — we help founders identify and execute the initiatives that actually move enterprise value. Whether you plan to hold your business forever or prepare it for an exit, the discipline is the same, and the value it creates should belong to you, not a third party.

We are CPAs. We are CFOs. We are investors. We are operators. Our experience is rooted in high-growth, founder-led, and PE/VC-backed organizations — we've sat in the seat we're advising you from. We're not consultants who hand you a deck and leave. We're partners who sit at your table.

Let's talk about what's possible for your business.

About Raki Shah, CPA

Raki founded Atma Group because he saw how much value was trapped inside founder-led businesses that never had access to the tools and experience needed to unlock it. Having sat on both sides of the table — as an investor and as an operator — he saw the opportunity to bridge both worlds and bring that value creation directly to entrepreneurs, not just the institutions that back them.

Raki brings a rare combination: hands-on operator, strategic dealmaker, and CEO. He's closed over 100 transactions, advised over 500 SMBs, built finance functions from scratch multiple times, and led a company as CEO through a turnaround to 4x growth. That means he doesn't just analyze your business from the outside — he understands it from the inside, because he's built and run one himself.

Representative Wins

• Fractional CFO for a high-growth industrial distribution company - led its first CPA audit, raised 2x capital, and identified $2M+ in cash flow opportunities

• CFO who scaled finance and strategy to support 5x revenue and 10x EBITDA growth for a family office and business advisory firm

• CFO/Advisor to a founder who built finance from scratch, achieved 3x revenue growth, raised 2x funding, and drove 15% margin expansion for a VC-backed SaaS company

• CEO of an 80-person healthcare technology company that launched 2 products, accelerated growth 4x, and improved EBITDA by 300%+

• Head of M&A for a Global 1000 services company, overseeing 100 acquisitions and partnerships (~$2B of value) at 25% cash-on-cash returns