The full-time hire can wait, the challenge cannot
Every growing business hits a point where it needs someone who's done it before: a CFO to lead the raise, a CMO to find the next stage of growth, a COO to build for scale.
Blaze connects you with experienced fractional leaders who step in quickly, own the outcome, and work on flexible terms that fit where your business is today.
Our process, in simple terms
First we have a call to hear where your business is going and the challenges you have
Next we agree on the fractional role that will make the biggest difference
Then we go looking for the person who fits, usually within weeks
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The Problem We Solve
For founders and CEOs
You need senior expertise: but a full-time senior hire isn't the right move yet, or you just need the expertise for a specific growth phase.
Every month without the right senior leader costs you: missed opportunities, slower decisions, time spent on problems you cannot solve.
Blaze gives you access to experienced senior operators, who owns the outcome and are scoped to exactly what you need, when you need it.
For senior leaders
You've built 20+ years of expertise, but senior roles in Switzerland still mostly come as full-time or nothing. That leaves many experienced leaders, especially women, on the sidelines.
Fractional work gives you choice: your clients, your hours, several companies at once. You still lead and own real outcomes, on your terms.
Blaze connects you with Swiss scaleups and SMEs that need exactly what you bring.
Less headcount. More expertise.
How We Work
Some founders know exactly who they need. Others want to think through the right setup first. Either way, you can start with us.
We're not a database or a platform. We're the connector. We've done these roles ourselves, and we’ll be with you along the way, helping you find the right operator at each stage.
Blaze Advisory
Not sure where to start? We sit down with you to understand where the business is going and what's holding it back. Together we map out which senior role will make the biggest difference first, and why. That's your Fractional Roadmap.
We can also shape the role with you: what success looks like, the KPIs, and how to bring the person into your team.
Blaze Connect
You know what you need. We find your person. Every introduction is personal, we only put someone forward we'd stake our reputation on. If the right fit isn't in our Blaze network, we go looking.
Our fee is simple: an engagement fee, plus a small percentage of the B2B value between you and the fractional leader.
Blaze Anchor
We don't introduce and disappear. Blaze stays involved throughout the first year, with regular check-ins with both you and your fractional leader to make sure the fit is working and the impact is real.
We're invested in this because your success is our success. That responsibility is built in by design, not added on top.
Growth has stages. Leadership should too.
Behind Blaze
We've each built, grown and fixed things from the inside. We started Blaze so Swiss founders can get that experience without making a full-time hire.
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Emelie Metscher
FOUNDER · FRACTIONAL CHIEF OF STAFF
I spent years in corporate at SEB, British Telecom and Virgin Money, before going fractional. Working with UK scaleups to find the right senior talent at the right moment, I saw what the fractional model could do: faster decisions, leaner teams, real expertise without the full-time overhead.
Switzerland deserved the same. So I built Blaze.
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Yana Goretaya
FOUNDING PARTNER · FRACTIONAL CHIEF OF STAFF
After 15 years working alongside senior leadership at Google, Ahold Delhaize, and the Global Battery Alliance, the pattern was always the same: decisions piling up, teams needing to form, no one in place yet to take it on. Things get delayed or carried by the same few people. Fractional solves that.
Blaze makes it work.
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Carina Hütte
FOUNDING PARTNER · FRACTIONAL CHIEF PEOPLE OFFICER
20 years working the same question across corporates, start-ups and scale-ups - from Credit Suisse to employee #2 at radicant: people systems are a business strategy lever, not an HR cost centre. Most companies treat people topics as HR only. Smart leaders treat it as company strategy. That’s how I run it.
Blaze is how Swiss founders get that on demand.
Why Blaze
Founder friendly fees
Executive search firms charge a hefty percentage of the annual salary. We charge a simple engagement fee plus a small % of the B2B mandate value between you and the fractional leader.
Execution-focused
Our leaders don't just advise. They embed in your team, own KPIs, and lead from the front. These are operators, not consultants.
A powerhouse network
We are not a database of CVs. Blaze is a network of 90+ leaders who have already chosen the fractional path. Experienced, and ready to step in.
Proven model, Swiss market
We've built fractional leadership teams for high-growth businesses in the UK. Blaze brings that hands-on experience to Switzerland.
Inside the Blaze Network
Our Growth Partners
At Blaze, we believe that the best outcomes for any growing business come from an ecosystem. Our growth partners are businesses who share our belief that Swiss companies deserve access to senior, strategic leadership, and who bring complementary expertise that helps us, and the companies we work with, go further, faster.
CRO2Go
CRO2Go brings fractional Chief Revenue Officer leadership to B2B companies with a focus on Fintech, SaaS, and Technology Services. Operating at the intersection of Go-to-Market as an execution system and Fractional CRO leadership built on Silicon Valley methodology - deployed across DACH, the Nordics, GCC, and Singapore.
CRO2Go steps in at three critical moments: when investors demand aggressive growth post-Series A or B, when a business needs to rethink its revenue architecture, and in M&A situations.
Senior commercial firepower. On-demand.
Holycode
Holycode is a Swiss AI software company that helps businesses build and ship software without hiring a large in-house engineering team. Dedicated teams in Serbia and Romania work as an extension of the client's own organisation, and an AI-supported delivery approach rebuilds legacy software in weeks rather than months, with clients keeping full ownership of the code with the flexibility to bring in fractional expertise as needed.
Holycode steps in at three critical moments: when the company needs more engineering capacity than it can hire for, when it's stuck on a system nobody wants to maintain, or wants its own team to actually work with AI rather than only talk about it.
AI-first tech solutions.
Alfred
Alfred is a Swiss legal and business advisory firm for startups and scaleups, run by people who have built companies themselves. Their team of lawyers and business advisors work side by side, so founders get advice that fits how their business actually runs, with clear, practical answers instead of theory.
Alfred steps in at critical moments: when a company is raising money, when it's growing and needs the right strategy, contracts, governance and structures in place, and when it's facing a big move like a restructuring, acquisition or exit.
Legal and business support that thinks like a founder.
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