The challenge
Helix was spending fast ahead of a Series A with a blended CAC that made unit economics unpresentable to investors. Creative was produced ad-hoc and never tested systematically.
The RedBeard playbook
01
Offer architecture: free eval workspace replaced the demo-request wall
02
Creative testing system with 6 concept families and weekly iteration
03
Channel consolidation from 6 platforms to 2 that actually converted
04
Attribution rebuilt on Segment so spend decisions used one number
The results
-52%
CAC
+2.8x
Paid conversion rate
-$24k
Monthly spend
14 weeks
Series A closed
Indexed performance vs. pre-engagement baseline
RedBeard cut our CAC in half and gave us the growth slide that closed the round.


