Since 2024 · Based in Amsterdam
Fractional CMO · B2B SaaS
Fractional CMO · Fintech & AI

From founder-led hustle to a growth engine you can steer in 3 to 6 months.

Gossamer embeds as your fractional CMO to solve what's actually blocking growth, build the foundations of scale, then hand off to your internal teams.

Built for B2B SaaS teams with 5–50 people with monthly retainers tied to outcomes, not activity.

Trusted by B2B SaaS teams across Europe
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Calm the noise with intentional strategy and exceptional execution.

Manifesto

Gossamer understands how to strip the noise out of growth and rebuild from simple systems on rigorous data that supports clear decisions.

No vanity metrics. No endless slides. Just sharp tools and revenue-driven recommendation that help marketers and management steer clearly.

Clear strategy.
Clean execution.

A Fractional CMO partner that is senior enough to steer strategy from deep within your trenches.

17

Years in B2B SaaS marketing leadership

45x

ARR against every marketing euro spent.

12x

Growth in annual leads without scaling spend

1%

Top percentile digital campaign results

If this sounds familiar, we should talk.

Gossamer is built for B2B SaaS teams with 5 to 50 people, typically €1 to 10M revenue, where marketing feels noisy, underpowered, or structurally unclear.

01

Your marketing team exists but isn't delivering.

You’ve hired marketers. Maybe even an agency. But nothing connects. There's no shared funnel, no measurement, no strategic thread. We diagnose what’s misaligned and rebuild the system around clarity.

Direction, structure, and confidence are missing. We diagnose the real constraint, rebuild the basics, and give the team a system they can run.

02

You have no marketing function and need one now.

We cover the interim gap, getting the core system running while you hire the right long-term lead. Positioning, measurement, and channels built cohesively from day 1.

You’re growing fast and need marketing infrastructure, but don’t have months to wait for the perfect internal marketing lead. We plug the gap and build while you find your marketing unicorn.

03

You're drowning in agencies, tools, and disconnected advice.

Your website says one thing, sales says another, and nobody can tell what’s working. Gossamer creates coherence.

Three agencies, a freelancer, and a half-used HubSpot. We simplify: one strategy, one owner, one system that orchestrates effectively.

When not to hire Gossamer - We're not the right fit if you need a social media manager, an agency to put out short-term firces, or someone who'll just validate decisions you've already made.

What success looks like

Positioning and messaging that sales actually uses

A funnel with definitions leadership trusts and conversion visibility by stage

A channel mix that matches your stage, with a clear reason backing spend

A weekly operating rhythm: what ships, how it's reviewed, how decisions get made

A team that executes with confidence instead of guesswork

A system that continues to deliver long after the Gossamer mandate ends

The Gossamer method

The tactical net of marketing

Building a growth engine across tactical 10 channels to market, where each supports the others, provides a solid platform to craft and execute a world-class marketing strategy that is greater than the sum of its parts.

Not every channel is as important to every business, however each needs an intentful approach.

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Who you're working with

Derrick Cramer — Fractional CMO

I've spent 17 years in B2B SaaS marketing leadership across fintech, AI, HR tech, and enterprise SaaS. MBA from Warwick Business School. Based in Amsterdam, working with teams across Europe. I'm not an advisor who sends slide decks. I embed in your team and build the thing with you.

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17+ years B2B SaaS

MBA — Warwick Business School

Amsterdam

Fintech

AI

Enterprise SaaS

MBA — Warwick Business School

Amsterdam

Who you're working with

Derrick Cramer

Fractional CMO
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Three phases. One goal: a marketing function you can steer.

The age of endless retainers, hourly billing the benefits from scope creep and endless upsells are gone. We're short-term by design, delivering the performance you need now, and the foundation to build tomorrow.

01
Weeks 1–2

Diagnose

We find the constraint that’s actually limiting growth; whether that’s positioning, measurement, channel fit, sales handoff, or team capacity. Leadership aligns with Gossamer on the plan and the “won’t do” list.

02
Weeks 3–10

Build

We install the minimum viable system: positioning that survives contact with real buyers, clean measurement, and 2 to 4 channels that reinforce each other, run through a weekly shipping cadence. No more random acts of marketing.

03
Weeks 11–16+

Hand Over

We make ourselves redundant on purpose. Playbooks, dashboards, hiring support, coaching, and an operating rhythm your team runs without our help.

What clients say.

From founders and marketing leaders who chose capability over noise.

Derrick consistently delivered a commendable performance, embodying the qualities of dedication, creativity, and strategic thinking. His ability to navigate the rapidly evolving fintech landscape has been instrumental to our organization's success.

Wolfgang Berner, CPO and Co-Founder
Hawk (Formerly Hawk AI)

Derrick's extensive digital marketing expertise has been a great resource for the company. Thanks to his strong knowledge and experience in this area, we were able to launch a new website, new branding, and new marketing channels that we had previously not maximized.

Jennifer Van Den Brink, Head of GTM
Textkernel

Collaborating with Derrick has been instrumental in shaping Datavillage's initial growth strategy—from definition to execution. His structured and insightful guidance enabled us not only to clarify our direction but also to lay the essential groundwork for expanding our sales reach and strengthening our market positioning.

Frédéric Lebeau, CEO and Co-Founder
Datavillage

I want to emphasize again how well you are doing on LinkedIn, your CTR rates are in the top 1% of our clients! In fact, it's incredibly rare to see this performance on LinkedIn, with the benchmark being between 60% and 70% lower—so congrats on this success!

Customer Success Manager
LinkedIn

Proof, not promises.

Here’s what happened when Gossamer embedded in teams.

Fintech · Series A
−60%
Cost per "MUST win account" lead

Global payments company

The marketing team was lean, with too few hours to tackle anything beyond high-impact initiatives and low-hanging fruit. Gossamer built an "ABM lite" campaign generating hundreds of qualified MQLs as touchpoints in enterprise SaaS sales cycles, 60% cheaper than previous campaigns.

Professional Service Automation · PE portfolio
68%
increase in qualified digital leads

Portfolio company interim CMO

Interim marketing leadership that stablised a declining SQL pipeline. After organic traffic collasped due to AI overviews, Gossamer scaled digital leads while reducing CPL by 40%.

AI / ML · pre-seed
4 weeks
to cohesive positioning

AI startup demand engine

Positioning at an early stage towards a new vertical is a difficult task for any startup. Gossamer rand workshops with the cofounding team, refined early positioning and pursued a partner-led strategy to provide traction when no budget was available.

Ready to stop guessing and start building?

Book a 30-minute call. We’ll talk through where you are, where you want to be, and whether Gossamer is the right choice for you. No pitch deck. No pressure.

Book a call →
01

30 minute intro call where we figure out early status quo.

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We share a fit assessment within 48 hours.

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If we're aligned, Gossamer is ready to embed within 2 weeks.

Before we talk.

Questions founders usually ask before booking a call, answered upfront because clarity shouldn’t wait.

30 min

All the time we need to figure out whether there's a great change Gossamer is the right fit for your business.

How is working with a fractional CMO different from hiring an agency?

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An agency executes a service. Gossamer embeds in your team and has as much responsibility as needed, often end-to-end across positioning, measurement, channel architecture, team coaching and beyond. We're accountable for outcomes, not deliverables. And we build the system so your team can run it without us.

What does a typical engagement cost?

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Engagements are structured as monthly retainers tied to scope, not hours. Think fractional-executive-level investment, typically €4,000–16,000/month depending on complexity and expectations. We'll share specifics after we talk through your situation.

How many hours per week are you actually involved?

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It depends on the phase. During diagnosis, I’m deeply embedded — often 2–3 days per week. During build and handover, involvement tapers as your team takes ownership. The goal is always decreasing dependency.

What happens if the fit isn’t right?

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We scope every engagement with a 30-day checkpoint. If it's not working for either side, we part ways cleanly. No early lock-in contracts, no penalties. We'd rather end early than deliver mediocre work.

Do you replace my existing marketing team?

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No. We work alongside your team, not instead of them. We provide the strategic direction, operating rhythm, and coaching they need to perform while working alongside them on key topics. If you don't have a team yet, we'll help you figure out who to hire and when.

What does ‘fractional’ actually mean in practice?

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It means you get CMO-level strategic leadership without the full-time cost or commitment. We're not a consultant who drops off a strategy deck. We're in your Slack, in your standups, in your leadership meetings — embedded enough to drive decisions, but structured so you don't need me forever.