Founder · FT VenturesBritish · Spanish · Argentine
2Exits delivered
$200M+Largest exit
$50M+ARR operating scale
10×ARR growth
$18BNM&A transactions
$1BNEquity transactions
$800MDebt transactions
16×Portfolio TVPI
Where I've worked
Where I've trainedMSc FinanceMEng Aerospace Engineering
Operator track record
CFO · 2022–2026
Enterprise AI & SaaS. Tripled ARR, delivered the first sustained profitability, led the Series B, built EU/US finance infrastructure and moved the business to 99% recurring revenue.
–150%→+20%
VP Finance · 2019–2021
B2B SaaS ERP, 100,000+ businesses. Built finance from zero through 20→100+ people, co-led $25M+ across Series A and B, then ran the sell-side to Visma without an advisor.
$200M+ exit
Fractional CFO · 2021–2024
HR SaaS. Fundraising, bridge financing to extend runway, then the sell-side process to ISH/Strada and post-merger integration through to full-time CFO handover.
Exit
Fractional CFO · 2021–2022
$50M+ ARR consumer fintech, 2M+ users across 140+ countries. Built FP&A and the operating model from scratch ahead of the first institutional round; recruited the Financial Controller.
$50M+ ARR
Venture capital & investment banking
Investment Manager · 2015–2017
Growth-stage VC across European B2B SaaS, marketplaces and consumer. Lead investor and board observer at Festicket; co-led LiveLike's Series B. Portfolio exits include Treatwell to Recruit Holdings (3.75x, 174% IRR).
VC
Analyst · 2013–2015
Consumer & retail investment banking, $18BN of M&A and financing transactions. Edizione's €3.6BN sale of its World Duty Free stake, Dufry's €700M high-yield financing, Permira's €983M Hugo Boss secondary.
M&A
On the founder side
Co-founder · 2024–2026
A new generation of vertical farming built around proprietary robotics and automation, low capex and viable unit economics. Bootstrapped from prototype to pilot and signed an LOI with Portugal's largest food retailer. Wound down in 2026 as investment into vertical farming dried up across the sector.
Founder
Geographies
Lived and worked in eight cities across Europe and the Gulf, plus US operations and investors.
CertificationsCFA Level I · Certified Advisor, CNMV (CFA Society Spain) · CISI
TeachingLecturer in Finance, INSA Barcelona
Footprint
LanguagesEnglish and Spanish (native) · German · Catalan
BaseDubai. Triple national (UK, Spain, Argentina) with EU and UK work authorisation. Internationally mobile.
Fractional CFO02
Burn to profitability. Fundraise to exit.
Fractional CFO for high-growth, VC- and PE-backed companies, from B2B SaaS to consumer brands.
I build finance functions, sharpen commercial decision-making and help founders through fundraising, profitability and M&A. Two exits as an operator, and multiple finance functions built from the ground up.
Most growing companies hit the same finance ceiling
Before
Founder-led finance
Ad-hoc models
Reactive reporting
Decisions driven by intuition
Finance seen as “support”
As you scale
Board scrutiny increases
Investors want clarity
Capital allocation decisions matter
Weak finance becomes visible very fast
The problem
Numbers exist, but aren’t trusted
Board conversations become defensive
Metrics don’t reconcile across decks
Forecasts feel optimistic, not controlled
The CEO absorbs unnecessary finance load
The company has outgrown founder-led finance, but isn’t ready to hire a full-time CFO.
Where I can help
Burn is too high
The board wants a credible path to break-even without sacrificing growth.
A fundraise is 6–12 months away
The model, materials, data room and process need CFO ownership.
An exit is on the horizon
You need someone who has run a sell-side process end to end.
Reporting hasn't kept up
Board packs, KPIs and forecasts that the board and investors can trust.
How engagements work
Start with a two-week diagnostic, then work together at the stage you're at.
Start here
Finance diagnostic
2 weeks · fixed fee
A hands-on review of your cash, model, reporting and KPIs, ending in a written 90-day plan with clear priorities. No commitment beyond it.
Raise-readyBefore a round · seed to Series B
Investor-grade model and scenarios
Metrics that reconcile across every deck
Data room and diligence prep
Process, investor Q&A and term sheet support
$30M+ raised across Series A and B
Scale-readyAfter a round · 1–3 days/week
Monthly board pack and KPI dashboard
Rolling forecast and 13-week cash view
Unit economics and a path to profitability
Finance team, systems and controls built to hand over
Revieve: –150% → +20% EBITDA while tripling ARR
Exit-ready12–24 months before a sale
Buyer-ready numbers and data room
Sell-side process and diligence management
SPA negotiation support
Post-merger integration
Holded: $200M+ exit to Visma · Homerun: sold to ISH
Need someone close to full-time? Interim CFO cover for 3–9 months, including handover to a permanent hire.
Seed-stage to acquisition by Visma · VP Finance, 2019–2021
$25M+Raised
20→100+Team
100,000+Customers
$200M+Exit to Visma
Timeline
2018 · €1.6M seed led by Nauta. 10k users.
2019 · Felipe joins as VP Finance. €6M Series A led by Lakestar.
2021 · €15M Series B led by Elaia. Expansion to France.
2021 · Acquired by Visma, one of Spain's largest SaaS exits. Sell-side run in-house, without an adviser.
Capital raised
€1.6M
€7.6M
€22.6M
SeedSeries ASeries B
Cumulative · navy = raised with Felipe as VP Finance
My role
Built the finance function from zero. Led FP&A, fundraising and investor relations through the Series A and B, then ran the sale process to Visma end to end, including diligence, negotiation and integration.
What founders say
“Felipe is an absolute professional growth company and SaaS finance leader with an acute eye for detail and a thorough understanding not just of finance but of the business as well. He was instrumental in creating our financial model and forward-looking SaaS metric projections. I warmly recommend working with him.”
“Felipe is a pro in finance and fundraising in the startup world and beyond, with a good grasp of how the business can grow and how to invest in its growth. It was a pleasure to work with him on financial planning, Series B fundraising, the company acquisition and lots of growth projects. A truly trustworthy business partner. I highly recommend him to businesses that are starting to scale and adding financial stakeholders.”
“Best teammate you could hope for if you’re a high-growth startup looking to get your finances in order and raise from VCs. He’s been there and done that from seed, through Series A and B, all the way to an exit.”
“The material you have been providing has been awesome. I see a lot of information from companies and let me say some of it is not pretty! Financial model is very well laid out and very good. It’s arguably even better than our model.”
40+ early-stage investments since 2017, from frontier AI and fintech to consumer brands and deep tech.
16×Net TVPI
52%IRR
Against the benchmarks
My portfolio · 16.0× net TVPI · 52% IRR16×
VC top decile · 3.1× TVPI · Carta3.1×
S&P 500 · 2.6× total return · same period2.6×
VC top quartile · 2.4× TVPI · PitchBook2.4×
VC median · 1.7× TVPI · PitchBook1.7×
VC lower quartile · 0.8× TVPI · PitchBook0.8×
My portfolioVC top decileS&P 500VC top quartileVC medianVC lower quartile
Net of fees. Benchmarks: Carta, PitchBook. TVPI and IRR to date; unrealised positions marked to last round.
Selected returns
Entry at £276M · 2017
Global digital bank and financial super-app.
192×
Entry at $26BN · 2024
Frontier AI lab.
26×
Entry at $110BN · 2024
Frontier AI lab.
6×
Seed, 2020
UK's fast-growing fresh dog food subscription.
5×
2022 · Exited
Space exploration, satellite internet and frontier AI.
4×
Series C, 2020 · Exited
UK savings and investing app.
3×
Personal angel investments. Entry valuations are the round valuation at the time of investment. Multiples are on my invested capital, net of SPV fees, carry and dilution from later rounds, so they’re lower than the change in company valuation. Largely unrealised, based on latest marks. Not an offer of any investment. Past performance is not a guide to future returns.
Fractional CFO · 2021–2022
Co-founder · 2024–2026
