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.
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.
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.
2019Felipe joins as VP Finance. €6M Series A led by Lakestar.
2021€15M Series B led by Elaia. Expansion to France.
2021Acquired by Visma, one of Spain's largest SaaS exits. Sell-side run in-house, without an adviser.
Capital raised, cumulative
Seed before Felipe joined · Series A and B 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.”
