DealMakers

Julio Martinez is the co-founder and CEO of Abacum, an AI-native Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) platform used by finance teams across 40+ countries. He has raised more than $100M from elite global funds like Scale Venture Partners, Y Combinator, Cathay Innovation, Creandum, and Atomico. The post Julio Martinez On Raising $100 Million To Build An AI-Native Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) Platform For Early Enterprise and Mid-Market Companies appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Aneesh Reddy belongs to that rare category of founders who have built their companies for nearly two decades through multiple cycles, reinvented their businesses through crises, expanded across continents, and still managed to retain over 100 employees who have stayed for more than 10 years. The post Aneesh Reddy On Raising $300+ Million, Expanding Into 30+ Countries, And Taking His Company Public By Powering Cloud-Based Customer Loyalty Solutions For Global Enterprise Brands appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Ryan Wang is building in one of the most consequential layers of modern software: the operational infrastructure that allows great ideas to scale without breaking. As the co-founder and CEO of Assembled, Ryan sits at the intersection of customer support, AI, and organizational design, an area most companies only confront once growth exposes their cracks. The post Ryan Wang On Raising $71 Million To Provide Companies With An AI-Powered Customer Support Platform That Integrates WFM And AI Agents appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Pierre Brossollet is the founder and CEO of Arverne, a geothermal energy company that has raised €220M ($258M), employs 250 people, has gone public, and is now pursuing more than €3B ($3.53B) in projects by 2030. The post Pierre Brossollet On Raising Over $250 Million To Harness And Provide Geothermal Energy Solutions And Extract Low-Carbon Lithium appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Founder of Dagster, Nick Schrock’s career defies the neat, linear playbooks often associated with Silicon Valley success. He didn’t follow a rigid five-year plan, nor did he obsess over titles or prestige early on. Instead, his journey has been shaped by systems thinking and cultural curiosity. The post Nick Schrock On Raising $55 Million To Build An Open-Source Data Orchestrator Used To Build, Manage, And Observe Complex Data Pipelines appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Founders like Joshua Silver are the architects of multiple companies, each bigger, more innovative, and more strategically positioned than the last. His entrepreneurial pathway traces his early days as a tinkerer and engineer to a $450M exit in healthcare payments. The post Joshua Silver On Selling A Company For $450 Million And Now Building A Payments-As-A-Service (PaaS) Platform For Vertical Software Companies appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Lyron Bentovim’s entrepreneurial career is anything but linear. His journey spans continents, cycles, and sectors. He started as an ice cream shop operator in Israel, a tech entrepreneur in the dot-com era, a hedge fund manager during the bust, and became a public company turnaround executive. The post Lyron Bentovim On Cofounding A $100 Million AUM Hedge Fund And Now Raising $50 Million To Build A Diversified Immersive Technology Platform appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Orr Yarkoni’s path started in academic research and went on to building Colorifix, one of the world’s most ambitious biotech-textile companies that radically reframed how biology can power industry. The post Orr Yarkoni On Raising $46 Million To Create Sustainable Dyes For The Textile Industry Using Synthetic Biology appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Rylan’s story is shaped by discipline, risk, curiosity, and a relentless drive to tackle problems on a global scale. Today, as the co-founder of Blue Water Autonomy, Rylan is building fully autonomous ocean-going vessels that can travel across open waters for months at a time. The post Rylan Hamilton On Selling A Company To Shopify For $450 Million And Now Raising $60 Million To Build Autonomous Naval Vessels appeared first on Alejandro Cremades.

Ben Borodach, the Founder and CEO of April, an innovative AI-driven tax platform, shares his journey from a dorm-room startup to raising $80 million. He discusses his early life and the pivotal experiences at Deloitte that shaped his vision. Ben highlights April's mission to embed tax planning into financial apps, overcoming regulatory challenges, and proving their model through strategic partnerships. He also shares insights on navigating market downturns and emphasizes the importance of self-compassion and work-life balance for founders.