COO, CFO and Co-Founder play a crucial role in any startup. It takes an extraordinary person to fulfil the COO, CFO and Co-Founder role. We have selected these COO, CFO and Co-Founder’s for this list as they are inspiring for a variety of reasons – whether that’s pushing boundaries, creating groundbreaking products, or doing their bit to save the world.
Our analysts did their best to select be best, and most innovative COO, CFO and Co-Founder’s. The list is in no particular order!
Steffen Tjerrild
COO, CFO and Co-Founder @ Synthesia
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Synthesia is an AI video avatar platform that creates professional videos from a text in different languages. Read more about Synthesia on Crunchbase…
Greg Toner
CFO and Co-Founder @ SalesRight
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A CPA based out of London, Ontario, Greg has been working as a startup CFO for the past several years. He specializes in working with early to growth stage startups and has been critical to the success of many SaaS companies throughout Canada. Greg straps on his skis and hits the slopes often, but always saves time to spend with his two children.
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Kuvera Sivalingam
CFO and Co-Founder @ HowNow
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HowNow is a London-based EdTech startup that connects experts and learners by offering interactive video lessons. Read more about HowNow on Crunchbase…
Nick Taylor
CFO and Co-Founder @ Envestors
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Educated at Uppingham School, Nick then took Articles and qualified with Price Waterhouse Cooper in London. He has held senior positions with private and public companies, including manufacturer Astell Scientific (Holdings) and listed City based property agent Baker Harris Saunders Plc. He co-founded the Sportscard Credit Card Company which was listed on AIM and later sold to the online bookmaker UK Betting plc, also an established private restaurant group and The London Distillery Company. Nick was a co-founder of Envestors in 2004. In his spare time, he enjoys food and drink, golf, and watching cricket/rugby.
Learn more about Nick Taylor on Crunchbase…Envestors digital platform connects entrepreneurs and investors Read more about Envestors on Crunchbase…
David Horne
CFO and Co-Founder @ Alchemiya Media Limited
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Alchemiya Media is a subscription based Video on Demand service, offering video content about Islam and Muslims. Read more about Alchemiya Media Limited on Crunchbase…
Matthew Pollard
CFO and Co-Founder @ Archax
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Matthew is a qualified accountant with over 12 years’ experience in financial services. He is co-chair of the security token working group of Global Digital Finance, an industry membership body that drives the acceleration and adoption of digital finance technologies through the creation of market standards for the use of digital assets. Prior to Archax, Matthew was CFO at Omni Partners, a $1.4billion hedge fund based in London, where he was responsible for the finance function of multiple investment funds and $multi-million revenues across multiple jurisdictions globally. Before that, Matthew held several senior finance, risk, operations and compliance roles at other hedge funds, as well as working for the Investment Management Group at Deloitte. Matthew has experience in all aspects of accounting and finance, as well as treasury, credit financing, auditing global banks and structured investment vehicles, restructuring multinational bank debt, hedge fund risk assessment and due diligence on transactions across a wide variety of businesses operating in both the digital asset and traditional space. Matthew holds a BSc (Hons) in Computing with Management from the University of Leeds and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Learn more about Matthew Pollard on Crunchbase…Archax is a forthcoming global, regulated, digital securities exchange, brokerage and custodian based in London. Read more about Archax on Crunchbase…
Dimitrios Hermann
CFO and Co-Founder @ Artwishlist
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Dimitrios Hermann is the CFO and co-founder of Artwishlist. He used to be a consultant, performance management and analytics at Capgemini Consulting. He earned his master’s degree at London School of Economics and Political Science.
Learn more about Dimitrios Hermann on Crunchbase…Artwishlist is a messaging app for the art world, where the user can buy and sell fine art without commissions. Read more about Artwishlist on Crunchbase…
Vannie K.
CFO and Co-Founder @ Rice Inc
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Jeff Draper
CFO and Co-Founder @ Storelectric
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Storelectric is a developer of projects using two highly efficient forms of Compressed Air Energy Storage Read more about Storelectric on Crunchbase…
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