Rob Porell
CFO @ Gefinor Capital
New York, United States
Rob Porell is a startup investor at Gefinor Capital in New York. Rob Porell is the Chief Financial Officer at Semperis and leads its accounting, finance, and budgeting team. Rob started his career with Coopers & Lybrand, a Big Eight accounting firm (now PwC) where he became Senior Manager and earned his CPA license from New York State. He holds a BA in Economics from Harvard University and MS in Accountingfrom NYU Stern School of Business.Prior to Semperis, Rob was Partner and CFO at Gefinor Capital, a private equity and venture capital firm in New York, overseeing investments in software companies and serving on boards. Other investments included businesses in the optical circuit switching, semiconductor, and manufacturing sectors. During his tenure with Gefinor, he led the turnaround, growth, and sale of Madame Alexander. Most recently, Rob was CFO of Waltz, Inc. a software security startup that was sold to WeWork.
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About Gefinor Capital
Gefinor Capital provides flexible debt and minority equity to growth-oriented companies. The firm takes a non-traditional approach to providing financing solutions, focusing on investments in innovative companies with products and services that are based on new technologies, business models, distribution systems or other disruptive elements thatare distinguishing factors from peers.With a long-term investment perspective, Gefinor’s investment team allocates substantial resources to portfolio companies. We employ a collaborative approach to investing, emphasizing on partnerships with management teams and shareholders. Gefinor Capital has capital under management through several funds, including two Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs).
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