Barnim (George Frerich) Kühl
Bootstrapped Founder | FinTech | B2B SaaS | Finance | PE & M&A
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Founder
Pine
We develop an AI-powered treasury system for mid-sized businesses.
Chief of Staff (Prokura)
Kadmos
Part of the founding team as #5 in pre-seed. Built and led several teams until hand-over to a hired subject matter expert. Owning various functions and strategic projects end-to-end. Substantially influenced scaling the business from pre-seed (6 FTEs) to Series A (55+ FTEs) and onwards, while collecting €40M in funding.
Core responsibility:
- Legal (licensing, licensing partner contracts, customer contracts, data protection)
- Business development and partnerships
- Financial license project (EMI License in UK and DE)
- Strategic finance and finance ops (accounting, FP&A, financing rounds, investor communications)
Founder
Most advanced idea was a credit-based subscription golf club that eases access to the sport and introduces membership flexibility. Stopped just before pre-seed funding due to different reasons (HR, Legal, own goals of founding team).
Investment Manager
MAGNA Real Estate AG
Responsible for all transaction activities (single real estates, portfolios and properties for developments), including related topics (BPs, DDs, structuring). Volume of accompanied transactions of over EUR 100m as well as GDV of over EUR 100m. Focus on living offices and living.
Also: Built up Spanish mezzanine business for other company section (E&V Capital) within an expansion strategy.
Analyst
Liberta Partners
PE focus on Mid-Cap restructuring and buy-outs; Tasks included all company-acquisition related topics including writing of IOs and BOs, commercial and financial DD, deal structuring, fin. modelling, contact with sell-side advisor + deal acquisition
Assistant to CFO & Connection of PE (Auctus Capital) to Portfolio Company
Auctus Capital (Holmes Place)
Connection between investor and portfolio company.
Core responsibility:
- Debt financing for acquisition of new sport clubs
- Set-up of financial model (predictions)
- Set-up of financial leasing model and finance structuring
M&A Intern
DC Advisory
Sell- and buy-side mandates in the following sectors: Consumer goods, industrials, pharma, chemical industry, technology
M&A Intern
MCF Corporate Finance
Tasks included market analyses, valuations (CCA, CTA, DCF), target identification for sell- and buy-sides, pitch preparation. Sell- and buy-side mandates in the following sectors: tourism, maritime, veterinary, and renewable energy.