Elena Kennedy

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Co-founder & CTO at Spindle HQ · Consumer finance · compliance, lending

Spindle HQ
San Francisco, CA · PT (UTC-8)
12+ years experience
Columbia University
English
Raising
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Overview

I started Spindle HQ to fix consumer finance for teams who were tired of the workarounds. Took Spindle HQ from zero to $4 million ARR. Signed 165 paying customers, 5 of them enterprises. Most at home with automation and compliance. I volunteer with a food bank on weekends.

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automationgrowthlendingconsumer fintechcompliance
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closes in 3 months

Series B round open - energy audits for logistics fleets, 74 paying customers

Stage
Series B
Raising
$1.5M
Instrument
SAFE
Committed so far
$581k from an existing fund
Lead investor
Looking for a lead
Traction
74 paying customers after 30 months
Use of funds
Engineering hires and the first sales team

74 paying customers after 30 months. Looking for investors who know climate tech and can help with expansion into North America.

San Francisco, CA · remote OKgrowthautomationcompliance
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Experience

  1. Co-founder & CTO
    May 2025 - Present
    Spindle HQ · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · San Francisco, CA
    • Grew the team to 84 people across 2 countries.
    • Raised $32 million across 3 rounds.
    • Previously built and sold a small consumer finance company.
  2. Account Executive
    Jun 2022 - May 2025
    Adobe · 2 yr 11 mo · Full-time · San Francisco, CA
    • Opened 9 new logos over $1 million ACV in the region.
    • Signed 24 channel partners that now source 27% of pipeline.
  3. Enterprise Account Executive
    Feb 2019 - Jun 2022
    Spotify · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · San Francisco, CA
    • Closed 226% of quota two years running.
  4. Account Executive
    Sep 2017 - Jan 2019
    Target · 1 yr 4 mo · Full-time · San Francisco, CA
    • Signed 17 channel partners that now source 24% of pipeline.
  5. Enterprise Account Executive
    Jul 2014 - Sep 2017
    Instacart · 3 yr 2 mo · Full-time · San Francisco, CA
    • Closed 200% of quota two years running.

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Education

  1. Columbia University
    BA, Economics
    2009 - 2013

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