Hugo Mills

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Founder & CEO at Opal Finance · Agritech · fintech, supply chain

Opal Finance
Nashville, TN · CT (UTC-6)
9+ years experience
Kellogg School of Management
English
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Overview

Founder of Opal Finance (agritech). 9 years of building before that. Took Opal Finance from zero to $4 million ARR. Before that: Qualcomm and Goldman Sachs. Travel slowly, usually by train.

Good reasons to reach out
  • Working sessions on rural distribution
  • Early customers and design partners
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  • Paid accelerator offers
  • Fundraising consultants
  • SEO and link-building offers

Travels often; replies within 48 hours

Skills
fintechB2B SaaSsupply chainagriculturerural distribution

Experience

  1. Founder & CEO
    May 2023 - Present
    Opal Finance · 3 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Nashville, TN
    • Took Opal Finance from zero to $1 million ARR.
    • Signed 358 paying customers, 11 of them enterprises.
  2. Finance Manager
    Jun 2020 - May 2023
    Qualcomm · 2 yr 11 mo · Full-time · Nashville, TN
    • Built the operating model the board used for a $114 million raise.
    • Ran diligence on 9 acquisitions.
  3. Finance Manager
    Oct 2018 - Mar 2020
    Goldman Sachs · 1 yr 5 mo · Full-time · Nashville, TN
    • Ran diligence on 8 acquisitions.
  4. Finance Director
    Oct 2017 - Oct 2018
    Microsoft · 1 yr · Full-time · Nashville, TN
    • Took forecast accuracy to within 3% for 5 straight quarters.

Projects

Write-up: agritech in practice
2022

A long-form guide to agritech for people starting out.

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Education

  1. Kellogg School of Management
    MBA, Business Administration
    2020 - 2022
  2. Columbia University
    BA, Business Administration
    2013 - 2017

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