Lauren Neal

Co-founder & CTO, Wharf Cloud - carbon accounting · data · climate tech

Wharf Cloud

San Francisco, CA · PT (UTC-8)

11+ years experience

Parsons School of Design

English

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Overview

Building Wharf Cloud in San Francisco - climate analytics. Raised $21 million across 3 rounds. Before that: McKinsey & Company and Walmart. Most at home with data and carbon accounting. Coffee nerd.

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carbon accountingclimate techenterprise salesdata

Co-founderLooking for a co-founder

closes in 3 months

Need an ML-focused co-founder: expense management in the Nordics

The idea: Need an ML-focused co-founder: expense management in the Nordics
Stage: Customer interviews
I bring: 11 years in climate analytics
Looking for: Commercial co-founder who has sold to enterprises
Commitment: Part-time to start
Location: San Francisco or remote

I bring 20 years of climate analytics (currently Wharf Cloud). Ideally you've shipped B2B software. Full-time from day one.

San Francisco, CAcarbon accountingdataclimate tech

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RaisingRaising capital

closes in 3 months

Series B round open - patient intake for university students, 29% month-on-month growth

Stage: Series B
Raising: $1.5M
Instrument: SAFE
Committed so far: $406k from operators in the space
Lead investor: Looking for a lead
Traction: 29% month-on-month growth after 6 months
Use of funds: Product and compliance

29% month-on-month growth after 6 months. Looking for investors who know travel and can help with expansion into MENA.

San Francisco, CAenterprise salesclimate techdata

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Experience

Co-founder & CTO
Oct 2025 - Present
Wharf Cloud · 1 yr · Full-time · San Francisco, CA
- Took Wharf Cloud from zero to $11 million ARR.
- Raised $28 million across 3 rounds.
Finance Director
Feb 2023 - Jul 2025
McKinsey & Company · 2 yr 5 mo · Full-time · San Francisco, CA
- Closed the books in 5 days, down from 16.
- Built the operating model the board used for a $273 million raise.
Senior Financial Analyst
Feb 2021 - Feb 2023
Walmart · 2 yr · Full-time · San Francisco, CA
- Closed the books in 6 days, down from 11.
Finance Director
Oct 2019 - Feb 2021
ServiceNow · 1 yr 4 mo · Full-time · San Francisco, CA
- Closed the books in 5 days, down from 11.
Controller
Feb 2016 - Oct 2019
Datadog · 3 yr 8 mo · Full-time · San Francisco, CA
- Built the operating model the board used for a $234 million raise.
- Took forecast accuracy to within 3% for 4 straight quarters.

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Parsons School of Design
BFA, Computer Science
2002 - 2006

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