Pau Rui Ferreira

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Founder & CEO at Orchard Studio · sales, HR tech

Orchard Studio
Madrid, Spain · CET (UTC+1)
9+ years experience
Bocconi University
English, Spanish
Raising
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Overview

I started Orchard Studio to fix HR software for teams who were tired of the workarounds. Previously built and sold a small HR software company. Before that: Nestlé and BNP Paribas. Learning to draw.

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Travels often; replies within 48 hours

Skills
salesHR techSaaSpayroll
RaisingRaising capital
closes in 3 months

Raising a $4M Series A for event ticketing for Indian SMBs

Stage
Series A
Raising
$4M
Instrument
Convertible note
Committed so far
Opening the round now
Lead investor
Lead in place
Traction
189 paying customers after 24 months
Use of funds
Go-to-market in two new countries

189 paying customers after 24 months. Looking for investors who know travel and can help with regulatory approvals.

Madrid, Spainsaaspayrollsales
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Experience

  1. Founder & CEO
    Aug 2024 - Present
    Orchard Studio · 2 yr 2 mo · Full-time · Madrid, Spain
    • Grew the team to 67 people across 2 countries.
    • Raised $35 million across 3 rounds.
  2. Sales Development Representative
    Feb 2023 - Aug 2024
    Nestlé · 1 yr 6 mo · Full-time · Madrid, Spain
    • Opened 10 new logos over $4 million ACV in the region.
    • Closed 215% of quota two years running.
  3. Partnerships Manager
    Oct 2019 - Feb 2023
    BNP Paribas · 3 yr 4 mo · Full-time · Madrid, Spain
    • Closed 223% of quota two years running.
    • Shortened the enterprise sales cycle from 8 months to 5.
  4. Senior Account Executive
    Oct 2017 - Oct 2019
    BMW Group · 2 yr · Full-time · Madrid, Spain
    • Opened 7 new logos over $5 million ACV in the region.
    • Shortened the enterprise sales cycle from 11 months to 6.

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Education

  1. Bocconi University
    BSc, Engineering
    2014 - 2017

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