Centripetal Advisors

Your Startup's Financial Co-Pilot from seed to exit.

Why Centripetal

Concentrated

We only work with a handful of high potential start-ups at a time so that we can provide maximum availability, and our work can have an outsized impact

Aligned

We seek long-term engagements and the right to earn or acquire appropriate ownership stakes in our clients so that we’re just as focused on equity value as founders.

In Market

We're led by an active angel investor who sees deals and has a rolodex of VCs, investors and entrepreneurs to bring to bear as resources for clients.

About the Founder

Charles formally launched Centripetal Advisors in 2018 to support start-ups from the seed stage to exit by “getting into the foxhole” and leading on all things finance with a handful of founders at a time. Since then, he has advised on $90M+ of transactions across the spectrum of securities from equity to debt and M&A. He has also sourced fifteen buy side transactions for NYC VCs and Family Offices and is an active angel investor.

Prior to launching Centripetal, he was a member of ADP’s PE Business Development team where he built relationships with PE firms, family offices, and VC funds. Before that, he was based in Brazil and was the portfolio manager for one of Brazil’s first start-up accelerators, 21212, which invested in Memed (R$300M exit) and Zero Paper (R$50M exit). He started his career on Gerson Lehrman Group’s finance and strategy team supporting the organization as it leveraged capital from Silverlake to scale.

He currently sits on the Boards of Series A health tech startup Megadata and the Columbia Business School NYC Alum Club where he also Chairs the Alum Club’s Private Equity Committee. He is also a Board Observer at Adventr. He’s a Columbia Business School MBA, and graduated magna cum laude from Tufts University with a BA in economics.

 

Supported Clients & Transactions

  • “I met Charles through one of our early investors and he has been tremendously valuable to Accern. He’s got a great network of family office investors (several of which are on our cap table) and is a treat to work with.”

    Kumesh Aroomoogan
    CEO & Co-founder, Accern

  • “Raising capital is more than just calling your network of friends and associates. It requires process, positioning, and strategy. Few do it well and even fewer will be honest with you on what you need to do in order to be capital raise ready. I recommend Charles without hesitation to anyone looking to start a raise. His process is efficient, his insight on-point, and his advice is invaluable.”

    Aaron Spool
    Managing Partner, Eventus

  • “Charles has the rare ability to combine creative, entrepreneurial thinking with elite analytical skills. His success working with our portfolio companies was particularly impressive since he simultaneously overcame cultural and language barriers (he didn't speak any Portuguese when he started at our accelerator in Brazil, but learned quickly!). I sincerely recommend Charles to any organization looking to evolve their business model and raise capital.”

    Marcelo Sales
    General Partner 21212 start-up accelerator, Co-founder & Board Member, Movile

The fruits of our collaborative effort go to a good cause

Since Charles started his independent consulting practice in 2015, he has been making annual donations to Kiva, a micro-lending non-profit. 

In 2018, he changed his strategy to make direct loans via the platform for female entrepreneurs in the poorest countries in Africa. He looks forward to growing the loan portfolio and supporting more entrepreneurs over the coming years.

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