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Fractional COO and CFO. Operations, Finance, and Grant Specialist. Inside Startups.
Based in Barcelona. Working globally.
€0M+
In EU grant funding won across Horizon 2020 and other programmes
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In national funding programmes secured across five countries
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Countries where Aiza has established companies and run operations — UK, Spain, Finland, and the Philippines
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Companies co-founded or directed as a board member
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Years working with founders and leadership teams across startups
€0.0M
Fundraise supported through investor-grade financial operations
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Three-call rhythm
Get organised, prioritised, and moving again.
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Four-call partnership
Turn strategy into execution that actually sticks.
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Five-call support
Operate like a seasoned leadership team, even if you are solo.
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How I help
Grant funding strategy and execution
Over €10M in EU and national grant funding won across Horizon 2020 and other programmes. From identifying the right programmes through application, reporting, audit, and compliance. This is one of the most underutilised growth levers available to early-stage companies and one of Aiza's strongest specialisations.
Financial operations
Budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, bookkeeping, VAT preparation, and coordination with external accountants across multiple entities and jurisdictions.
Company establishment and cross-border operations
Aiza has set up and run companies in the UK, Spain, Finland, and the Philippines. She knows how to expand into new markets without unnecessary legal or cost overhead.
Skills
Background
I am a Chief Operations professional with over ten years of international experience working closely with founders and leadership teams across startups and growing organisations in Europe and Asia. Most people in my position are described as support functions. That is not how I think about it. I have established companies across four countries, sat on boards, co-founded my own consulting firm, and helped businesses win over €10M in grant funding. I build the infrastructure that allows ambitious companies to move fast without falling apart.
My career has spanned some of the most operationally complex environments a startup can face. At Silta Finance I ran finance, HR, and operational execution across a 22-person Europe and Asia team, underpinning €2.2M in equity and token fundraising backed by the Asian Development Bank. At TX Technology I coordinated two EU Horizon 2020 programmes as part of a broader grant portfolio that helped clients win over €8M in EU funding alone, plus a further €2M across national funding programmes in five countries. I have structured cross-border hiring, managed multi-entity financial operations, and delivered corporate governance across Swiss, Dutch, Spanish, Finnish, and Philippine entities.
I was a Board Director at Bold Native Advisors in the Philippines — overseeing finance and operations as the business scaled to ~$1M ARR across 12 staff in Asia and Europe. I later co-founded Native Advisory in Finland, an EU funding advisory firm that delivered grant strategy and execution for high-growth technology clients I have not just supported founders. I have been one.
What I bring to the founders and leadership teams I work with is structure, clarity, and follow-through in environments where those things are in short supply. Early-stage companies are often operationally chaotic — not because the founders are not capable, but because operations is not where their attention belongs. I step in and own it so they do not have to. And increasingly, I generate my own pipeline — attending events, opening conversations, and bringing new opportunities into Inside Startups independently.
Fractional engagements
Pre-seed, embedded
A senior commercial operator for a company that has not raised yet. Below-market cash, equity at entry, a rate that steps up when you raise.
Fractional COO and CFO
Sixteen to twenty hours a month, inside the business, with a three-month minimum so the work compounds.