At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top California based CFO’ operating in the Marketplace space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Lauren Cooks Levitan
Co-founder & CFO of Faire
Lauren Cooks Levitan is the Chief Financial Officer of Faire. Previously she was the CFO at Fanatics and prior to that, she was a founding partner of Moxie Capital. Levitan was the managing director for specialty retail equity research at [Cowen and Company](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/cowen-and-company#/entity) before she joined Moxie Capital. Previously, she was a managing director at [Robertson Stephens](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/robertson-stephens#/entity). She has also worked at [Gymboree](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/gymboree#/entity), [Crate & Barrel](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/crate-and-barrel#/entity), and [Goldman Sachs](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/goldman-sachs#/entity). Having completed her secondary education at Glenbrook North High School, Levitan obtained her bachelor’s degree from [Duke University](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/duke-university#/entity) and master’s degree from [Stanford University Graduate School of Business](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/stanford-graduate-school-of-business). Levitan lives in San Francisco, California, United States.
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About Faire, Fanatics: Faire is a company that helps retailers find and buy wholesale merchandise for their stores.
Ben Dusastre
Co-founder & CFO of ProducePay
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About ProducePay, ProducePay, UCLA Anderson School of Management: ProducePay is an agriculture fin-tech start-up providing financing, analytics, and marketplace tools for the fresh produce market.
Neda Etemad
CFO of BigRentz
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About BigRentz: BigRentz is an online construction equipment rental marketplace with over 2,500 partners with 8,500 rental yards.
Arman Panjwani
CFO of LawnStarter
Arman Panjwani is the CFO at LawnStarter.
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About LawnStarter: LawnStarter is an online marketplace that provides lawn maintenance and outdoor services for consumers and lawn care professionals.
Russell Sprole
CFO of Full Harvest
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About Full Harvest: Full Harvest is the first B2B marketplace for ugly and surplus produce.
Scott Visner
Chief Financial Officer of Whiz Tutor
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About ASV Development, Compass, GV Properties, Vizion, Whiz Tutor: A mobile marketplace for students to find on demand, background checked, in-person tutors.
Peter Rieman
COO and CFO of Itembase
COO at Retail Solutions.
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About Itembase: Itembase is an e-commerce API integration platform that helps service providers connect with marketplaces.
Usama Ashraf
Chief Financial Officer of Prosper Marketplace
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About Prosper Marketplace: Prosper Marketplace is an online lending platform that connects people who want to borrow money with individuals and institutions.
Jack Preston
Chief Financial Officer of Restoration Hardware
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About Restoration Hardware: Restoration Hardware is one of the most innovative and fastest-growing luxury brands in the home furnishings marketplace.
Kirk Inglis
Chief Financial Officer of ApplePie Capital
Kirk Inglis brings over 20 years of experience in financial services and technology with a deep expertise in consumer lending. His career includes senior finance and operating roles with Calypso Technology, Prosper Marketplace and Providian Financial Corporation. Mr. Inglis served as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial for Prosper Marketplace, a peer to peer lending marketplace that uses technology to allow investment in unsecured consumer loans. Mr. Inglis was instrumental in developing Prosper’s business model and bringing it to profitability. In addition, he led the effort to get approval for the innovative business model with the SEC through an S1 registration process. Mr. Inglis also served in a variety of roles with Providian Financial Corporation, a leading credit card issuer. His roles included leading a team to executed strategic transactions to raise capital and liquidity, managing Providian’s debt buying and collections operations, serving as CFO of their internet lending operations and managing the company wide FP&A function. Mr. Inglis also served as CFO of Calypso Technology, a leading global provider of technology solutions for the capital markets industry. He began his career as a Treasury Analyst with First Tennessee National Corporation. Mr. Inglis holds a BA in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin and an MBA from the University of Memphis. He is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA).
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About ApplePie Capital: ApplePie Capital is an alternative financing software platform designed for franchise businesses.
Loren Kallevig
Founder, CFO of HomeOpenly
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About FeaturePics, Inc., HomeOpenly, The International Institute of Sustainable Transportation: HomeOpenly helps our users to make the opportunity of homeownership transparent, affordable, and an open experience.
Derek Brown
Chief Financial Officer of Togally.com
Chief Financial Officer at Togally.com
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About Togally.com: Togally is the easiest way to find top rated local photographers for any reason/occasion. It’s like oDesk for the photography industry.
Laree Hartman
CEO, CFO & Founder of StudentStock
CEO & Founder of StudentStock.
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About StudentStock: Stock photography marketplace for students
Jim Burke
CFO of Dealstruck
Jim Burke is a CFO at Dealstruck, Inc.
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About Dealstruck: Dealstruck is the best place for small businesses to finance growth.