Operating Partners
Vetted senior operators step into urgent finance and business priorities, taking ownership of outcomes rather than limiting their role to recommendations or analysis.
Get senior finance leadership without waiting for a permanent executive hire. Veep matches founder-led and growth-stage companies with vetted operators who can own urgent finance priorities, improve decision-making, and create momentum. With flexible engagements scoped to the work, founders gain hands-on operating capacity, clear accountability, and continuity when the initiative is complete.
Flexible finance leadership for urgent priorities, ongoing operating needs, and high-stakes decisions without an immediate permanent hire.
Vetted senior operators step into urgent finance and business priorities, taking ownership of outcomes rather than limiting their role to recommendations or analysis.
Choose advisory, project-based, or ongoing support scoped to the initiative, with the flexibility to pause, extend, or scale as business needs change.
Access matched senior operating capacity for finance, fundraising, strategy, and related priorities through a managed model built around your company’s context.
Veep connects founder-led companies with vetted senior operators who can own finance priorities before a permanent CFO or executive hire is in place. Operators bring experience from high-growth companies and work hands-on across planning, analysis, fundraising, reporting, and strategic decisions. Engagements are scoped to the work, helping leaders gain accountability and execution without committing to a long-term executive hire.
Veep gives founders access to senior operating expertise matched to the work that matters most.
Work with former founders, CEOs, GMs, C-suite executives, and senior functional leaders.
Receive an operator selected for your priority, company stage, function, industry, and business context.
Operators step into the work and own outcomes instead of leaving recommendations with your team.
Reduce engagement risk with a fit guarantee and an option to replace the operator or walk away.
Experienced founders building a better way to access senior operating talent.
Co-Founder
Dave Garcia is a Co-Founder of Veep, bringing decades of experience building and scaling products inside high-growth startups. Throughout his career, Dave has launched products from the ground up, led critical organizational pivots, and guided companies through successful exits. His deep understanding of what it takes to move fast without sacrificing quality shapes Veep's approach to matching companies with senior operators who can immediately own outcomes. At Veep, Dave focuses on helping founders and CEOs offload urgent, high-impact work so they can concentrate on strategic priorities. He is passionate about giving founders access to the same caliber of operating talent that only the largest companies typically enjoy, ensuring critical work never sits idle waiting for a permanent hire.
Co-Founder
Jian Yang is a Co-Founder of Veep with an extensive background in raising capital, scaling companies, and leading organizations through successful exits. His experience spans multiple high-growth environments where he directly navigated the operational and financial challenges that founders face daily. Jian co-founded Veep to give other founders and executives access to senior-level operating expertise without the delays and risks of traditional hiring processes. He is dedicated to helping companies move critical initiatives forward with the same rigor and judgment he applied while building and scaling his own ventures. At Veep, Jian focuses on ensuring clients receive matched operators who bring both strategic insight and hands-on execution, helping founder-led and investor-backed companies grow smarter and faster.
Co-Founder
Mark Newhouse is a Co-Founder of Veep, known for building brands, transforming organizations, and successfully selling startups over the course of his career. His broad experience across company stages and industries gives him a unique perspective on the operational gaps that emerge as businesses scale. Mark co-founded Veep to address a recurring problem he witnessed firsthand: critical work without clear ownership, left to founders and CEOs already stretched thin. He is committed to building alongside founders, providing them with vetted senior operators who step in immediately and take ownership of high-impact priorities. At Veep, Mark emphasizes clean handoffs and guaranteed fit, ensuring that every engagement delivers real results and lasting continuity for the businesses Veep serves.
A virtual CFO provides senior finance leadership without requiring an immediate permanent hire. Depending on the engagement, the operator may own financial planning, reporting, analysis, fundraising support, strategic decisions, or broader finance priorities. Veep’s operators work hands-on within the business, bringing judgment and execution rather than simply delivering recommendations for the internal team to implement.
Talk with Veep about the priority you need owned.
Access is limited to vetted senior operators.
Former founders and executives bring operating judgment.
Engagements include a structured fit guarantee.
Share your priority and learn how Veep can match the right finance leadership to it.
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