Operating Partners
Veep matches companies with vetted senior operators who can own urgent finance priorities, high-stakes decisions, and execution before a permanent executive hire is made.
Veep connects founder-led and growth-stage companies with vetted senior operators who bring hands-on CFO-level judgment to urgent financial priorities. From planning and analysis to fundraising support and strategic decisions, engagements are scoped around the work—not a long-term hiring commitment—so leaders can move critical finance initiatives forward with greater clarity, ownership, and confidence.
Flexible senior operating support for urgent finance priorities, strategic decisions, fundraising, and ongoing executive capacity.
Veep matches companies with vetted senior operators who can own urgent finance priorities, high-stakes decisions, and execution before a permanent executive hire is made.
Choose an advisory, project-based, or ongoing engagement scoped to the work, giving your company senior CFO-level support without a long-term commitment.
Access matched senior operating capacity for finance and related priorities, with hands-on ownership, managed support, and continuity when the work is complete.
Veep gives founders and CEOs access to vetted senior operators who step into urgent financial work rather than stopping at recommendations. Support can be shaped around the priority, business context, and stage of the company, from advisory guidance to hands-on ownership. Flexible terms help companies build operating capacity now while preserving the option to hire a permanent executive later.
Veep combines senior operating judgment with flexible, managed support built around the work that matters most.
Work with former founders, CEOs, GMs, C-suite leaders, and experienced functional operators.
Receive an operator selected for your specific priority, company stage, function, and business context.
Operators step into the work and own outcomes instead of leaving execution and recommendations with your team.
Pause, extend, or scale an engagement without immediately making a permanent executive commitment.
Experienced builders helping founders move important work forward.
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.
CFO advisory is senior financial guidance and problem-solving designed to help a company make better decisions and move important finance work forward. Unlike advice delivered entirely from the sidelines, Veep’s matched operators can provide judgment, structure, and hands-on ownership around priorities such as financial analysis, planning, fundraising, and strategic decisions. The engagement is scoped to the company’s needs and can be advisory, project-based, or ongoing.
Talk with Veep about the finance priority you need to move forward.
Invite-only access to experienced senior operators
Structured matching based on work, urgency, and business context
Option to replace the operator or walk away
Share your finance priority and learn how Veep can match you with senior operating capacity.
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