Leaders of Growth

#22 How Factorial raised +$100M and scaled to +400 employees with Jordi Romero

January 26, 2022 Arthur Nobel
Leaders of Growth
#22 How Factorial raised +$100M and scaled to +400 employees with Jordi Romero
Show Notes


In this episode, Jordi Romero, Founder and CEO at Factorial HR, shares his journey on scaling his company to its Series B, raising more than $100M and growing to over 400 employees. Factorial is an all-in-one HR software that helps you spend less time doing administrative tasks.

Listen out for:

1:00 How Factorial was born
3:00 Jordi's journey
6:00 The do's and don'ts of scaling
8:35 Motivating the team after one year without revenue
12:15 Internationalizing the company
16:30 Scaling: differences between in scaling to Series A and B
19:15 Maintaining your culture when scaling
20:45 Promoting people from within the company
21:50 Developing your culture internationally
25:30 Driving happiness in the organization
26:45 The fundraising process at Factorial
31:30 What to look for in a VC
36:20 Differences between raising a Series A round and a Series B round
42:40 Should you use playbooks?