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