# Albert Gozzi

> Albert Gozzi is the co-founder and CEO of Aleph, a spreadsheet-first, AI-native FP&A platform he started from his New York apartment during the pandemic. An Argentine industrial engineer turned Stanford MBA, Bain consultant, and startup CFO, he built Aleph after living the pain of finance tools that were either clunky and old, or tried to drag people out of Excel. The company, named after a Borges short story, connects 150+ data sources, cuts manual reporting, and powers finance teams at companies like Zapier and Turo. After 75 investor no's, Aleph raised a $29M Series B led by Khosla Ventures, bringing total funding to roughly $47M.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Aleph
- **Organizations:** Aleph, OpenZeppelin, Bain & Company, Procter & Gamble
- **From:** Argentina
- **Nationality:** Argentine
- **Education:** MBA, Stanford University Graduate School of Business, Industrial Engineering, Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires
- **Known for:** Co-founded and leads Aleph, a spreadsheet-first, AI-native FP&A platform., Raised roughly $47M across seed, Series A, and a $29M Series B from Khosla Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Y Combinator, and Picus Capital., Grew Aleph 10X between the Series A and Series B.

## Career timeline

- **2009-2014** — Studied Industrial Engineering at Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires in Argentina.
- **Early career** — Worked as a Finance & Accounting intern at Procter & Gamble.
- **Post-MBA** — Consultant at Bain & Company, where he saw the pain around FP&A up close.
- **2016-2018** — Earned his MBA at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
- **Pre-Aleph** — Served as COO at OpenZeppelin and as a CFO at an early-stage startup.
- **2020** — Started Aleph as a personal project from his New York apartment during the pandemic.
- **2023** — Aleph emerged from stealth with $16.7M in funding, including a Series A led by Bain Capital Ventures.
- **2025** — Raised a $29M Series B led by Khosla Ventures, taking total funding to roughly $47M.

## Achievements

- Co-founded and leads Aleph, a spreadsheet-first, AI-native FP&A platform.
- Raised roughly $47M across seed, Series A, and a $29M Series B from Khosla Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, Y Combinator, and Picus Capital.
- Grew Aleph 10X between the Series A and Series B.
- Built a platform with 150+ no-code data connectors that customers can implement in hours instead of months.
- Won finance teams at companies including Zapier and Turo.

## Latest updates

- **2025-09** — Aleph announced a $29M Series B led by Khosla Ventures, bringing total funding to about $47M.
- **2025-11** — Gozzi shared the '75 no's to a $30M Series B' fundraising story on The SaaS CFO Podcast.

## Links

- Website: https://www.getaleph.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/albertgozzi

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Last updated: 2026-08-06