# Julio Martinez

> Julio Martinez is the co-founder and CEO of Abacum, an AI-native financial planning and analysis (FP&A) platform he launched with Jorge Lluch during the first week of Spain's COVID-19 lockdown in April 2020. A former M&A lawyer turned Citigroup banker turned fintech venture builder, he built the product he wished he had had during two decades inside finance. Abacum has raised more than $100 million from investors including Atomico, Creandum, Scale Venture Partners, Cathay Innovation and Y Combinator, and now serves hundreds of mid-market companies across more than 30 countries from offices in New York, London and Barcelona.

- **Role:** Co-Founder and CEO at Abacum
- **Organizations:** Abacum, InnoCells, Banco Sabadell, Citigroup, Y Combinator
- **From:** Barcelona, Spain
- **Nationality:** Spanish
- **Education:** MBA, IESE Business School, Stanford Executive Program, Stanford University Graduate School of Business
- **Known for:** Raised more than $100 million in total funding for Abacum, Scaled Abacum to serve hundreds of mid-market companies across 30+ countries, Built a team of 100+ across New York, London and Barcelona

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Worked as a corporate finance and M&A lawyer
- **Investment banking** — Banker at Citigroup across New York, Sao Paulo, Zurich and London, working in capital markets, M&A and private equity
- **2010s** — Co-founded and scaled InnoCells, Banco Sabadell's corporate venturing arm, launching four fintech startups across Europe, the Americas and Asia
- **2020** — Co-founded Abacum with Jorge Lluch during the first week of Spain's COVID-19 lockdown; later accepted into Y Combinator
- **2025** — Abacum raised Series B funding; total funding surpassed $100M with investors including Atomico, Creandum, Scale Venture Partners and Cathay Innovation

## Achievements

- Raised more than $100 million in total funding for Abacum
- Scaled Abacum to serve hundreds of mid-market companies across 30+ countries
- Built a team of 100+ across New York, London and Barcelona
- Got Abacum accepted into Y Combinator
- Out-executed better-funded competitors in the FP&A category

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Featured in an Unite.ai interview series on building AI-native finance tools and embedding AI inside finance workflows.
- **2025-10** — Appeared on the EU-Startups Podcast (Episode 142) discussing Abacum's growth and the future of FP&A.
- **2025-06** — Abacum closed a Series B round as part of $100M+ raised, accelerating US expansion.

## Links

- Website: https://abacum.ai
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/thejuliomartinez
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/Abacum_io
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIvf0ExNaxE

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Last updated: 2026-06-03