Slope

There is a lot of momentum recently at Slope, and the rest of the year will be at least as fun! To keep up with the excitement we recently expanded our sales & customer success teams. We are not stopping there, and are now looking to add rockstar talent across Recruiting, Data Science, Customer Support, Engineering (both forward deployed and full-stack) and Risk Operations.  Coordination and communication are key to our success. This was extra evident during our recent company outing where we all went rafting in the Russian River - a great showcase for how collaborative efforts lead to smoother (and in this case, drier) outcomes. Slope is making waves (see what we did there? 🙂) - come join us! Apply here: https://lnkd.in/dx5wS3_i Data Science: https://lnkd.in/gFtuhBJV Founding Recruiter: https://lnkd.in/gVNYw_Ad

We're excited for our deep partnership and investment from J.P. Morgan, one of the most important financial institutions on the planet with 150 years of legacy. The combination of J.P. Morgan’s extensive client relationships and fortress balance sheet with Slope’s AI-driven B2B payment platform will create outsized impact in the B2B economy. Read more details about our partnership here: https://lnkd.in/gP6ycpzp

Today, we’re announcing a $65M strategic round in equity and debt from J.P. Morgan, Notable Capital and others, bringing our total funding to $252M! We believe our long-term thinking and emphasis on both “fin” and “tech” has been imperative to execute precisely above the chaos, close major partnerships, and onboard new customers. While we are very “tech” – pushing boundaries in AI and shipping velocity, headquartered in San Francisco, and backed by the best technologists in Silicon Valley (Sam Altman, Y Combinator, founders of OpenAI, DoorDash, Plaid, Dropbox, Unity, etc.) – partnering deeply with the largest bank in the world, J.P. Morgan, to gain expertise in compliance, risk, and distribution is a necessity to transition the $125T B2B economy online. By combining J.P. Morgan’s fortress balance sheet and depth of client relationships with Slope’s strengths in technology, underwriting and credit risk monitoring – we are a well-positioned partner to serve the world’s largest enterprises. We are hitting an exciting inflection point and hiring across all roles! If you or someone you know are interested in joining us, check out our roles here: https://lnkd.in/dx5wS3_i Announcement on X: https://lnkd.in/deJu3gra Note from our CEO: https://lnkd.in/dYCe59ur TechCrunch coverage: https://lnkd.in/gjduHbwQ Press release: https://lnkd.in/dmtWxR76

⚡ Hiring alert ⚡ We are firing on all cylinders at Slope! To support all our customer demand we need to hire brilliant people, and to hire brilliant people, we need a brilliant recruiter in SF. We always say that our results come down to slope: it's not where you start, it's how fast you grow and iterate. Come do your life's work at Slope if this value speaks to you, and if you are excited to grind to hunt for world-class talent, you are smart and operationally organized to coordinate across inbound channels, can uphold a high bar for talent when screening, and able to recruit for both technical (eng, data science) and nontechnical roles (CS, GTM). Apply for our Founding Recruiter role here: https://lnkd.in/gVNYw_Ad

⚡ Come join us ⚡ We can’t seem to stop closing large enterprise customers at Slope. While closing deals is fun and good for business, it’s just step 1 🙂 We aim to provide our new and existing customers with a best-in-class end-to-end user experience, and we want your help in doing so! We’re currently building out our Risk Operations and Customer Success organizations - if you want your career to be a “trail-blazing” adventure, much like the 9 mile hike the team recently went on together, please apply below! Customer Success Ops: https://lnkd.in/gGfDEEPk Risk Ops: https://lnkd.in/gaDY3wfJ Data Science: https://lnkd.in/gHNBQy5u All roles (hiring in sales, marketing, and engineering): https://lnkd.in/d-f-9K84

Slope has signed a number of big public logos without a sales team, more to share publicly soon once we’re allowed to. We are at an inflection point, ready to grow our GTM function aggressively. ⚡ DM me or email us at founders@slope.so if you are a top AE/BDR wanting join as one of Slope’s early GTM hires, or if you've worked with a top AE/BDR! We are looking for AE/BDRs who are high Slope and will grind, constantly iterate, own the sales process end-to-end from finding leads to closing, and deal with ambiguity. Ideally with fintech experience and experience dealing with midmarket and SMBs. You will work closely with Alice, Ashish, Hannah, Renzo, and me to spearhead the GTM team.

Renzo Costarella has joined Slope as founding GTM. Renzo was previously a Senior Account Executive for Upper Mid-market at Brex. Brex’s ex-CRO and ex-COO both highly recommended Renzo and his references highlighted him as one of Brex’s top AEs. Renzo is a fast-paced hustler who isn’t afraid to try new things and iterate. He shines in the early stage environment where there's unbounded room for creativity and strategy. In less than a week at Slope, Renzo is already taking point on moving full-steam ahead of some new deals. Renzo is a foodie and into cooking — let him cook at Slope!! 👨🍳🔥

Will you be at B2B Online Chicago next week? If so, be sure to reach out! Our team - Alice Deng, Ashish Jain, Renzo Costarella, and Hannah Scholes will be there and happy to grab a coffee / chat about B2B payments. At Slope, we're driven by a mission to revolutionize the B2B economy, bringing it fully online through innovative financing solutions, streamlined customer onboarding, and automated order-to-cash processes. As proud sponsors of this event, we're really looking forward to engaging with like-minded individuals who share our vision to modernize the B2B landscape.

Keyi (Sophie) Wang, ex-VP at Guggenheim Partners, joined us as Customer Success Operations! As a Vice President at Guggenheim Partners for nearly 5 years, Sophie advised customers on high-stakes transactions, M&A and complex financial turnarounds. Her references highlighted her as top decile among VPs at Guggenheim and customers loved working with her. Prior to that, she spent 5 years at Millstein & Co, a financial advisory and investment firm founded by US Treasury’s inaugural Chief Restructuring Officer during the financial crisis, and at UBS. Her references were absolutely stellar and she was noted to be in top echelon of her firm and the right hand of the MD’s she worked with. She holds a CFA, M.S. in Finance from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and B.S. in Economics from Peking University (China’s #1 university). She is also an advisor for startups and Fellow at Economic Club of New York (ECNY). Sophie will be our East Coast representative with our customers. Let’s go, “Slophie”! Welcome to team Slope :)

Hannah Scholes is joining us as our 1st Growth hire! She was a Senior Associate at PwC, with a background in Neuroscience from McGill University where she also conducted research. She clearly stood out with her detail-orientedness and thoughtfulness in her GTM case studies, with strong soft and data/analytical skills. We interviewed hundreds of candidates for this role and she instantly stood out with her wonderful personality and her bar for excellence. Her references all highlighted her as the top 1-3 people they’ve worked with because of her ownership mindset, accountability, diligence, and quality of work even when clients did not know what they wanted. She has lived in Canada, UK, US, and Australia – and given B2B payments is a global problem, we welcome her multifaceted experience. Let’s grow, Hannah! Welcome to team Slope! ⚡