The team

Operators first.

Every Verlanor partner has founded, scaled, or exited a technology company. You work directly with principals — never a leveraged pyramid of analysts.

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Jonathan
Founder & Managing Partner
Founder & Managing Partner

Founded and exited two enterprise SaaS companies. Led 14 engagements to acquisition or IPO.

New York
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Elena
Partner, Capital Strategy
Partner, Capital Strategy

Former growth-equity investor. $2.1B in transactions advised across Series B to exit.

New York
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David
Partner, Growth
Partner, Growth

Scaled three companies past $100M ARR as operating CRO before joining Verlanor.

New York
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Sarah
Partner, Positioning
Partner, Positioning

Category designer behind four market-defining B2B brands. Ex-founder, acquired 2019.

London
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Marcus
Principal, M&A
Principal, M&A

Former corporate development lead at a Fortune 100 acquirer. 22 closed transactions.

New York
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Amara
Principal, London
Principal, London

Leads European engagements. Former COO, scaled a fintech from seed through Series D.

London

The wider bench

Behind every partner, an operator network.

When an engagement needs a specialist — a pricing lead, a data-room veteran, a category analyst — we pull from a vetted bench built over eight years.

​32Advisors on the bench
​11Companies founded
​6IPOs guided
140+Operator network

Join the bench

We hire operators, not résumés.

If you have scaled something real and want to work on the hardest strategic problems in tech — two or three engagements a year, principal-level — introduce yourself.

Introduce yourself

bench@verlanor.com

Format

One paragraph. No CVs.

Engagements

Two–three per year

Level

Principal

Engage

Ready to define your category?

Engagements begin with a confidential diagnostic conversation.

Engage

Ready to define your category?

Engagements begin with a confidential diagnostic conversation.

Engage

Ready to define your category?

Engagements begin with a confidential diagnostic conversation.

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