Date: 03.11.2025 (2025-11-03)
Florian Schabus (03.11.2025) • https://www.linkedin.com/in/florian-schabus/ • CCO at Barocal (8ppl but growing quickly) • Barocal is a spin-out from the University of Cambridge developing solid cooling and heating technologies. • UK based • Did the SIM at HSG and was now 3 years Investor at a VC • Message: • Hi Florian, wie gehts - hoffe alles gut! Hab gesehen du bist auch im Startup Bereich gelandet - mega cool! • Ich bin mittlerweile im Prozess meine eigene Company zu gründen - KI Agents für Finance, Accounting & Controlling. • Hättest du mal Zeit & Lust für ein CatchUp? Wär mega! Bin gespannt wies bei euch läuft :) • Goal for Call: • Understand if he knows someone that is relevant either competition or CFO etc.
Notes: • Background: • VC und nebenbei Master abschliessen -> 3 years in BER • Make ACs 2 to 3 times more time efficient -> 1,5 years • He does all business stuff -> Finance & Operations (Equity & Föderungen) • Cambridge is good to meet co-founders -> a lot of events • He thinks how long he wants to stay there -> a lot of deep tech -> a few more months • Sustainability is interesting • With Johannes meet in LND • I can interview him -> there are a few topics -> in person in LND • They search for a fractional CFOs -> similar processes for Cambridge startup • He can do intro to other people • A lot of fractional CFOs • They use Zero as Accounting tool -> weekend is flexible • His challenges: • Recruiting is a big topic -> agencies are a big problem • Is he in LND? We can meet! • Florian Schabus WA: +4366475033997 -> meet him in LND • Automation: • • Most valuable flows for him? • • Context: team setup? internal and external? • • Biggest objections / challenges in his daily life? • • Which tasks are the biggest pain? With magic wand -> what would he solve? • • Which tasks would he focus on? • • Do they already have automations? Which ones? How well do they work? • • Which companies would he target? • • General feedback to pitch? •