Yannick Kpodar
California
Overview
I help VC-backed B2B SaaS and AI founders build control over growth, capital, and themselves from Seed to $25M ARR, so they can reach the next round without burning their people, their margin, or themselves. But let me tell you how I got here, because the how is what makes this different. I spent 15+ years inside hypergrowth. VP/CMO at LinkedIn, PayFit, Amenitiz. Teams raised $396M on my watch. One company hit unicorn valuation at $2.2B. By any external measure, the playbook was working. Then it all fell apart at once. Professionally, financially, personally. Not slowly. All at once. What
About
I help VC-backed B2B SaaS and AI founders build control over growth, capital, and themselves from Seed to $25M ARR, so they can reach the next round without burning their people, their margin, or themselves. But let me tell you how I got here, because the how is what makes this different. I spent 15+ years inside hypergrowth. VP/CMO at LinkedIn, PayFit, Amenitiz. Teams raised $396M on my watch. One company hit unicorn valuation at $2.2B. By any external measure, the playbook was working. Then it all fell apart at once. Professionally, financially, personally. Not slowly. All at once. What I discovered on the other side was this: execution without self-awareness doesn't scale. It just hides the leak until the leak becomes a crisis. The founders I work with aren't struggling because they don't know enough. They're struggling because the pressure to "perform" certainty is overriding their ability to "read" reality. That gap between what the numbers say and what the CEO believes is where most companies break. That season made me allergic to reckless growth and performative leadership. And it made me a better investor, a better builder, and a better room to be in when things get hard. ⸻ Today my work runs on three tracks: 1 Aventra Capital (Seed fund) We back operator-turned-founders building lean, GTM-sharp B2B AI/SaaS products for SMBs, with an emphasis on responsible AI and sane, durable growth. 2 Full Stack CEO (membership, labs, advisory) A private community and stage-based labs (Pre-Seed → Seed → Series A) for B2B SaaS and AI founders who want to operate from clarity, not anxiety. GTM, metrics, board narrative, and the inner operating system that holds it all together. 3 1:1 CEO Advisory (via Hubble) Direct work with Seed–Series B CEOs on GTM, metrics, runway, and the self-regulation that determines whether the company survives the moments that matter. If you're a B2B SaaS/AI founder between first pilots and ~$25M ARR (or an investor backing one) and you want more control without losing yourself in the process: DM me with 1–2 lines on your stage and your main problem. I'll point you to the right next step, or tell you honestly if I'm not the right fit. Yannick