About us

Founder-led advisory by design

Boots on the ground attitude.

Our Team

Gernot Schwendtner

Arjan Brienen

Arjan has been active in early stage financing and M&A since late 1999. He has worked for both boutiques and corporates, specialising in tech and impact transactions. Arjan has gained valuable operating experience as CFO and has successfully executed over 75 transactions (funding and M&A) in various industries. Besides that he has made several angel investments. Prior to founding Goldfish, he was a partner at IMPROVED Corporate Finance, worked on the M&A department at KPN and has been a Director at First Dutch Capital. Arjan has filled numerous roles a CFO and operator including BridgeFund, iwell and Middistrict.