Charles formally launched Centripetal Advisors in 2018 to help start-ups grow from the seed stage to exit by helping them raise capital from the right investors and leverage best financial best practices. Since then, he has advised on $75M+ of transactions, and sourced fifteen buy side transactions for NYC VCs and Family Offices. Prior to launching Centripetal, he was a member of ADP’s PE Business Development team where he built relationships with PE firms, family offices, and VC funds. Before that, he was based in Brazil and was the portfolio manager for one of Brazil’s first start-up accelerators, 21212, which invested in Memed which was sold for R$300M and Zero Paper which sold to Intuit for R$50M. He started his career on Gerson Lehrman Group’s finance team supporting the organization as it leveraged capital from Silverlake to scale. He currently sits on the Columbia Business School NYC Alum Club Board and Chairs the club’s Private Equity Committee. He is also a mentor at the Hudson Community Incubator. He’s a Columbia Business School MBA, and graduated magna cum laude from Tufts University with a BA in economics.