Javier Palafox
FounderFounder at HappyRobot
San Francisco, California, United States
FoundedHappyRobot · YC
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Javier BorrerounlockedJavier: together at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2002–2005)
×6Javier: together at Y Combinator
×3Javier: together at Loughborough University
Javier: together at IEB
About
Javier Palafox is co-founder and COO of HappyRobot. He previously held the role of CFO at a consumer packaged goods company valued at $300M.
Founder at HappyRobotYC S23
Intro paths
YC
Javier went through Y Combinator (Summer 2023) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.
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Their group partner at YC was Diana Hu, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran HappyRobot's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗
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In turn, Javier can intro founders to HappyRobot's investors below.
HappyRobot's investors · 9
Andreessen HorowitzMenlo Park · $500K – $50M checks · since 2025Array Ventures Management LlcSan Francisco · $1.5M checks · since 2025Baobab VenturesBarcelonaBase10 PartnersSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checks · since 2025NTT DOCOMO VenturesTokyoSignalRankWorld Innovation LabPalo Alto · since 2025World Innovation Lab (WiL)Palo Alto · $5M – $30M checks · since 2025Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2023
Co-founders at HappyRobot
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Pablo PalafoxFounder
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Luis PaarupFounder
Experience
- HappyrobotCo-Foundercurrent2023 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- DeoleoCFO, VP of Finance - North America2018 — 2023Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
- DeoleoFP&A and Revenue Manager - North America2016 — 2018Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
- DeoleoFP&A and Revenue Manager2014 — 2015Mexico City, Mexico
- ICEXInvestment Analyst at the Trade Commission of Spain in Mexico.2012 — 2014Mexico City, Mexico
- KPMG EspañaAudit Associate - Financial Services2009 — 2011Madrid
- Exaequo abogadosIntern in the Civil Law Department2008Greater Madrid Metropolitan Area
Skills & more
SAP5Microsoft Excel8Python4PowerQuery4R1SQL2Microsoft Power BI1Microsoft Power Query1Business Strategy86Business Planning76Forecasting55Budgeting16
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Pricing StrategyFinancial AnalysisFinancial AccountingCost ControlInternational BusinessMarket ResearchMarket AnalysisProject FinanceInternational TradeCorporate FinanceFinanceMacroeconomicsLanguages Chino · Español · Inglés
- Neural Networks and Deep Learning — DeepLearning.AI
- Data Scientist with R — DataCamp
- Introduction to Python for Data Science — Microsoft
- Essential Statistics for Data Analysis using Excel — Microsoft
- Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Excel — Microsoft
- Data Science Orientation - Microsoft Professional Program for Data Science — Microsoft
- An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 2) — Coursera Course Certificates
- An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 1) — Coursera Course Certificates
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Javier Palafox?
- Javier Palafox is co-founder and COO of HappyRobot. He previously held the role of CFO at a consumer packaged goods company valued at $300M.
- Where does Javier Palafox work?
- Javier Palafox is Founder of HappyRobot.
- What companies did Javier Palafox found?
- Javier Palafox founded HappyRobot.
- Where did Javier Palafox go to school?
- Javier Palafox studied at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Bachelor of Science - BS, Economics); Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Bachelor of Laws (LLB), Law); MiniMBA (Mini MBA, Marketing).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Happyrobot7
Sunir KapoorNon-Executive Chairman at Kibo VenturesKerry WeiPrincipal at Prysm CapitalPablo PalafoxFounder at HappyRobotLuis PaarupFounder at HappyRobotAri PolakofFounder at FlaiAlen PolakofFounder at Flai
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