London
Roberto Mottola
Hey, I’m Roberto. I build products, and I’ve done most of it inside startups, from next to nothing to something people use every day. I came to it from architecture, where I was obsessed with how people experience a space. I still am: I look at the big picture, care about the small details, and find the story that ties it all together.
Experience
Feb – Oct 2026
A business bank for agent-first companies, later an agent harness for finance teams. Three co-founders (ex-Revolut, ex-Satispay), backed by Vento Ventures.
- Discovery
- 70+ conversations with prospects, competitors and operators across Europe and SF; the findings drove our pivot and lined up our first customer.
- Team
- Secured backing from Vento Ventures, fielded inbound investor interest and recruited our technical co-founder.
- Product
- Defined the product and prototyped its agent payment controls. Built an internal finance agent that ran our invoicing.
2017 – 2024
The UK’s largest provider of retail finance for primary care. Joined as employee #5, before launch; left at ~60 people. Reported to the founder & CEO.
Scaled the platform to 500K+ loan applications, backed by a £750m Fortress facility. Launched card payments and care plans.
Took the product to product-market fit.
First designer. Took the first product 0→1.
Side projects
Particular KindActive
Co-founded a matcha brand; built its store on Lovable and Shopify.
FramedropsInactive
GitHub for Framer designers, built solo on Lovable just after it came out, with Stripe Connect.
Education
Portsmouth
BA (Hons) Architecture, First Class
General Assembly
UX Design Immersive, London