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Date de sortie : 2026-01-23
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Date de sortie : 2026-01-23
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From selling his company to Booking.com to building a fintech unicorn! - Arthur Waller

From selling his company to Booking.com to building a fintech unicorn! - Arthur Waller

Today on BILLIONS, I’m sitting down with Arthur Waller, one of the sharpest French founders of his generation. He sold his first company to Booking.com in his twenties — and instead of retiring, he came back to build Pennylane, a fintech that turned
Durée : 48:43
Today on BILLIONS, I’m sitting down with Arthur Waller, one of the sharpest French founders of his generation.
He sold his first company to Booking.com in his twenties — and instead of retiring, he came back to build Pennylane, a fintech that turned accountants from enemies into growth partners and became one of europe fastest-growing unicorn.
In this episode, we will discuss how six co-founders actually share power, what founders get wrong about fundraising terms and dilution, and what Arthur thinks about secondaries, freedom, and building a company that lasts twenty years.
If you want to understand what it really takes to scale, cash-out without selling out, and keep your ambition alive after success - then this episode is for you!
TIMELINE :
00:00:00 - 00:03:37 : First exit to Booking.com at 25 - the $80M deal structure
00:03:37 - 00:08:08 : Why the earn-out worked and 3.5 years at Booking
00:08:08 - 00:13:58 : Coming back stronger - choosing accounting as the next battlefield
00:13:58 - 00:18:12 : Seven co-founders sharing power and equity splits
00:18:12 - 00:24:01 : Fundraising strategy - diluting less than 10% early rounds
00:24:01 - 00:30:34 : Making accountants allies instead of enemies
00:30:34 - 00:36:08 : European expansion vs US market strategy
00:36:08 - 00:41:56 : Secondary transactions - $30M for employees, $70M for founders
00:41:56 - 00:46:38 : Staying private vs going public - the Stripe model
00:46:38 - 00:48:43 : The one advice for young founders
REFERENCES :
- Booking.com 
- Felix Blossier
- Tancrède Besnard 
- Alexandre Roquoplo
- Charles-Philippe Letellier
- Brian Halligan
- Partech
- PayFit
- Alan
- Qonto
- Indy
- QuickBooks
- NetSuite
- Salesloft
- Outreach
- Sequoia Capital
- Carta
- Cegid
- Shine
- Stripe
- Revolut
- Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
Id. d’épisode : 1000746314477
GUID : 579b62f0-9709-451a-a56d-f898aebd5bf8
Date de publication : 23/1/2026 à 08:45:00

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After building my company to a $150M valuation in 4 years, I had one question left: How do you build a billion-dollar one?I’m Guillaume Moubeche, and I’m taking you inside the room with the world’s most iconic builders to find the answer.BILLIONS isn’t another startup podcast. It’s a deep dive into the power games, hidden deals, and mental models that built empires.Each episode reveals what usually gets cut out of the edit:• The real numbers behind secondary deals, valuations, and exits.• The liquidity games most VCs don’t want you to understand.• The psychological warfare of scaling to a billion.• The truths that break founders - and the ones that make them unstoppable.45 minutes of pure signal. No PR. No polish. No bullshit.

Apple Podcasts : Avis des utilisateurs

2026-01-09

Great content

Can’t wait for the next episodes!
masims2
2026-01-09

Great Podcast

Super insightful takes on Startup growth. Worth every second of your time.
Virgile__
2025-12-26

Super insightful

Keep it going, as a EU B2B scale-up executive, I learned so much here. Can you please also upload the Episode 2 of your show ? (I saw it on your YouTube channel) thanks !
Djhax