Virgo Strategic

Our promise

Deliver transformative results to build lasting businesses

Virgo was founded to de-risk critical, underestimated components of the early-to-growth transition for founders and investors: business planning, scalable operations, and capital transactions. At this unique stage, many great products in big markets fail unnecessarily due to avoidable, correctable business challenges.

As close partners to our clients, we deliver transformative results by building like cofounders, thinking like investors, and aligning our economics. Our work has placed us at the high-stakes frontier of innovation and impact with engagements across AI, healthcare, life sciences, and enterprise software.

2005

Year founded

Colleagues

90%

Former Startup
Operators

$300M

Growth Capital
Raised

$650k

Reinvested by Virgo back into Clients

Acquisitions
since 2024

Our approach

How impact happens

We show up with purpose, humility, and a hands-on mindset.

Builders Not Bankers

We believe impact is built, not brokered, which is why we cultivate long-term relationships and roll up our sleeves to build alongside organizations.

Builders Not Bankers

We believe impact is built, not brokered, which is why we cultivate long-term relationships and roll up our sleeves to build alongside organizations.

Builders Not Bankers

We believe impact is built, not brokered, which is why we cultivate long-term relationships and roll up our sleeves to build alongside organizations.

Builders Not Bankers

We believe impact is built, not brokered, which is why we cultivate long-term relationships and roll up our sleeves to build alongside organizations.

Macro to Micro

We take a systems-based approach, connecting big-picture dynamics to the everyday decisions that drive lasting progress.

Macro to Micro

We take a systems-based approach, connecting big-picture dynamics to the everyday decisions that drive lasting progress.

Macro to Micro

We take a systems-based approach, connecting big-picture dynamics to the everyday decisions that drive lasting progress.

Macro to Micro

We take a systems-based approach, connecting big-picture dynamics to the everyday decisions that drive lasting progress.

Adaptive by Design

We tailor our approach, tools, and support to the specific context of each organization rather than forcing a one-size-fits-all model.

Adaptive by Design

We tailor our approach, tools, and support to the specific context of each organization rather than forcing a one-size-fits-all model.

Adaptive by Design

We tailor our approach, tools, and support to the specific context of each organization rather than forcing a one-size-fits-all model.

Adaptive by Design

We tailor our approach, tools, and support to the specific context of each organization rather than forcing a one-size-fits-all model.

Learn and Teach

We learn continuously and share openly both internally and with clients, focusing on collective growth without ego.

Learn and Teach

We learn continuously and share openly both internally and with clients, focusing on collective growth without ego.

Learn and Teach

We learn continuously and share openly both internally and with clients, focusing on collective growth without ego.

Learn and Teach

We learn continuously and share openly both internally and with clients, focusing on collective growth without ego.

Align our Economics

We have an ownership mentality and obsess over outcomes, aligning incentives with equity consideration and direct investing.

Align our Economics

We have an ownership mentality and obsess over outcomes, aligning incentives with equity consideration and direct investing.

Align our Economics

We have an ownership mentality and obsess over outcomes, aligning incentives with equity consideration and direct investing.

Align our Economics

We have an ownership mentality and obsess over outcomes, aligning incentives with equity consideration and direct investing.

A note from our founder

At Virgo, we’ve built a platform that combines talent and capital to solve one of the toughest, most underappreciated challenges in venture: 70% of startups that reach Series A won’t make it through the early-to-growth transition. Not due to product failure, but because execution falls short.

After a decade leading venture-backed startups as CFO and COO, I set out to build something different: a team of seasoned operators who go beyond advice. We dig in with founders through every stage of growth.

This isn’t consulting from a distance. It’s real partnership. If you’re driven by complex challenges, committed to outcomes, and believe in building what lasts, you’ll find purpose here.

Brian Foos

Founder & Managing Partner

Our team

Meet the team

Proven startup operators and transaction experts.

Brian Foos

Founder & Managing Partner

See Experience

George Hannington

Partner

See Experience

Caroline Graham

Partner

See Experience

Rosemarie Barresi

Engagement Director
Finance

See Experience

Jackie Haber

Senior Manager
Strategic Operations

See Experience

Michelle Santiago

Senior Consultant
HR Operations

See Experience

Our offices

Office Locations

While we primarily work remotely, colleagues gather at least monthly at one of our offices to collaborate on engagements, build the firm together, and make lasting connections.

Westport, CT

8 Wright Street
1st Floor

New York, NY

41 Madison Ave
31st Floor