OUR STORY

BI FINANCE was created by Mariano de la Torre with the aim of providing small companies, as well as entrepreneurs, access to business intelligence and financial solutions.

Mariano has 20 years of experience in finance with a unique mix of work experience. He learned and applied the core corporate finance concepts and solutions while working for major private equity and investments banks (Partners Group, Credit Suisse, WestLB and Deutsche Bank) and has tangible operational experience while working for companies (Swarovski and Outdoor Switzerland) in strategy, financial advisory, and CFO roles. Mariano holds a MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and co-owns a privately-held outdoor activities company (Hightide), where he is actively involved managing the business. 

One of the key challenges Mariano found while developing Hightide and being the CFO at Outdoor Switzerland was the limited resources that small businesses have to create financial reports and business dashboards to effectively understand and track the performance of their businesses. For small businesses it is difficult to use their data to drive meaningful business decisions, and therefore in many cases decisions are made based on gut feeling, or are not made at all, due to lack of knowledge. Furthermore, if a small business would like to professionally assess an acquisition opportunity, enter a new business, or develop a financial plan, the fees to hire a corporate finance boutique to help with these topics are prohibitive. With that challenge in mind, in 2017 Mariano created BI FINANCE and has since then helped different companies and ventures.

OUR PURPOSE AND VALUES

Our purpose is to make financial and business intelligence expertise accessible to small companies and entrepreneurs. We know how valuable financial expertise and business insights are for decision making and we enable small businesses to benefit from it.

We value the relationships we build with the individuals we work with as well as the type of projects and companies we help. Our core values are honesty, transparency, hard work, and humility. We don’t usually wear a suit and a tie for work, and we always welcome an open an informal communication style.