About Alex Schifter
Alex Schifter is a fractional CFO consultant with Centripetal Advisors, partnering with leading enterprise SaaS startups to help them scale. Alex often invests in his clients if and when the opportunity arises. His entrepreneurial experiences and financial expertise allow him to guide SaaS founders to success. Having built and run his own businesses, Alexander Schifter has a well-rounded understanding of startup business planning, strategic finance, and revenue operations.
In 2022, Alex acquired XO Expresso Bar, a specialty coffee bar serving quality coffee and wellness drinks with the highest-quality service. He secured investor financing to acquire the cafés in Miami. As owner and CEO of XO Expresso Bar, he oversees all aspects of business development, financial planning and analysis (FP&A), procurement, human resources, and payroll for two café locations.
Several years in, Alex opened wholesale operations and is currently looking for new standalone locations and franchisee partners. He will be announcing a new XO Espresso Bar location later this year in a highly coveted new luxury Miami Beach location.
Additionally, he secured an exclusive three-year consulting and coffee supply agreement in the United States with international French patisserie Yann Couvreur. This year marks XO Expresso Bar’s first anniversary, with Yann Couvreur supporting its Downtown, Wynwood, and soon-to-be Aventura locations.
Alex co-founded Hello Arthur in 2021, an easy-to-use medical and dental supply marketplace for healthcare providers to buy directly from manufacturers, resulting in passing valuable cost savings to the end customer. Hello, Arthur was named after Alex’s grandfather, Arthur Schifter, who began selling critically needed medical supplies during the AIDS pandemic to help manage disease and infection.
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