Vanessa Giraldo, founder of The Funding Girl

THE FUNDING GIRL

Alternative lending looks simple from the outside.

It's not. A funded deal is one visible outcome. The real work is everything the company had to get right before, during, and after the money moved.

See the full picture

The industry talks a lot about funding.
I pay attention to what the business reveals once it starts producing.

Operator.

I understand the side of alternative lending that only becomes clear when you are responsible for the outcome.

Builder.

I build around the parts of the business that usually get handled too late: process, visibility, automation, client movement, and the standards that keep production from becoming noise.

Executive.

I care about the problems leadership feels before the report explains them: uneven production, missed renewals, weak handoffs, messy accountability, and revenue that does not hold the way it should.

About

I built my edge inside the operating reality of alternative lending.

My name is Vanessa Giraldo. Most people know me as The Funding Girl.

The work inside alternative lending is more complicated than the outside world understands.

A company can be producing and still be unhealthy.

A sales floor can be active and still lack control. A good month can hide weak retention. A file can stall for reasons that have nothing to do with the file. A renewal can tell you more about the business than the first deal ever did.

That is the part I pay attention to.

Not just whether the money moved. What happened around it. What the team missed. What the client needed. What the numbers exposed. What leadership allowed. What the company has to fix before growth turns into chaos.

That is The Funding Girl.

Vanessa Giraldo · Managing Partner, Go Pro Capital · COO, LendGen.AI

The Operating View

Three ventures. One operating view.

Managing Partner

Go Pro Capital

Capital with structure, clarity, and a relationship that should not end once the first deal funds.

COO

LendGen.AI

Lending infrastructure built for cleaner workflows, sharper decisions, and automation that supports judgment instead of replacing it.

Founder

The Funding Girl

The authority platform for the operating side of alternative lending: production, client movement, retention, systems, revenue quality, and executive pressure inside the business.

What I Believe

Production without control is not scale.

The first deal matters. The relationship after it matters more.

Bad follow-up is not a small sales issue. It is a business issue.

Capital is a tool. Never the whole strategy.

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Welcome to my world.

Vanessa Giraldo · The Funding Girl