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Rupert Brenninkmeijer *

Operating Principal, Growth Factors
Rupert Brenninkmeijer is an Operating Vice President at Bregal Sagemount, where he partners with portfolio company leadership to accelerate growth and build operational scale across five Value Creation pillars: sales acceleration, offer optimization, tech & process, M&A and recruitment. As a Senior Leader in VC-backed tech companies, Rupert helped scale multiple startups to $100M+ ARR and achieve $2B+ valuations. Prior to joining Bregal Sagemount, Rupert was a Director at Contentful ($3B), responsible for the product-led business unit representing 15% of the P&L. Earlier in his career, Rupert operated as a Senior Growth Marketing lead at GoCardless ($2B) scaling the Mid-Market business. Rupert received a BSc in Mathematics with honors from Oxford Brookes University.