Cruz Gamboa – Ascend Growth Ventures

Scaling Up Coach & Strategic CFO | Helping Founders Break the $10M Barrier

We’re excited to welcome Cruz Gamboa, Founder of Ascend Growth Ventures, as a Trusted Brand Partner in the ACES network.

Cruz is a Strategy & Finance Executive, Certified Scaling Up Coach, and Strategic CFO with over 25 years of experience scaling businesses across industries. His mission is clear: help impact-driven companies move past growth bottlenecks and achieve sustainable, profitable scale beyond $10M.

Why Cruz?

Most companies don’t stall because of lack of effort—they stall because the strategies, systems, and financial models that once worked no longer do. Cruz specializes in helping founders navigate that critical stage.

At Ascend Growth Ventures, Cruz and his team partner with CEOs of $3M–$10M companies to:

• Implement the Scaling Up framework for predictable growth

• Strengthen financial infrastructure and unlock hidden cash flow

• Build self-managing leadership teams

• Prepare businesses for capital raises, acquisitions, and exits

• Apply Exponential Organization principles for 10x scale

Experience You Can Trust

• Regional CFO, GE Gas Power LATAM – Led finance for +1.5GW record year

• Strategic finance and underwriting leadership at GE Capital

• Business & project development for 8-figure ventures

• Trusted advisor to CEOs scaling past $10M

Industries of Focus

• Clean Energy & Decarbonization

• Industrial Goods & B2B Services

• Impact-Driven Companies

• Consulting & Coaching Firms

Client Results

✅ “Helped us scale to multiple eight figures” – Bobby Suarez, CEO, Sell to Bobby
✅ “Zeroed in on what truly matters” – Rich Cohen, CEO, Elevate Packaging

Connect with Cruz

If your business is stuck at $3M–$10M in revenue and you’re ready to scale intelligently, Cruz offers frameworks, financial clarity, and leadership expansion to break through.

👉 Start Scaling Here: Book a Strategy Call
👉 Free Assessment: Take the Scaling Up Quiz