Co-Founder & CTO
Updraft
Fernando Cabral is Co-Founder and CTO of Updraft, the AI technical-accounting platform recognized by Accounting Today as a Top Accounting Tool of 2024. A seasoned engineer who built and led engineering teams before Updraft, Fernando co-founded the company with CEO Tim LaBelle and built the proprietary platform that automates complex technical-accounting workflows for corporate controllers and top accounting firms, with early customers including Embark, Stout and SolomonEdwards. Valor led Updraft's first round in June 2025.