Eddie AinWritings from Thomvest VenturesDecoding Finance Team Structures at the Series C MilestoneHere are some of the interesting takeaways from our exploration of Finance team structures at the Series C:Nov 29, 2023Nov 29, 2023
Eddie AinWritings from Thomvest VenturesReading Between the Quartiles — Q1 2023 ValuationsIn the venture capital world, we find ourselves navigating a peculiar period labeled as the Schrödinger’s Valuation Period. This term draws…May 23, 20231May 23, 20231
Eddie AinWritings from Thomvest VenturesCFOs Bank on Ingenuity: Steering Startups Through SVB’s AftershocksFollowing the unfortunate collapse of SVB (and now acquisition by First Citizens), the startup and venture capital sphere has turned its…Mar 27, 20235Mar 27, 20235
Eddie AinWritings from Thomvest VenturesEarly Stage SaaS CFO Tech Stack Starter PackHaving just established a finance tech stack at a Series B company, I understand how critical the right finance infrastructure can be at…Oct 17, 2022Oct 17, 2022
Eddie AinWritings from Thomvest VenturesEvaluating FP&A Tools? Here is a quick breakdown of the landscapeExcel has been the primary tool in the Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) stack since the early 1990s. To have such a dominant role for…Apr 29, 20212Apr 29, 20212
Eddie AinWritings from Thomvest VenturesTrue Grit: How VC Valuations of Startups Fared During 2020As the pandemic emerged in late Q1, there was a great deal of uncertainty around how startup valuations would respond in Q2 and beyond…Dec 17, 2020Dec 17, 2020
Eddie AinWritings from Thomvest VenturesFive Key Insights on the Early to Mid-Stage CFO (And What It Means To Vendors Who Serve Them)Over the past five years, we have seen a gradual but accelerating transition among CFO leaders within the startup world. What used to be a…Oct 1, 2020Oct 1, 2020
Eddie AinWritings from Thomvest VenturesSurprising Results From One of The Earliest COVID-19 SurveysWhen will life get back to normal? It’s a question we keep asking ourselves and professionals around the world. Until this answer is clear…Aug 28, 2020Aug 28, 2020
Eddie AinWritings from Thomvest VenturesHow Bad Will Layoffs Be for VC Backed Businesses in 2020?Layoffs are nothing new to American businesses, but as President Harry Truman once observed, “It’s a recession when your neighbor loses…May 13, 2020May 13, 2020
Eddie AinWritings from Thomvest VenturesWhat Will Happen To Deal Activity and Valuations During the Corona Crisis?Given all of the turmoil in the markets over the past couple of months, we took a step back to understand if any lessons from the Great…Apr 7, 2020Apr 7, 2020
