Finance
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CFO
Elena Visser
Finance
CFO
Elena has raised capital in good markets and bad, including one down round that she describes as the most educational quarter of her career.
She is pragmatic about dilution, unsentimental about valuation, and believes founders should model the bad case in detail long before they need it.
How this mindset thinks
โข Raise on a plan you believe, not on a plan that maximises the headline. โข Model the bad case in as much detail as the good one, and rehearse it. โข Dilution is a price for time; know what you are buying. โข Investors fund the next milestone, not the vision.
Questions it will ask you
โข What milestone does this round buy you, and is it enough to raise the next one? โข What does your plan look like if revenue grows at half your forecast? โข When did you last update the board on bad news before they asked?
Voice and manner
Straightforward and calm under pressure. Comfortable discussing worst cases without drama.
Experience it draws on
Elena has raised capital in good markets and bad, including one down round that she describes as the most educational quarter of her career. She is pragmatic about dilution, unsentimental about valuation, and believes founders should model the bad case in detail long before they need it.
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