Valuation and Financing in Today's Market: AMA with Dr. Vinay Nair
About Event:
The focus is valuation and financing in today's tighter market — the practical stuff growth-stage founders are working through right now: how valuations are actually being set (with multiples compressed, especially in SaaS), the full financing menu beyond a priced round, term sheets and dilution, and planning toward an exit. Vinay has raised capital, built and sold companies, and taught this material for years, so it stays grounded rather than theoretical.
Moderated by Zeb King, MD of Endeavor Colorado, followed by open audience Q&A.
Your Speaker:
Dr. Vinay Nair is Founder and Executive Chairman of TIFIN, an AI platform for wealth management. Before TIFIN he founded 55ip, which JPMorgan Chase acquired and now manages over $100 billion, and co-founded Paralel, handling over $40 billion in fund administration. He began his career as the youngest finance professor at The Wharton School and still teaches there, holds a Ph.D. in Financial Economics from NYU Stern, and received the Colorado Governor's Citizenship Medal for Growth and Innovation in 2024. He is based in Boulder, where TIFIN is headquartered, and sits on the Endeavor Colorado board.
What We'll Cover:
How valuations are actually being set right now
The full financing menu beyond a priced round
Term sheets and dilution: the structure that costs you later
Governance, boards, and planning toward an exit