Building the Finance Function: Seed to Series B - The Founder Finance Series, Ep 02
The spreadsheet that worked at seed breaks somewhere before Series B. The question is when, and what you're supposed to replace it with.
Every founder eventually hits the moments where "figure it out ourselves" stops working: the first finance hire, the first real board deck, the first time an investor asks a question your bookkeeping can't answer. Nobody tells you in advance when these moments hit or what "good" looks like on the other side. This session brings together finance leaders who've built that function from scratch, at seed, at Series A, and at Series B, to walk through what actually changed at each stage, what they wish they'd done sooner, and what they'd tell founders not to bother with yet.
📅 August 26, 2026 · 09:00 AM PDT / 09:30 PM IST · 75 min
What we'll cover:
When to make your first finance hire, and whether it should be a bookkeeper, a controller, or a fractional CFO
The systems shift: when spreadsheets stop working and what to move to instead
Board reporting: what investors actually expect to see at each stage, and when it needs to get formal
Burn, runway, and forecasting: how the rigor changes as the stakes go up
Mistakes each speaker made at an earlier stage, and what they'd do differently
Live Q&A with the panel
Who this is for:
Founders at seed to Series A who are about to make, or are delaying, their first finance hire
Founders past Series A wondering if their current finance setup will hold up to Series B scrutiny
Anyone building financial processes without a finance background
Founders who want to hear directly from operators who've been through it, not just advisors
Speakers:
Anand Krishna, Founder & CEO of Inkle
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