{"id":28257,"date":"2026-06-02T13:29:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldhaworth.com\/?post_type=white-papers&#038;p=28257"},"modified":"2026-06-02T13:43:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T12:43:44","slug":"the-early-stage-and-venture-cfo-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"white-papers","link":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldhaworth.com\/es\/white-papers\/the-early-stage-and-venture-cfo-in-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The Early Stage and Venture CFO in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"28257\" class=\"elementor elementor-28257\" data-elementor-post-type=\"white-papers\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5770222 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5770222\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-215ccf3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"215ccf3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Most founders preparing to raise are walking in without a finance leader beside them.<\/p><p>VenturePath&#8217;s 2026 founder survey found that 67% of future scaleups have no CFO in place. In a market that has reset around capital efficiency and operating discipline, that gap is now something investors price into the round.<\/p><p>In a new report with VenturePath, our Technology Sector Practice sets out why the strategic CFO has become central to closing a Series A or B, the five capabilities founders should screen for, and the right moment to make the hire (usually six to nine months earlier than expected).<\/p><p>Authored by David Williams.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-28257","white-papers","type-white-papers","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Early Stage and Venture CFO in 2026 - Sheffield Haworth<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sheffieldhaworth.com\/es\/white-papers\/the-early-stage-and-venture-cfo-in-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Early Stage and Venture CFO in 2026 - Sheffield Haworth\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Most founders preparing to raise are walking in without a finance leader beside them. 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