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Silicon Valley Bank – State of the VC-Backed CFO, Apr 2025

Summary

The main theme of the report concerns the state of Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) in venture capital (VC) backed companies.

Key findings include an increase in the number of companies striving for profitability despite shrinking runway metrics, a slowdown in hiring in 2024 but also a decrease in layoffs, challenges for CFOs due to volatile markets, regulatory changes, and the impact of AI, different priorities for sectors such as hardware-dependent companies versus software enterprises, and low AI spending despite encouragement, indicating a gap between strategic intentions and financial commitments.

Region: North America 
Published: April 2025 
Author(s): Silicon Valley Bank 
Language: English 
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