Navam Welihinda
Former Associate at Sierra Ventures · Former Analyst at Insight Partners
San Mateo, California, United States
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Experience
- ElasticChief Financial Officercurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- GrammarlyChief Financial Officer2024 — 2025
- HashiCorpChief Financial Officer2021 — 2024
- HashiCorpVice President, Finance2017 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- IBMHead of Finance, Compose2015 — 2016San Mateo, CA
- Compose.io (Acquired by IBM)VP Finance2013 — 2015San Mateo, CA
- Deem, Inc.Senior Director, Finance2011 — 2013Foster City
- MerchantCircle (Acquired by Reply! Inc.)Director of Finance2010 — 2011Mountain View, CA
- Sierra VenturesAssociate2006 — 2010Menlo Park, CA
- American Capital StrategiesAssociate2005 — 2006Bethesda, MD
- Insight Venture PartnersAnalyst2003 — 2005New York, NY
- Morgan StanleyFinancial Analyst2002New York, NY
- Salomon Smith BarneyFinancial Analyst2002New York, NY
Skills & more
SQLStart-ups27Venture Capital16Financial Modeling10RStrategy12Mergers & Acquisitions12Corporate Finance7Private Equity8Investments7Finance7Capital Budgeting2
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EquitiesUS GAAPStrategic PartnershipsValuationLanguages English · Sinhalese
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Navam Welihinda?
- Chief Financial Officer at Elastic
- Where did Navam Welihinda go to school?
- Navam Welihinda studied at Dartmouth College (BA, Computer Science); S.Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia (GCE A/L and GCE O/L).
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Also attended S.Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia2
Shared employers
Also worked at Grammarly23
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Also worked at HashiCorp21
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Also worked at IBM1,629
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Also worked at Deem, Inc.23
Ryan LongfieldPresident, PolyAI at Stage 2 CapitalAlex MendezManaging Director Emeritus at Storm VenturesKrish PanuManaging Director at Pointguard VenturesJohn McCrackenOperating Partner at Pointguard VenturesJennifer WolfManaging Partner at Initialized CapitalMatt HumphreyPartner at Quiet Capital
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