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Rishi Grover

Co-founder & Chief Solutions Architect, Vena Solutions

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Rishi Grover co-founded Vena Solutions, the Toronto company whose planning, budgeting and reporting software runs inside Excel, and is its Chief Solutions Architect. A University of Toronto computer engineering graduate, he was Director of Enterprise Solutions at Clarity Systems before starting Vena with Don Mal and George Papayiannis in 2011.

Rishi hasn’t spoken on a TechTO, TechVancouver or TechWaterloo stage. This profile is here because Rishi co-founded Vena Solutions, which appears in 2 talks in the archive.

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Who is Rishi Grover?

A co-founder of Vena Solutions and its Chief Solutions Architect. Vena's team page for him, checked in September 2026, gives his title as Chief Solutions Architect and describes him as "Co-founder and Chief Solutions Architect of Vena" who has helped Fortune 500 companies re-engineer and optimize financial processes.

What did Rishi Grover do before Vena?

Vena's team page says his expertise in financial planning and regulatory reporting led him to the role of Director of Enterprise Solutions at Clarity Systems before he co-founded Vena with Don Mal and George Papayiannis. The same page says he holds a Bachelor of Applied Sciences from the University of Toronto in computer engineering and communication systems.

Is he still at Vena Solutions?

Yes. Vena's own team page listed him as Chief Solutions Architect when checked in September 2026, and The SaaS CFO Podcast introduced him in March 2026 as co-founder and Chief Solutions Architect at Vena Solutions.

Where can you hear Rishi Grover talk about FP&A?

On The SaaS CFO Podcast with Ben Murray in March 2026, on BARC's Data Culture Podcast with Carsten Bange in March 2025, and in a September 2024 interview on Rick McCutcheon's PartnerTalks about running FP&A software inside Excel.

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