
Alex Lau
VC finance & operations leader; partner at Averin
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Boston, Massachusetts
Joined October 2025
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Summary
Experienced VC firm finance and operations leader โ Alex built his career running FP&A and firm operations at OpenView, contributing to scaling the management company's assets and operational capabilities and later stepping into partner-level roles. He now serves as a partner at Averin and has publicly announced a partner/operations role at Bedford Bridge. averincapital+2
Practitioner of FP&A and financial modeling โ Alex has authored practical finance pieces on forecasting and finance transformation, demonstrating a hands-on approach to building lean forecast models, rolling forecasts, and FP&A best practices used by growing software companies and portfolio teams. openviewpartners+1
Progressive career from corporate FP&A and rotational analyst programs into firm-level leadership โ his background includes early analyst rotations (GE/Electric Insurance), corporate FP&A at Cimpress/Vistaprint, then a multi-year progression through FP&A and operations roles at OpenView before becoming a partner and moving into his current roles. equilar+2
Work
Education
Writing
Financial Forecasting Model Template (Lean Finance: 4 Steps to Streamline Financial Forecasting)
March 30, 2015Practical guidance on building lean, flexible financial forecasts and a plug-and-play forecasting approach for growing companies.
Finance Transformation: The Art of Getting More from Your Finance Team
November 6, 2014Explains finance transformation, best practices for aligning Finance with company strategy, and practical steps to increase Finance team impact.
Hobbies
Travel, movies, sports, technology, entrepreneurship (personal interests listed on personal about.me page). about
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ALAlex Lau
was previously a Venture Partner at OpenView and made a strong, positive impact there.Oct 28, 2025
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