Vena Recognized as a G2 2025 Best Software Award Winner

Vena Earns Industry Recognitions for Leadership in Integrated Planning

Accolades from Nucleus Research, ISG Research and Dresner Advisory Services highlight excellence in usability, customer satisfaction and business impact Toronto, ON – February 20, 2025 – Vena, the industry-leading FP&A platform purpose-built to leverage the full power of the Microsoft technology ecosystem, has been recognized across multiple industry reports. These recognitions reaffirm Vena’s leadership in empowering finance and operations professionals with a flexible, Excel-native FP&A platform that enhances usability, automates workflows and delivers measurable business value to organizations optimizing their planning processes. Vena Named a Leader in the 2025 Nucleus Research CPM Value Matrix For the 12th consecutive year, Vena has been named a Leader in the 2025 Nucleus Research CPM Value Matrix, securing the highest placement for Greater Usability among leaders in the quadrant. Nucleus Research praised Vena for its: Flexibility – Enabling seamless planning and reporting processes across finance and operations. Ease of Adoption – Streamlined implementation and an intuitive Excel-native experience. Unified Planning – Bridging the gap between finance and operational teams through an integrated planning environment. Vena Recognized as a Provider of Assurance in ISG Buyers Guides Vena was named a Provider of Assurance in the following ISG Buyers Guide categories: Business Planning, Financial Planning, Revenue Planning and Workforce Planning. These designations reflect Vena’s ability to help businesses align finance and operations, navigate complexity and achieve strategic goals through collaborative planning. ISG highlighted several of Vena’s key strengths, including: Customer Experience – Deep understanding of customer needs and solutions tailored to address unique challenges. Total Cost of Ownership/Return on Investment (TCO/ROI) – Helping customers build strong business cases for investment and achieve measurable financial returns. Manageability – Simplifying system administration while maintaining high standards of security and transparency. Validation – Providing consistent support across the entire customer journey, from onboarding to continuous improvement. Vena Wins Dresner 2024 Applications Innovation Award for Workforce Planning and Analysis Vena has been recognized as a top-ranked vendor in Workforce Planning and Analysis by Dresner Advisory Services’ Inaugural Applications Innovation Awards. These awards honor top-performing vendors in the Wisdom of Crowds market studies, which analyze real-world user insights. Vena’s workforce planning capabilities help organizations: Align workforce strategy with business goals Optimize resource allocation Adapt to evolving workplace dynamics "These industry recognitions validate what we hear from our customers every day—planning should be effortless, connected and impactful," said Hugh Cumming, Chief Technology Officer at Vena. "At Vena, we’re focused on making complex financial and workforce planning more intuitive, so businesses can spend less time wrestling with data and more time making confident, strategic decisions. Whether it’s aligning workforce needs with business goals or streamlining financial processes, our platform is built to bridge the gap between finance and operations in a truly actionable way." About Vena Vena is the industry-leading Complete Planning platform purpose-built to harness the full power of the Microsoft technology ecosystem for FP&A teams and their collaborators. Vena amplifies Microsoft's world-leading productivity tools, cloud technology and AI innovation to make FP&A, operational planning and adjacent strategic processes more flexible, efficient and intelligent. Thousands of the world’s leading companies rely on Vena to power their planning. For more information, visit venasolutions.com. Media Contact  For immediate inquiries or more details regarding our latest company press release, please contact: Jonathan Paul  Vice President, Content Marketing  jpaul@venacorp.com 

February 20, 2025 |

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Vena Recognized as a G2 2025 Best Software Award Winner

G2’s annual rankings highlight Vena among the top software companies and products across 34 lists based on verified user reviews and market presence data Toronto, ON – February 19, 2025 – Vena, the industry-leading FP&A platform purpose-built to leverage the full power of the Microsoft technology ecosystem, has been recognized in the G2 2025 Best Software Awards across several categories, including Best Accounting & Finance Software Products. “It’s always great to hear from our customers through trusted sites like G2 and we’re thrilled to be recognized in G2’s 2025 Best Software Awards. We’re here to provide finance professionals with a powerful, intuitive and scalable FP&A platform and it’s obviously wonderful when we get feedback that tells us we’re helping our customers plan better to achieve more”, said Hunter Madeley, CEO at Vena. “This award is a testament to the value our customers experience every day as they use Vena to streamline their planning, budgeting and forecasting processes.” In recent reviews, customers praise Vena for its “ease of use,” “flexibility in developing solutions,” and its ability to simplify “budgeting, forecasting and financial planning,” which enhances overall collaboration and decision making. The G2 Best Software Awards celebrate the top B2B software companies and products worldwide, ranking them based on a combination of satisfaction scores and overall market presence. With over 2.8 million verified reviews on G2, this recognition highlights Vena’s commitment to delivering a best-in-class, Excel-native FP&A platform that empowers finance and operations teams to plan with confidence. In addition to the G2 2025 Best Software Award, other recent Vena accolades include: Vena Copilot for FP&A Wins 2025 BIG Innovation Award for Software Vena Wins TrustRadius Buyer’s Choice Award for Excellence in FP&A Software Vena Receives Fifth Consecutive TrustRadius Tech Cares Award About Vena Vena is the industry-leading Complete Planning platform purpose-built to harness the full power of the Microsoft technology ecosystem for FP&A teams and their collaborators. Vena amplifies Microsoft's world-leading productivity tools, cloud technology and AI innovation to make FP&A, operational planning and adjacent strategic processes more flexible, efficient and intelligent. Thousands of the world’s leading companies rely on Vena to power their planning. For more information, visit venasolutions.com. Media Contact  For immediate inquiries or more details regarding our latest company press release, please contact: Jonathan Paul  Vice President, Content Marketing  jpaul@venacorp.com 

February 19, 2025 |

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Vena Now Available in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace

Customers worldwide can now Plan Better and Achieve More with Vena’s Complete Planning platform built to take advantage of the scalability, reliability and agility of Microsoft Azure TORONTO, — February 4, 2025 — Vena, an industry-leading FP&A platform purpose-built to fully leverage the Microsoft technology ecosystem, today announced the availability of its integrated solutions for financial planning and analysis (FP&A) and beyond in the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, an online market providing applications and services for use on Azure. Vena’s customers can now benefit from the productive and trusted Azure cloud platform, with streamlined deployment and management for their financial and operational planning needs, as well as other strategic finance-led business processes. "With Vena now available on the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, we’re delivering on our commitment to elevate strategic, financial and operational planning and create a more connected and complete planning platform for customers worldwide," said Hunter Madeley, CEO at Vena. "And since Vena is an Azure benefit-eligible partner, purchasing Vena software licenses through Azure Marketplace helps customers use their Microsoft Azure Consumption Commitments (MACC), providing them with additional cost advantages. Combined with the streamlined procurement and payment processes Azure Marketplace offers, our collaboration with Microsoft ensures organizations can fully unlock the potential of their FP&A initiatives while leveraging Azure’s advanced AI and cloud capabilities to plan better and achieve more." Vena’s platform integrates seamlessly with Microsoft 365 productivity tools, including Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, Microsoft Fabric and Microsoft Dynamics 365. Vena for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central offers direct, self-serve API integration with Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central for FP&A and beyond, enabling access to custom Business Central data directly within the platform. These integrations empower businesses to easily modernize and simplify financial planning, operational processes and strategic planning. Organizations can also leverage Vena’s AI-powered features, including Vena Copilot which integrates Azure OpenAI Service, to help strategic finance teams dramatically improve their productivity, drive smarter decision making and achieve improved business outcomes. "With Vena for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, we've cut the budgeting timeframe in half, reducing preparation and data gathering efforts by 45 to 50%, while keeping our team lean and enabling broader engagement across departments," commented Michael Ragsdale, Vice President of Finance, Strategy and Analytics, at Kansas City Chiefs. Jake Zborowski, General Manager, Microsoft Azure Platform at Microsoft Corp. said, “We’re pleased to welcome Vena to the Microsoft Azure Marketplace, which gives our partners great exposure to cloud customers around the globe. Azure Marketplace offers world-class quality experiences from global trusted partners with solutions tested to work seamlessly with Azure.” The Azure Marketplace is an online market for buying and selling cloud solutions certified to run on Azure. The Azure Marketplace helps connect companies seeking innovative, cloud-based solutions with partners who have developed solutions that are ready to use. About Vena Vena is an industry-leading Complete Planning platform purpose-built to harness the full power of the Microsoft technology ecosystem for FP&A teams and their collaborators. Vena amplifies Microsoft's world-leading productivity tools, cloud technology and AI innovation to make FP&A, operational planning and adjacent strategic processes more flexible, efficient and intelligent. Thousands of the world’s leading companies rely on Vena to power their planning. For more information, visit venasolutions.com. Media Contact: For immediate inquiries or more details regarding our latest business news, please contact: Jonathan Paul Vice President, Content Marketing jpaul@venacorp.com

February 4, 2025 |

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