ISG® Recognizes Vena as a Top Complete Planning Platform in Three New Buyers Guides

Agentic AI platform excels in manageability, efficiency, compliance and security

TORONTO – September 18, 2025 – Vena, the only Complete FP&A platform powered by agentic AI and purpose-built to amplify the Microsoft technology ecosystem, today announced ISG Research has recognized the Vena platform as a Manageability Leader and with a high overall ranking across three separate Buyers Guide research reports: Record to Report, Financial Close and Financial Consolidation. In each report, Vena’s solution suite was compared directly to a number of other major industry players—and ranked particularly high in efficiency, compliance and enterprise security, signifying its leadership as a Complete FP&A platform.

“Although these ISG accolades stem from our technological excellence, I am also enormously proud of Vena’s high scores for our customer experience, product experience, and sales and onboarding,” said Hugh Cumming, CTO of Vena. “By acting as such a strong partner through the prospect and customer journey, we’re providing an extra layer of value in addition to the value we bring with our agentic AI-powered solutions and deep Microsoft integrations.”

Across all three reports, Vena also earned strong overall accolades: as a Provider of Merit in the Record to Report analysis, a Provider of Assurance in the Financial Close analysis and as Exemplary in the Financial Consolidation analysis. These rankings were driven by Vena’s being categorized as one of the top three platforms by manageability in all reports. Manageability evaluates how well a product can be administered and supported throughout the enterprise lifecycle, incorporating efficiency, compliance and security.

“When preparing our Buyers Guides, we look beyond just how innovative a particular platform’s solutions are. Instead, we evaluate the holistic customer experience with the product and vendor alike to ensure that enterprises can feel confident in their choices,” said Robert Kugel, Executive Director, Business Research, ISG Software Research. “Our rigorous and thorough investigations are designed to reveal the true leaders in these spaces.”

Vena continues to meet new milestones and accrue accolades this year. In addition to securing its 2000th customer, it has also earned the following recognitions:

Sixth consecutive TrustRadius Tech Cares Award

Recognized for innovation with our Challenger positioning in the Gartner MQ for Financial Planning

Outstanding overall rating in the BPM Partners 2026 Performance Management Vendor Landscape

Leader in all categories of the 2025 Dresner Wisdom of Crowds® EPM Market Study

SPARK Leader ranking in the SPARK Matrix Cloud Financial Planning and Analysis 2025

100% product satisfaction rating and 55 leading rankings in BARC Planning Survey 25

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Vena Stands Out as a Leading Assurance Provider Across Four Categories in the 2025 ISG Buyers Guides™ for Business Planning

High rankings in Customer Experience and Product Capability affirm Vena’s leadership in financial, revenue, workforce and business planning Toronto, ON – December 3, 2025 – Vena, the only AI-powered planning platform built for the Microsoft technology ecosystem, today announced it has been named an Assurance Provider across four categories in the 2025 ISG Buyers Guides™: Business Planning, Financial Planning, Workforce Planning and Revenue Planning. The results reflect Vena’s alignment with ISG’s 2025 market themes, including the rise of AI-enabled forecasting, the acceleration of Integrated Business Planning (IBP) adoption and the growing need for seamless enterprise data connectivity. “Being recognized as an Assurance Provider across the ISG Buyers Guides reflects the breadth of planning challenges our platform helps customers solve,” said Hugh Cumming, Chief Technology Officer at Vena. “Organizations want a planning experience that brings financial, workforce, revenue and operational planning together in a single, intuitive environment. With our AI-powered Complete FP&A platform and its deep integration with the Microsoft ecosystem, we’re helping teams work in the flow of their day while moving toward more connected, intelligent and continuous planning.” The ISG Buyers Guides serve as a valuable resource for FP&A, finance, operations and technology leaders evaluating planning platforms based on real-world adoption, customer references, product capability and vendor vision. Vena’s multi-category recognition builds on its momentum from last year’s ISG assessments and reinforces its position as a preferred platform for organizations modernizing their planning processes. “Vena continues to demonstrate strong performance across the planning spectrum,” said Robert Kugel, Executive Director, Business Research at ISG. “Their approach to unified planning—anchored in familiar Microsoft experiences and strengthened by emerging AI capabilities—positions them well for organizations advancing toward more connected financial, workforce and revenue planning as part of their broader integrated business planning process.” About Vena Vena is the only agentic AI-powered FP&A platform purpose-built to harness the full power of the Microsoft technology ecosystem for finance teams everywhere. 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 Jonathan Paul  Vice President, Content Marketing  jpaul@venacorp.com 

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December 2, 2025 |

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Vena Earns Repeat Recognition as One of Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures

Vena earns its second formal honor as one of Canada’s leading culture-driven companies, thanks to its people-first mindset and values-led leadership Toronto, ON – November 20, 2025 – Vena, the only AI-powered planning platform built for the Microsoft technology ecosystem, today announced it has been named one of Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures™ for 2025 by Waterstone Human Capital. Building on its 2022 win and subsequent recertifications in 2023 and 2024, this achievement marks Vena’s second formal recognition among Canada’s top organizations for outstanding corporate culture. This latest recognition reflects Vena’s ongoing commitment to building a high-performance culture that champions diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging (DEIB). Vena's culture is one that grows alongside its people and customers and continues to set a benchmark for workplace excellence. “Being recognized, again, as one of Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures is incredibly meaningful to us,” said Tracey Mikita, Chief People Person at Vena. “It reaffirms that the culture we are building together—one grounded in our CORE values of Customer Trust, One Team, Respect & Authenticity and Execution Excellence—continues to resonate and create an environment where people feel supported, valued and inspired to do their best work. This recognition reflects the everyday actions of our team and our commitment to a people-first culture.” The annual award evaluates organizations on leadership, engagement and cultural alignment. Vena’s recognition highlights the impact of its supportive, collaborative workplace and underscores how a strong culture drives performance, innovation and long-term growth. This cultural momentum has contributed to several major milestones in 2025, including reaching the 2000th customer mark, being named “Best in Class” in the 2025 Dresner Wisdom of Crowds® Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) Market Study, securing 60 leadership badges in G2’s Summer and Fall 2025 reports, being recognized as a top Complete Planning platform in three new Buyers Guides from ISG® and receiving its sixth consecutive TrustRadius Tech Cares Award. Vena’s culture is sustained through intentional practices that reinforce transparency, development and inclusion at every level. The company’s leadership development programs, AI learning enablement, DEIB initiatives and eight employee-led Vena Resource Groups (VRGs) ensure employees feel supported, heard and empowered to grow. “We’re proud of this recognition because it reflects the way our people show up for each other every day,” added Mikita. “When trust, collaboration and continuous learning guide how we work, the outcomes follow—for our team, our customers and our community.” For more information on Vena’s culture and career opportunities, visit https://www.lifeatvena.com/. About Vena Vena is the only agentic AI-powered FP&A platform purpose-built to harness the full power of the Microsoft technology ecosystem for finance teams everywhere. 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

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