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Vena Earns a 2021 Tech Cares Award From TrustRadius

We’re proud to announce that Vena has been recognized by TrustRadius with a 2021 Tech Cares Award. This marks the second consecutive year Vena has earned this award. The Tech Cares Award, which is based on TrustRadius user community nominations, recognizes companies that stepped up and took an active role in the continued recovery and broader support of their communities. This year, TrustRadius expanded the recognition to include companies that demonstrated exceptional social responsibility with a focus on: Volunteerism Robust Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Programs Charitable Donations and Fundraising Workplace Culture (including model support for in-office and remote employees) Demonstrable Support for Environmental Sustainability In a press release announcing the 100 technology companies recognized with this year’s Tech Cares Award, TrustRadius CEO Vinay Bhagat said, “We've been inspired by watching leaders in the B2B technology industry pursue meaningful progress in social, environmental, and cultural spaces. Not only do we feel that these companies are deserving of recognition—we also consider them a great example as we build a stronger future together.” “It’s an honor to receive this recognition from TrustRadius for a second year in a row,” said Hunter Madeley, CEO of Vena. “Staying true to our core values, delivering on our brand promises, maintaining and building our trust for employees, customers, partners and communities will go a long way in building resilience for all of us as we face the new normal together.” As businesses have continued to navigate unprecedented challenges, Vena Complete Planning has become even more critical in driving agile, business-wide planning, resilience and growth. As the only native Excel CPM platform, Vena enables finance and operations professionals to work the way they think. Vena Complete Planning leverages the familiarity and flexibility of an Excel interface coupled with the Vena Growth Engine that seamlessly integrates and secures data from disparate source systems. Vena powers the kind of collaboration businesses need to be able to plan with agility and confidence. By automating time-consuming processes, such as manual data consolidation, Vena frees up time so finance and operations professionals can focus on what matters most—what's driving the business and informing timely and critical decision making. Since the needs of our customers and community drive us to better serve our mission of powering our customers’ Plan To Grow™, our ongoing response to COVID-19 has always been informed by our CORE values of Customer Trust, One Team, Respect and Authenticity as well as Execution Excellence. Some of this year’s initiatives have included: Furthering our commitment to our customers and broader community by hosting our annual Vena Nation Week 2021 event virtually again this year with a focus on Strength in Numbers, this year’s event theme. The theme was designed with the purpose of helping finance, business and operations professionals harness their strength in numbers (data, systems, storytelling, creativity, experts, teams and communities) through collaborative learning and growing. Making enhancements to PlanToGrow.com, our free digital learning platform for business leaders which was launched last year to host Vena Nation week. Plan To Grow is Vena’s ongoing commitment to our customers and community. Reimagined with a mobile-friendly user experience focused on personalization and discovery, Plan To Grow empowers customers and community members to learn, connect and grow in their own way. Being committed to incorporating diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) into everything we do at Vena. This includes continuing our focus on consistent hiring practices to reduce unconscious bias, driving improvements to our job description templates and best practices, analyzing our People programs with a DEI lens to find opportunities for improvement and formalizing our accommodation process. Actively participating in the important dialogues surrounding social change and justice. We do this by providing our various employee resource groups (VRGs) with a platform to join the conversations happening internally and externally. In addition to our Vena Cares, DIBs (Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging), Green Team, N4W (Network for Women) and Va11y (Accessibility For All) groups, this year, we were delighted to support the formation of two new groups, our Mental Health and 2SLGBTQIA+ VRGs, with more in the works. Remaining committed to making a difference in society by partnering with communities and supporting organizations, charities and companies with powerful social impact initiatives. All of our employees are given a Volunteer Day per calendar year and are encouraged to support an organization, charity or cause of their choice. Continuing to monitor the developments of the pandemic with an internal communication strategy in place that includes regular updates, FAQs, health news, ongoing support for in-office and remote employees and more in our communication channels (emails, updates in our team workspaces, weekly town hall meetings). Being open to accepting and acting on employee feedback, including return to office preferences and developing a hybrid work model based on employee preferences. To see what Vena customers are saying at TrustRadius, go here.

October 21, 2021 |

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The New Normal at Vena: Our Hybrid Approach to Work

At Vena, we’re always thinking of ways to create a strong culture and positive work environment. This includes striving to provide the space and freedom for all of our employees to be themselves and to create a deep sense of belonging and togetherness, no matter where they work. That’s why we’re actively planning for a world of hybrid work for our Venanites. Long before COVID-19, we always had a geographically-dispersed team with many choosing flexible work arrangements. But when the pandemic forced the majority of our workforce to shift to remote work, including our headquarters, we made great efforts to increase empathy and communications throughout the challenging times as we all adjusted to the new normal of work life. This meant being more open to accepting and acting on employee feedback, especially their return-to-office preferences and reimagining the way we work at Vena. As we all moved forward and contemplated how we would like to continue working, living and thriving in the post-pandemic future, this led Melissa Udvari, Director, People Operations & Programs, and her team to develop a hybrid remote-office model at Vena based on what our employees told us works best for them. Beginning in February of 2022, all employees can choose from the following three workspace location options: Resident: Employees work from a Vena office three or more days per week. They’ll have a dedicated desk for their laptop, equipment and personal items. Flex: Employees come into a Vena office one or two days per week. When they work in the office, they can book a “hotel desk” in their department’s “neighbourhood.” Remote: Employees work the majority of time from home in a Vena-approved location. Many employees value their work from home experience. It provides them with an environment to focus and empowers them to manage their days autonomously. With no commuting, it gives them more time and less distractions to be more productive. Working from home also offers them the opportunity to improve their work-life balance and to be more mindful of their well-being. But many of our employees still also value the physical office, specifically for its core purposes of socializing and collaboration. We opened our Toronto office to more people in 2021 to provide a space for those who felt their overall well-being and productivity would benefit from using the office as their workspace on a regular basis. In a Digital Workspace podcast where Tracey Mikita, Vena’s Chief People Officer, discussed transitioning not only Vena’s onboarding, but also the entire cultural experience of people working at Vena in a digital format due to the pandemic, she said that Vena’s culture didn’t change much. Vena was still value driven and kept their core values in the spotlight. The biggest shift was recognizing that not everyone had the same experience working remotely. “Some people are really enjoying working from home. Some are really struggling. The in-office culture for Vena was really strong, so many people miss that a lot. But people who were already remote are suddenly feeling more connected. The key for Vena has been increasing empathy. No matter what you are going through, the team should be there to help you through it,” she said. As for job seekers prioritizing location-flexible work arrangements, Kathryn Cant, Vena’s Director, Talent Acquisition Operations, says, “Candidates have really appreciated hearing about our flexibility long term and their ability to choose what works best for them, their families and personal lives.” No matter where our current and future employees choose to work, one thing is for sure: Our One Team culture is not tied to a single location. It’s deeply rooted in our core values and keeps getting stronger as we work, connect and grow together in our own ways. Come grow with us! Vena is hiring. We have offices in Toronto, Canada and in London, England. Visit our Careers page for current job openings or follow us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter or Facebook to learn more about life at Vena.

October 20, 2021 |

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Vena Wins Comparably Awards for Best Company Happiness, Best Company Compensation and Best Company Perks & Benefits

Comparably awards highlight our Positive Workplace and Strong Organizational Culture At Vena, we all work hard every single day to build our extraordinary team and positive workplace culture. Our One Team spirit is built on collaboration, transparency and trust and we encourage everyone to bring their authentic selves to work every day. That’s why we are particularly honored and excited to win Comparably Awards for Best Company Happiness, Best Company Compensation and Best Company Perks & Benefits. Knowing our employees feel valued, supported and happy means everything to us. Comparably is a leading workplace culture and compensation monitoring site where employees can anonymously rate their companies across various categories. The fact that our employees gave us top ratings in these three categories means we’re right on target to meeting our employees’ goals and needs. In this Business Insider article that announced the list of small and midsize companies where employees are happiest, it revealed that Comparably looked at a combination of metrics that contributed to employee happiness at work. Those metrics included compensation, benefits, goals and level of excitement for a company and the work itself. Comparably CEO Jason Nazar shared with Business Insider. "Despite the challenges of the past year-and-a-half, the top-rated companies on the list succeed at meeting the needs of their workers across these important factors." Ratings were collected from September 17, 2020 through September 17, 2021. “Feedback from our employees is extremely important to us and we ask for it regularly through employee pulse surveys,” says Tracey Mikita, Vena’s Chief People Person. “Across every level of our organization, we communicate to our team members that their input is heard and valued. But it doesn’t end there. Taking action on that feedback is key. We leverage it to make important decisions regarding our company and culture.” One of those decisions is offering competitive total awards packages. Vena scored 11th place on the list of Best Companies for Compensation. This article announcing the winners for this award included the following employee quote about compensation at Vena: “Our wonderful People Team listens to feedback and is always improving the overall compensation package.” We’re also thrilled to know that our employees really appreciate our company perks and benefits. We scored eighth place on the list of 25 small and midsize companies that offer the best perks and benefits. One employee quote mentioned our employee stock options, retirement savings plan matching program and lots of other perks at Vena that are keeping them happy. On the Vena Comparably page, Vena scored A+ for culture (4.9/5 star rating). As for how Venanites feel about working at Vena, 97% of our employees call their work environment positive and 89% are happy with their work-life balance. For more stats and information about life at Vena or to leave your own review and rate our company, click here.

October 8, 2021 |

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