Lena Marchetti
CFO
ABOUT
Lena runs fund finance and LP relations — the part of the stack most people only notice when it breaks. Before Kindling, she was CFO at two emerging managers across New York and London, with a CPA and a decade of fund accounting experience long before that.
She sits on the side of the table where structure meets expectation: capital calls, reporting cadence, LP questions that turn from polite to pointed, and the quiet mechanics that determine whether a fund feels “professional” or not.
If you’ve ever asked anything about LP-side mechanics, you’ve already been talking to her — directly or indirectly. She’s the system behind the reassurance.
WHAT HE"S LOOKING FOR
Founders who understand that capital is not just money — it’s a relationship with constraints. The ones who treat fundraising as ongoing infrastructure, not a one-time event.
Funds and companies that take reporting, governance, and transparency seriously before they are forced to. Not because LPs demand it yet, but because discipline early compounds into trust later.
Teams building in financial systems where structure matters as much as returns. Where small mistakes in reporting, timing, or alignment create disproportionately large downstream consequences.
Managers who think beyond “raising capital” into “operating capital properly” — understanding liquidity, cadence, communication, and expectation management as part of the product, not overhead.
And founders who respect the invisible layer of institutional trust. Because in capital markets, perception doesn’t follow performance — it runs alongside it, and sometimes ahead of it.
lena@kindling.vc
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SECTOR
Fintech