Karen Eliadis Email & Phone Number

Laurel Advisors provides financial and operational consulting services to the venture and private equity industry that free up the executive team to focus on achieving superior returns.With more than 20 years of U.S. and global venture and industry experience, Laurel Advisors differentiates itself by providing end-to-end CFO, COO and CCO services that.

San Bruno, California, US

The Private Equity CFO Association (PECFOA) is an organization of over 850 senior level professionals of private equity firms. PECFOA's mission is to provide a forum for networking and communication with peer professionals. The Association's email platform and membership meetings enable private equity and venture capital CFOs to share experience and.

Fulton, MD, US

New York, NY, US

Karen oversaw Lux Capital’s financial reporting and analytics, legal and compliance, audit and tax, human relations, and IT, as well as provided assistance with investor relations and marketing. In addition, Karen provided industry expertise and assisted in Lux Capital’s strategic initiatives.

VCBC is an organization dedicated to providing education and community to finance professionals in Venture Capital, with nearly 300 members nationwide. We offer relevant, insightful educational and career development events and social gatherings that allow the private equity community to socialize and network with each other in a more relaxed environment.

Menlo Park, CA, US

Karen Eliadis was the Chief Financial Officer of BlueRun Ventures, with offices in the U.S., Korea and China. She joined the firm in 2007 and was based in the Menlo Park office. Karen managed the firm’s global finance, human resource, SEC compliance, LP relations and administrative functions. In addition, Karen worked closely with international portfolio.

• Karen was the Director of Finance of Sofinnova Ventures, a venture capital firm with over $1 billion under management.
• Developed highly-praised fundraising due diligence package, prepared all financial components of PPM and pitch book, and assisted in generating new partnership documents
• Analyzed proposed multi-tranche U.S. and European financings, including terms, structure, cap tables, and pre/post money, reviewed legal documents, and coordinated with company and counsel
• Initiated comprehensive liquidation and exit scenario (M & A and IPO) analyses, including evaluation of potential tax treatments of earn-outs, escrow, and milestone payments
• Established U.S. and international tax planning and international compliance processes, worked with outside tax counsel on complex fund structure and transfer issues, and prepared tax analyses which shortened K-1.
• Introduced quarterly portfolio metrics analysis to evaluate company, partner, sector and fund performance

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• Director of Finance for All-Pure Chemical, a consumer and industrial products company (acquired by Olin) with eleven manufacturing facilities and revenues of $100 million.
• Reported directly to the President and managed a staff of 20
• Led due-diligence and carveout of a $50 million business line
• Analyzed plant and product line performance to evaluate pricing, acquisitions and dispositions, resulting in the decision to sell non-contributing lines and to modify product pricing structure
• Responsible for wide-ranging financial functions including acquisition and divestiture projects, long-range strategic planning, regulatory filings, product costing, and plant systems implementation

• Divisional Controller for Kenetech, a developer and provider of environmentally preferred electric power provider, principally in wind, biomass, and natural gas
• Key contributor to successful $100 million IPO and issuance of $100m preferred depository shares
• Business team member for a $600 million joint venture, which included tax research, document review, establishing accounting and operational controls, and financial reporting
• Responsible for accounting, reporting, strategic planning, forecasting and financial guidance for division and two wholly-owned subsidiaries
• Supervised a staff of 10 in three locations, and had dotted line reporting to three presidents

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Clients included multi-national pharmaceutical, manufacturing, financial services and start-up companies.