For this episode, we’re joined by Kufa Matiya, Founder and CEO of Future Match, a talent acquisition platform that manages the end-to-end hiring process for organisations looking to hire early-career talent.

Future Match combines machine learning, AI, and data with human expertise and knowledge, to help companies attract people who are the right fit for the role.

Hear from Kufa as he takes us through his journey as a second-time founder – from being a chef to a headhunter in recruitment. Kufa shares the lessons he’s learned from his first startup, how he applies his knowledge of the recruitment industry to his business and tells us about the programmatic support he's had along the way.

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#6: Creating a data-led solution that matches businesses with talent

Startups focus a lot on product, marketing and growth functions but as they mature, there is an increased focus on the finance function. This is not just to control costs but also to put money where the best growth opportunities are. There is also a need to look at the longer-term in addition to short-term.    Akshay Sarma is a CFO at axio, one of India's fast growing startups. He has had extensive experience in finance working for large multinationals and also in the startup world. Akshay will tell us his views on how the finance function adds value to a startup, how the CFO should work with others and the skills one needs to be a great CFO. 

The CFO in high growth startups

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