# John Glasgow

> John Glasgow is the founder, CEO, and CFO of Campfire, the AI-native ERP platform built for high-growth tech companies. A 15-year finance veteran who passed through Adobe, Invoice2go, and Bill.com before founding Campfire during parental leave in 2023, Glasgow has raised over $100 million in funding — $35M Series A and $65M Series B in just 12 weeks — and is steering the company toward an IPO. His platform's proprietary Large Accounting Model (LAM) achieves 95% accuracy on financial workflows, and customers like Replit, Decagon, and PostHog have traded NetSuite for Campfire's AI-first stack.

- **Role:** CEO & CFO at Campfire
- **Organizations:** Campfire, Bill.com, Invoice2go, Adobe, Union Square Advisors, Fidelity, Y Combinator
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Bachelor of Science in Finance, San Diego State University
- **Known for:** Raised $100M+ in funding in under 12 weeks across Series A and Series B, Built Campfire from zero to 10x revenue growth year-over-year, Developed the Large Accounting Model (LAM), a proprietary AI achieving 95% accuracy on key financial workflows

## Career timeline

- **early career** — Analyst roles at Fidelity and Union Square Advisors
- **mid-career** — Director of Finance and Strategy at Adobe
- **~2018-2021** — Corporate Development & Partnerships executive at Invoice2go (Accel-backed)
- **2021** — Invoice2go acquired by Bill.com for ~$625 million; joined Bill.com as VP of Business Development and Partnerships
- **2023** — Founded Campfire while on parental leave; accepted into Y Combinator Summer 2023
- **2024-08** — Formalized dual CEO/CFO role at Campfire
- **2025-06** — Raised $35M Series A led by Accel
- **2025-10** — Raised $65M Series B co-led by Accel and Ribbit Capital; total funding exceeds $100M in 12 weeks

## Achievements

- Raised $100M+ in funding in under 12 weeks across Series A and Series B
- Built Campfire from zero to 10x revenue growth year-over-year
- Developed the Large Accounting Model (LAM), a proprietary AI achieving 95% accuracy on key financial workflows
- Landed public-company and IPO-ready clients including LimaOne (NYSE: MFA) within two years of founding
- Won enterprise customers away from SAP and NetSuite within 9 months of founding
- Scaled Campfire to 140 employees as a Y Combinator graduate
- Cut one customer's monthly financial close from 15 days to 3 days

## Latest updates

- **2026-03** — Campfire launched Ember Agents, expanding its AI-native accounting automation capabilities
- **2025-12** — Campfire described as 'Slack for accounting' with IPO ambitions publicly confirmed
- **2025-10** — Raised $65M Series B co-led by Accel and Ribbit Capital, bringing total funding to over $100M
- **2025-06** — Raised $35M Series A led by Accel; company reached 100+ customers including enterprises migrating from NetSuite

## Links

- Website: https://campfire.ai
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/johnglasgow
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/john__glasgow
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wglhuaJPnGE

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Last updated: 2026-05-16