THE FORUM ACCELERATOR

Grow your B2B SaaS company from startup to sustainable.

As former SaaS founders and early operators, the early-stage journey is where we shine. Our accelerator offers capital, expert guidance, and a supportive community.

$100k
Pre-Seed
Funding
200
Mentors &
Advisors
750
Co-
Investors
1300
Founder
Community
BEYOND ACCELERATION: A TAILORED APPROACH

Forum Ventures’ accelerator is different. We become your fractional co-founder and work together to get you to meaningful traction and fundraise ready, providing unwavering support every step of the way. Very few VCs go the extra mile like we do.

Forum was a very valuable experience for us – they provided us with key customer introductions to companies in our target market that led to over $200K of revenue. Two months after demo day, we had grown revenue to $850K ARR and were able to close our seed round.

Sean Thorne
CEO & Founder
People Data Labs

Forum Ventures helped us get from 0 to 1 – from product ideation to strategic guidance for our MVP launch – that ultimately positioned us for success in the fundraising process. Furthermore, the Forum Ventures program challenged me as a leader and as a first-time CEO; I have experienced growth in my abilities to address personal barriers and tackle adverse situations.

Vuk Janosevic
CEO & Co-Founder
Blindnet

Forum Ventures was amazing to work with hands-on operators, mentors and ex-founders. In a short time, we took our product that customers were excited about to messaging that customers loved. We formalized go to market plans, and improved our targeted pitch. My MD and I were like cofounders brainstorming about GTM approaches, texting each other and figuring out our Product Market fit and GTM strategy.

Vijay Viswanathan
Founder & CEO
Theme Labs, Inc

Before we accepted Forum Ventures, we had one other highly respected accelerator in New York City make us an offer. It really came down to the couple of interactions we had with Forum Ventures. We just knew you were the team that we wanted to spend the next four months and beyond with. So it was an easy decision. Forum Ventures really validated that throughout the entire program.

Stipe Latkovic
Co-Founder & CTO
Wally

Forum's accelerator program played a critical part in raising our seed round. The mentorship of the Forum partners helped prep me for fundraising and their network helped close it. Would recommend the program to any founder.

Rich Kane
CEO
Vergo

Forum is a program that I could not recommend enough! The leadership knows the playbook and they are there to provide all the support you could dream of as you march towards your seed round. I also worked as an associate at a VC fund prior to being a founder so I've had first hand exposure to all the major accelerators and what Forum does for their portfolio companies is a solid notch above the others.

Nathan Pinto
CEO
Credit Mountain

Since we completed the Accelerator program, we've completed a merger, raised venture capital, and now we have a multi-million dollar business with more than 40 people around the world. The team at Forum has been helpful to us every step along the way and we are so grateful for that. We have also gotten tremendous value out of the Forum community of founders. Building a startup is incredibly hard, but having the right team behind you can make it much easier.

Margot Schmorak
CEO & Co-Founder
Hostfully

Leveraging Forum’s network and name enabled us to successfully close an oversubscribed seed round, validating our choice and highlighting the impact of aligning with the right accelerator for our specific needs and goals.

Kaylee Lieffers
CEO
Blanka

The key things that I enjoyed the most in the program are: No-BS; no "in theory"; no exaggeration. Whoever is doing the presentation has actually done it in real life and knows what he/she is talking about. You learn things you can't read online. It's not that you are given access to classified information, but you are gaining a lot of intrinsic knowledge about all aspects of being a founder - from fundraising to product development.

Dmytro Grechko
CEO
Deskree

Forum was the fractional cofounder that helped us refine our product, and calibrate our vision to resonate with the right investors to raise a Seed. With all the ups and downs in the early days, having the Forum team in our corner helped us keep up momentum and execute to the best of our ability.

Sam Dundas
Co-founder and COO
Bloom AI
FORUM’S ACCELERATOR MODEL

Hands on founder guidance on your startup B2B SaaS journey.

$100K Investment

We invest $100K USD and then work with founders from day one on how to plan for your business with an operating timeline to get you to your next funding round.

Fractional Cofounder

Your dedicated Managing Director will become an extension of your team, work heads down with you, keep you moving forward and accountable, and become your biggest supporter.

A Foundation to Scale

Our accelerator program provides step-by-step guidance to set up the foundation necessary to build a category-defining, VC-backed company.

Customer Introductions

Meet key customers from our network of 300+ F500 and F1000 companies to get early product feedback and validation, secure design partners, and bring on your first customers.

Fundraise Support

​​Forum has helped our portfolio companies raise $1B+ in follow-on funding. Our end-to-end fundraising process will prepare you to fundraise confidently and successfully.

VC Introductions

Get introduced to vetted funds within Forum's network of 250+ global investors in order to secure your round with optimal investors on your cap table.

A CUSTOMIZED APPROACH

Personalized to your startup & stage.

Every company is unique. We meet you where you’re at with personalized guidance, tactical solutions, and relevant expertise to get you to help you reach your goals.

FORUM’S MANAGING DIRECTORS

Meet your future fractional co-founder and biggest champion.

Jonah Midanik
COO & MANAGING PARTNER

An engineer by trade, Jonah has spent the last twenty years at the intersection of marketing and technology as a serial entrepreneur in Canada. Jonah has been lucky enough to have several different lenses on the founder journey from bootstrapping, to launching new corporate divisions, and raising 8 figures of venture capital. Jonah works hand in hand with founders preparing to fundraise, coaching them on their pitch, narrative, deck, and investor meetings.

SPECIALITIES
AI
Storytelling
Fundraising
Product
Narrative
Bocar Dia
PARTNER & MANAGING DIRECTOR

Bocar works 1:1 with portfolio founders through the early stages of building, including go-to-market, founder-led sales, and fundraising. As part of the founding team of the Enterprise product at Hootsuite, Bocar helped the business grow to well over $150M+ and 2,000+ employees in under seven years. Bocar continues to co-found, advise, coach and angel invest in SaaS startups from pre-seed to Series A. Bocar is passionate about helping build and scale hyper growth SaaS companies.

SPECIALITIES
GTM
Early Stage Sales
Customer Acquisition
Fundraising
Neal Sarraf
MANAGING DIRECTOR

Neal works alongside portfolio founders and supports their 0 to $1M ARR journey. Neal experienced this journey first-hand as the Co-Founder of First Resonance, a manufacturing SaaS business focused on unlocking the potential of the physical world. There, he raised $20M+ in venture funding, grew the team to 40+ employees, and had customers building complex hardware products like rockets and autonomous vehicles. Neal is an engineer by trade and he is passionate about the intersection of software, data, and hardware.

SPECIALITIES
Fundraising
Revenue
Product Management
Operations
Derek Bugley
MANAGING DIRECTOR

Derek Bugley is a 3x B2B SaaS founder with over $30 million raised from notable firms like Sequoia and Techstars. He excels in early go-to-market strategies for technical markets and products, particularly in AI tools for talent assessment. With successful sales to giants like Procter & Gamble and Coca-Cola, Derek brings deep expertise in both PLG and direct-to-enterprise sales approaches.

SPECIALITIES
GTM
Enterprise Sales
Fundraising
THAT’S NOT ALL

We provide even more to help you build a winning company.

Active Community of Founders

Join a community of founders at similar stages ready to support one another through the journey. Connect with each other through 1:1 introductions and in-person events.

Operational Resources

Gain unlimited access to our shared services in Finance, HR, Operations, Marketing and more, providing essential support for all your company's critical functions, from joining to lifetime support.

$100k+ in Business Perks

Benefit from over $100K in business perks from leading platforms like Google, AWS, Brex, Hubspot, Stripe, and more, enhancing your growth and operational efficiency.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions about our accelerator program.

How does the pitch process work?

When you’re ready to apply, go ahead and fill out our pitch us form. We’ll then get back to you within 1-2 weeks on whether or not it makes sense to have a call with our team. For more in depth information on our pitch process, download our program package

Is the program in person or remote?

Our program is remotely run so founders can join us wherever they reside. We have office space in New York City and Toronto, and we love to connect in person, so we encourage you to co-work at our spaces! We also host regular events for our founder community in our locations and other city hubs where a few of our founders live.

What type of companies do you fund?

Early-stage B2B SaaS companies in any vertical that sell to SMBs, Mid-Market, or Enterprise businesses, with an MVP built out and a large TAM, who have taken on less than $500k in funding. While we are vertical agnostic, we have a particular interest in Vertical AI, AI Agents, healthtech, fintech, supply chain, and Future of Work companies.

How much do you invest & what are your terms?

We provide $100k USD for 7.5% equity on a standard, post money SAFE. We invest at a small cap that makes it viable for us to put in the type and level of time and help to get our portfolio companies to meaningful traction and their next fundable milestones.

What type of founders are a fit for your program?

We consider the founder one of the most important investment considerations. We love working with founders who have strong founder-market fit, are passionate, driven, coachable and able to weather the founder journey. Just as important, we want to surround ourselves, and our other portfolio founders, with good people. What we don’t care about is age, gender, ethnicity, background, sexual orientation, physical abilities, education level, or years of experience.

What is the time commitment?

We are committed to keeping your business running at your pace and not distracting from it. Our one session per week sets the focus for that week so you can build heads down with your Managing Director during your 1:1 time with them on our proven path to profitability.

OUR ADVISOR NETWORK

The Zero-to-One Collective

We believe that the best people for founders to learn from are those who have done it before. Our advisors are all former B2B SaaS founders and operators who have scaled a venture from inception to sustainable.

RESOURCE HUB

Discover everything you need to succeed on the early-stage SaaS journey.

GTM and Sales

Essential Strategies for Founders: Creating a Sales Deck and Navigating Early Customer Conversations

Guidance and tips to early-stage B2B SaaS founders on their sales deck effectiveness, and tips for getting your first design partners and paying customers.

Midnight Text

Midnight Text: How you you sell a product that doesn't exist yet?

Fundraising

FAQ: Creating a successful Investor Pre-seed Pitch Deck that gets you funded

Wondering how to create a successful investor pre-seed pitch deck that gets you funded? Look no further than this FAQ guide, filled with expert tips and advice.

More Resources
BUILD WITH US

We’re on a mission to make the B2B SaaS journey easier, more accessible and successful for early-stage founders.